HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s cumulative coronavirus infections have exceeded 1 million as the city grapples with a widespread outbreak that has killed more people than the reported COVID-19 deaths in all of mainland China.Health officials reported 20,079 confirmed infections on Friday, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 1,016,944.Nearly 97% of…Continue Reading
President Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are set to speak Friday as their countries navigate thorny political and economic differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The leaders of the world’s two largest economies last met virtually in November and “have a lot to discuss,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday.“This is an opportunity…Continue Reading
In Northern California, cedar trees release large amounts of pollen that cause allergies. Hannah Yelverton/Getty Images According to a recent study from Nature Communications, by the end of the century, allergy season could start 40 days earlier and last 19 days longer due to climate change — potentially increasing the pollen count by 250% and triggering…Continue Reading
March 17, 2022Updated: March 17, 2022 5:43 p.m. High gas prices at stations on the corner of Valley View Street and Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove, Calif., on Monday, March 7, 2022. MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Amid record prices at the pump, a group of California legislators unveiled a proposal Thursday for a…Continue Reading
The United Nations has recorded some 1,900 civilian casualties during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — with 52 children among 726 confirmed dead, a UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.Driving the news: UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the actual number of civilians killed from Feb. 24 to March 15 was “likely much…Continue Reading
U.S. officials have not seen American basketball star Brittney Griner since she was arrested in Moscow last month on drug charges because Russian authorities have repeatedly denied their requests, a State Department spokesperson told Axios Thursday night.Driving the news: “We have repeatedly asked for consular access to these detainees and have consistently been denied access,”…Continue Reading
An American citizen killed in a Russian attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv was identified by his family and Ukrainian officials on Thursday as James Whitney Hill.Driving the news: The 67-year-old Minnesota native, known as Jimmy or Jim, “was waiting in a bread line with several other people when they were gunned down…Continue Reading
Russian forces struck Ukrainian cities from a distance again on Friday, hitting sites in the capital Kyiv and the country’s west as their ground offensive inched forward under fierce Ukrainian resistance.The war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin ground into its fourth week as his troops have failed to take Kyiv — a major objective…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday as the White House warns Beijing that providing military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger severe consequences from Washington and beyond.Planning for the call has been in the works since Biden and Xi held a…Continue Reading
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the capital Kyiv and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlin’s repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and residential areas.The early morning…Continue Reading
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