Test scores dropped. Attendance waned. And teachers worried their students were unprepared for the next school year.

The country’s medical system has capacity to provide “routine health services,” authorities said, adding that certain coronavirus control measures would be rolled back.

The prohibition on public smoking of shishas has left cafes and customers struggling.

If not for covid-19, midnight would have opened the door to a night of lawful clubbing and soju drinking for those turning 20 in Korean years.

Russia’s president wants an immediate response to his demand to block Ukraine and others from joining NATO.

Russia’s president wants an immediate response to his demand to block Ukraine and others from joining NATO.

The Internet stars' focus on getting people to buy as much as possible is at odds with Beijing's campaign, which calls for redistributing wealth and promoting sustainability.

The call, which would be the second this month between the two leaders, comes amid Russia’s military buildup on the border with Ukraine.

Public messaging has also centered on the day-to-day implications, with officials warning that hospitals, school systems, and many businesses could collapse unless less stringent isolation protocols are implemented.

The blaze damaged the historic building’s main entrance, as a small group of demonstrators clashed with police and journalists in the nation’s capital.

The severe containment measures — reminiscent of Wuhan in early 2020 — underline China’s determination to stick to a “zero covid” policy designed to stamp out infections.

The call, which would be the second this month between the two leaders, comes amid Russia’s military buildup on the border with Ukraine.

The global rise of the omicron variant and the revival of restrictions could once again intensify the conditions that allow domestic violence to persist and put more strain on already-limited safety nets.

The Memorial Human Rights Center, which publishes an annual list of political prisoners, has been ordered to close, a day after another wing of the group was liquidated.

The events underscored how swiftly the authorities in the Chinese territory are moving to snuff out any remaining critical voices.

Swimming has been officially banned since 1923.

Those detained were current and former executives from Stand News, an online news organization that has been in the crosshairs of pro-Beijing media.

The entrepreneur may be Time magazine’s Person of the Year, but he is not the flavor of the month in China.

The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar called the killings a “barbaric attack.”

Those detained were current and former executives from Stand News, an online news organization that has been in the crosshairs of pro-Beijing media.

The country's environmental protection minister called the outbreak «the most serious damage to wildlife in the history of the country.»

The ruling signals the Kremlin’s determination to obliterate dissent, after a year that has seen authorities jail and harass hundreds of opposition figures and activists.

India’s Hindu right wing has accused the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa in an Indian slum, of using aid for the poor to convert desperate Hindus into Christians.

As he prepares to publish a book of his photos of Escobar, Edgar Jiménez reflects on his relationship with a man that attracts equal parts intrigue and hate in Medellín.

Public Security Minister Omer Barlev said the right-wing Yamina Party, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, has turned him into «the enemy of all settlers.»

The ruling signals the Kremlin’s determination to obliterate dissent, after a year that has seen authorities jail and harass hundreds of opposition figures and activists.

Beijing says it received visa applications from U.S. personnel for the Games, but Washington says sending some support staff is customary.

The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar called the killings a “barbaric attack.”

The law would have required Discovery, a U.S. company, to sell off its majority ownership of a large Polish media outlet.

The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar called the killings a “barbaric attack.”

From Uganda to Mexico, Afghans who escaped the Taliban are spread across more than three dozen countries, searching for stability and a new place to call home.

The trial at Sheba Medical Center in central Israel involves 150 medical workers in what's believed to be the world's first trial of fourth Pfizer doses.

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Somalia's president, attempted to sideline his main rival, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, by suspending his powers.

Suga, RM and Jin are the latest celebrities to announce they tested positive amid the global spread of the omicron variant.

Refusal to move beyond «zero covid» is eroding the city's viability as an international hub, according to almost two dozen diplomats, chambers of commerce, pilots and other expatriates.