Lockdown

China's immigration authority responded to what it said were "foreign media reports" that falsely said the agency had suspended passport issuances.

Beijing officials yesterday denied rumours of sweeping, Shanghai-style lockdown measures, urging people not to panic-buy but to stay at home. They also announced a new round of mass testing across most of the city.

Beijing residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday as Chinese officials tried to curb mounting panic over a rumour the capital would be placed under stay-at-home orders.

Shanghai guidelines say residents can leave their "area" if it is classified as "precautionary". Rules also say residents should only go out for "appropriate activity" but precisely what they are allowed to do depends on the residential committee.

For the last 65 days Laura Hudson has been on a mission to leave China, navigating through all of its COVID restrictions to get back to the United States.

China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy on Wednesday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) criticised the country's hardline approach to crushing the virus.

Tesla halted production at its Shanghai plant due to issues with securing parts for its electric vehicles.

Scuffles with officials, workers storming factory gates and households raging at being dragged into quarantine -- Shanghai's long fight against Covid-19 is unravelling into chaos and desperation.

Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement.

As per a report, videos posted online showed more than a hundred Quanta workers physically overwhelming security guards in hazmat suits and vaulting over factory gates to escape being trapped inside the Shanghai factory amid rumours that workers on the floor that day tested positive for COVID.

The rupee hit all-time lows early on Monday, trading beyond 77.40 per dollar driven by investors' preference toward safety as lockdowns in China, war on the edge of Europe and fear about higher interest rates sent a nervous jolt through markets.

Shanghai is tightening its already strict COVID-19 lockdown in a fresh push to eliminate infections outside quarantined areas of China's biggest city by late this month, people familiar with the matter said.

Oil prices fell by more than 2% as demand worries stemming from China's prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns outweighed the prospect of a European embargo on Russian crude.

Tesla Inc is aiming to increase output at its Shanghai plant to 2,600 cars a day from May 16.

Keir Starmer, leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party, will face a police probe into whether a campaign gathering in 2021 breached lockdown rules, weeks after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined for breaking the rules.

China's immigration authority responded to what it said were "foreign media reports" that falsely said the agency had suspended passport issuances.

Beijing officials yesterday denied rumours of sweeping, Shanghai-style lockdown measures, urging people not to panic-buy but to stay at home. They also announced a new round of mass testing across most of the city.

Beijing residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday as Chinese officials tried to curb mounting panic over a rumour the capital would be placed under stay-at-home orders.

Shanghai guidelines say residents can leave their "area" if it is classified as "precautionary". Rules also say residents should only go out for "appropriate activity" but precisely what they are allowed to do depends on the residential committee.

For the last 65 days Laura Hudson has been on a mission to leave China, navigating through all of its COVID restrictions to get back to the United States.

China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy on Wednesday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) criticised the country's hardline approach to crushing the virus.

Tesla halted production at its Shanghai plant due to issues with securing parts for its electric vehicles.

Scuffles with officials, workers storming factory gates and households raging at being dragged into quarantine -- Shanghai's long fight against Covid-19 is unravelling into chaos and desperation.

Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement.

As per a report, videos posted online showed more than a hundred Quanta workers physically overwhelming security guards in hazmat suits and vaulting over factory gates to escape being trapped inside the Shanghai factory amid rumours that workers on the floor that day tested positive for COVID.

The rupee hit all-time lows early on Monday, trading beyond 77.40 per dollar driven by investors' preference toward safety as lockdowns in China, war on the edge of Europe and fear about higher interest rates sent a nervous jolt through markets.

Shanghai is tightening its already strict COVID-19 lockdown in a fresh push to eliminate infections outside quarantined areas of China's biggest city by late this month, people familiar with the matter said.

Oil prices fell by more than 2% as demand worries stemming from China's prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns outweighed the prospect of a European embargo on Russian crude.

Tesla Inc is aiming to increase output at its Shanghai plant to 2,600 cars a day from May 16.

Keir Starmer, leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party, will face a police probe into whether a campaign gathering in 2021 breached lockdown rules, weeks after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined for breaking the rules.