Updated: Ten killed in ballroom shooting near Los Angeles during Lunar New Year party
Updated: 3:55pm, 23rd January, 2023 (AEST)Monterey Park, California, USReuters A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a Lunar New Year massacre at a dance club that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded. The gunman tried to carry out another shooting at […]
Happy Lunar New Year?: COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink
As people around the globe mark the start of the Lunar New Year, LIN TAYLOR of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Chinatowns have fared – and the role some say xenophobia has played – during the coronavirus pandemic…
Updated: “Enemy of mankind”: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
Updated 12pmShanghai/Beijing, ChinaReuters The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission said on Monday. The number of new deaths on Sunday rose 97, the NHC said in a statement on its website, another daily record increase. Passengers wearing masks walk […]
Trump offers China “any help” as virus toll grows, markets reel
Shanghai, ChinaReuters US President Donald Trump offered China any help needed on Monday to control a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 81 people, stranded tens of millions during the biggest holiday of the year and rattled global markets. With provincial authorities taking increasing flak from the public over their initial response, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang […]
China heads into Lunar New Year on shutdown as virus spreads to Europe
Beijing, ChinaReuters A new coronavirus that has killed 26 people in China was confirmed in Europe for the first time on Friday as it spreads despite Chinese attempts to quarantine the city at the heart of the outbreak. China closed Shanghai Disneyland and part of the Great Wall and suspended public transportation in 10 cities […]
Stop pigging out and save the planet, Chinese told ahead of Lunar New Year
Thomson Reuters Foundation As Chinese people celebrate the new Year of the Pig this week, environmental campaigners are urging them to eat less pork and help save the planet. China consumes more meat than any other country and accounts for half the world’s consumption of pork, which is used in everything from dumplings and stir-fries […]