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US Naval Academy In Maryland Placed Under Lockdown Amid Threat Reports
The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was placed on a security lockdown on Thursday while military personnel and local law enforcement investigated reports of threats to the installation, the Navy said on the academy's Facebook page.
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Omar Abdullah Calls Newspapers "Cowards" For Not Reporting House Arrest
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed anguish over the missing media coverage in local newspapers on the issue of "the entire elected government being locked up".
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Lockdown, Multiple Deaths: What We Know So Far About Sydney Mall Stabbings
Five people were killed in an attack at a busy shopping centre in Sydney's Bondi Junction today. The attacker entered the mall when it was packed with shoppers and stabbed several people, local media said.
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China's Beijing Reports Over 300 New Covid Cases, Enforces Travel Curbs
Beijing city reports 316 new local COVID cases for the 15 hours to 3 p.m. on Monday, a city official said during a briefing.
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Chinese Officials' Rare Apology After Boy, 3, Dies In Harsh Lockdown
Chinese local authorities apologised Thursday after a three-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning when medical care was delayed because of a Covid lockdown.
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Fresh COVID Curbs In China Hit iPhone Production, Shut Shanghai Disney
Rising case numbers from numerous outbreaks across China have prompted a tightening of local curbs and lockdowns, including in parts of big cities such as the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, as the economic toll of the country's zero-COVID policy m
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Covid Surge: Several Chinese Cities Impose Fresh Curbs, Lockdown
Several covid-hit Chinese cities from the country's east to west imposed fresh restrictions and lockdowns on their populations on Thursday to contain flare-ups that are again threatening to disrupt local economies.
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Canada Man Seen With Rifle Shot Dead By Cops, Days After US Massacre
Police in Canada's largest city Toronto on Thursday fatally shot a man armed with a rifle, local media reported, in an incident that forced several schools into lockdown just two days after a deadly assault on a US primary school.
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Covid-Shaming Pits Neighbours Against Each Other In Locked Down Shanghai
The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, COVID-negative against COVID-positive people.
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China's Shanghai Expands Covid Curbs. 26 Million People In Lockdown
China's commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city's 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as official numbers put local cases falling for the second day in a row.
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In China's Shanghai, Bankers And Traders Sleep In Offices To Beat Covid Lockdown
More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai's Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China's giant financial hub ticking over through a COVID-19 lockdown, according to local administration official
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Shanghai Bars All From Leaving Homes, Even Walking Pets As Cases Jump
Shanghai cranked up lockdown restrictions for people residing in the eastern half of the city, barring everyone from leaving their homes even to walk their dogs as local daily Covid-19 infections jumped to a record 4,477 on Tuesday.
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China's Financial Hub Shanghai Split In Two To Rein In COVID-19 Outbreak
China's financial hub of Shanghai launched a planned two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people on Monday, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging local COVID-19 cases.
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China Shuts Tech Hub Over 66 Covid Cases. 17 Million People In Lockdown
The southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen was put under a citywide lockdown Sunday, the local government announced, after it reported 66 new coronavirus cases and sealed off the central business district.
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Xian Fights Biggest COVID-19 Outbreak In A Chinese City This Year
The Chinese city of Xian reported on Thursday another 155 local COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to the highest seen in any Chinese city this year, as infections keep spreading eight days into lockdown for its 13 million people.
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US Naval Academy In Maryland Placed Under Lockdown Amid Threat Reports
The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was placed on a security lockdown on Thursday while military personnel and local law enforcement investigated reports of threats to the installation, the Navy said on the academy's Facebook page.
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Omar Abdullah Calls Newspapers "Cowards" For Not Reporting House Arrest
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed anguish over the missing media coverage in local newspapers on the issue of "the entire elected government being locked up".
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Lockdown, Multiple Deaths: What We Know So Far About Sydney Mall Stabbings
Five people were killed in an attack at a busy shopping centre in Sydney's Bondi Junction today. The attacker entered the mall when it was packed with shoppers and stabbed several people, local media said.
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China's Beijing Reports Over 300 New Covid Cases, Enforces Travel Curbs
Beijing city reports 316 new local COVID cases for the 15 hours to 3 p.m. on Monday, a city official said during a briefing.
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Chinese Officials' Rare Apology After Boy, 3, Dies In Harsh Lockdown
Chinese local authorities apologised Thursday after a three-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning when medical care was delayed because of a Covid lockdown.
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Fresh COVID Curbs In China Hit iPhone Production, Shut Shanghai Disney
Rising case numbers from numerous outbreaks across China have prompted a tightening of local curbs and lockdowns, including in parts of big cities such as the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, as the economic toll of the country's zero-COVID policy m
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Covid Surge: Several Chinese Cities Impose Fresh Curbs, Lockdown
Several covid-hit Chinese cities from the country's east to west imposed fresh restrictions and lockdowns on their populations on Thursday to contain flare-ups that are again threatening to disrupt local economies.
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Canada Man Seen With Rifle Shot Dead By Cops, Days After US Massacre
Police in Canada's largest city Toronto on Thursday fatally shot a man armed with a rifle, local media reported, in an incident that forced several schools into lockdown just two days after a deadly assault on a US primary school.
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Covid-Shaming Pits Neighbours Against Each Other In Locked Down Shanghai
The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, COVID-negative against COVID-positive people.
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China's Shanghai Expands Covid Curbs. 26 Million People In Lockdown
China's commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city's 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as official numbers put local cases falling for the second day in a row.
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In China's Shanghai, Bankers And Traders Sleep In Offices To Beat Covid Lockdown
More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai's Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China's giant financial hub ticking over through a COVID-19 lockdown, according to local administration official
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Shanghai Bars All From Leaving Homes, Even Walking Pets As Cases Jump
Shanghai cranked up lockdown restrictions for people residing in the eastern half of the city, barring everyone from leaving their homes even to walk their dogs as local daily Covid-19 infections jumped to a record 4,477 on Tuesday.
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China's Financial Hub Shanghai Split In Two To Rein In COVID-19 Outbreak
China's financial hub of Shanghai launched a planned two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people on Monday, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging local COVID-19 cases.
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China Shuts Tech Hub Over 66 Covid Cases. 17 Million People In Lockdown
The southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen was put under a citywide lockdown Sunday, the local government announced, after it reported 66 new coronavirus cases and sealed off the central business district.
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Xian Fights Biggest COVID-19 Outbreak In A Chinese City This Year
The Chinese city of Xian reported on Thursday another 155 local COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to the highest seen in any Chinese city this year, as infections keep spreading eight days into lockdown for its 13 million people.
