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A brief history of 'wokeness'
Yahoo News· 1 year agoHow did being "woke," a term that originally circulated in left-wing circles as a compliment, so quickly become a vague right-wing term with negative...
Holiday trips within China surge after COVID curbs lifted
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoBEIJING (Reuters) -Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after...
China’s covid cases loom over upcoming WHO meeting on state of the pandemic
Quartz via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoIs the covid pandemic over? The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to consider that question at...
China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoChina on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December,...
WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoLONDON (Reuters) -Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul...
China suspends social media accounts of COVID policy critics
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoChina has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the...
New XBB.1.5 COVID variant 'most transmissible' yet detected, senior WHO official warns
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe XBB.1.5 COVID variant is a sub-variant of Omicron, and is confirmed to be spreading in 25...
China limits how it defines COVID deaths in official count
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoChina only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll,...
With COVID-19 infections rising quickly, L.A. County eyes return to indoor mask mandate
Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man wears his mask as he walks past a sign posted on a storefront reminding people to wear masks,...
China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoMore than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily...