New daily infections by COVID-19 in China they peaked at more than 7 million a day around December 22, while deaths hit a daily high of more than 4,000 on January 4, the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. The figures, published on the center’s website, come after a leading government scientist […]
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Latin America: Extreme poverty reached its highest level in 25 years
Impact. Inflation and the global slowdown in 2022 hit neighboring economies hard, including Peru. Likewise, ECLAC warns that these figures will not drop in 2023. The countries of the Latin American continent begin 2023 with complicated and uncertain forecasts, after leaving a year marked by a strong inflation and a global crisis caused by the […]
Three years later, Wuhan turns the page on COVID-19
”We are no longer afraid!” said the inhabitants of Wuhan this Monday, who recovered a completely normal life three years after the start of a strict and traumatizing confinement to fight against COVID-19. Wuhan, in central-eastern China, has suffered from the outbreak of an unknown virus since the end of 2019, causing pneumonia in a […]
Chinese gamers say goodbye to “World of Warcraft” after disagreement between Blizzard and NetEase
Chinese gamers of “World of Warcraft” regretted this Monday that the successful online role-playing game is no longer available in the Asian giant, due to a commercial disagreement between the American company Blizzard and its local partner. After disagreeing with the Chinese NetEaseBlizzard had already announced in November that Chinese users would no longer be […]
China records nearly 13,000 COVID deaths in hospitals in the past week
China reported about 13,000 drug-related deaths. covid in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a senior health official said that the vast majority of the population had already contracted the virus. The Asian country had reported a week ago that nearly 60,000 people had died from COVID in hospitals as of January 12, but […]
Relief and caution in the first Chinese New Year after the end of the “zero COVID”
Three years later, the Chinese live with relief the first Lunar New Year no restrictions against COVID-19although also with caution due to the increase in the number of infections predicted by experts in this festive period. In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese, who usually return to their places of origin during this festive period, faced […]
French executives are the most “workaholics” in the world, according to a survey
Nearly four in 10 French business leaders admit to working long hours at a time, without regular breaks, a figure that is well above the global average of 25% and higher than rates in the United States, United Kingdom and China, according to the survey by the health and medical care insurer Bupa Global. Of […]
Bolivia and Chinese consortium sign agreement to install two lithium plants in salt flats
the state Bolivian lithium deposits (YLB) and the Chinese consortium Catl Brunp and Cmoc (CBC) signed this Friday an agreement to install two plants for lithium in salt flats of the Andean country, with an investment of 1,083 million dollars. The top executive of YLB, Carlos Ramos, and the CBC representative, Qinghua Zhou, signed the […]
The US suggests Latin American countries to “donate” Russian equipment to Ukraine
China and Russia are Washington’s great rivals in Latin America, the head of the US Southern Command said Thursday, suggesting to Latin American countries that “donate“Russian equipment to Ukraine for”replace it” for American material. “This region matters and matters a lot for our national security”, assured General Laura Richardson during a conversation with the Atlantic […]
Trump announces his plan to “destroy Chinese influence” in the United States
Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his plan to curb the “influence” of the Chinese government in USA should he become president again, including barring Chinese citizens from buying farmland or owning telecommunications, energy, technology, and medical supply companies. Trump, who announced his third candidacy for the Presidency of the United States last November, unveiled […]