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Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a “new phase” in its approach to combating the pandemic, in his first comments to the public on Covid-19 since his government changed course three weeks ago and relaxed its rigorous policy of lockdowns and mass testing. China’s abrupt switch earlier this month from …

PESHAWAR: Amid fears over the new Covid-19 variant, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has begun random screening at the Peshawar airport and on Afghan border crossings in the province. The development comes as the health department recorded six new coronavirus patients on Saturday. Provincial chief secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash had directed the health department to stay alert in light …

France on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases — and amid questions about its data reporting. Spain, South Korea and Israel also said they would require proof of a negative test for travelers leaving China, and UK media reported that Britain would soon …

ISLAMABAD: Amid the threat of Covid-19 spread, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has begun screening passengers at the Islamabad International airport. According to the airport manager, all the inbound passengers are being tested at the entry points for temperature, while Covid-19 tests are also being carried out on passengers with the symptoms of the virus. It may be noted that …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Loyal Texans fans, you asked, and they listened. The organization is looking for feedback on changing the team uniforms for the 2024 season. The idea was discussed with the Texans’ CEO, Cal Mcnair, on an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session on Reddit before the start of the 2022 season, according to the team website. “We have already engaged the …

Coiffeurs across Belgium are sweeping up and bagging hair clipped from their customers, and then handing it over to an NGO that recycles it to protect the environment. The Hair Recycle project feeds locks and tresses into a machine that turns them into matted squares that can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons polluting the environment, or made …

The Japanese unit of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said on Friday it would return its customer assets from February. FTX Japan is developing a system with which customers can withdraw assets via the website of Liquid Japan, a crypto exchange it bought in February this year. “We deeply apologise for the big trouble caused by the prolonged suspension of services …

STOCKHOLM: The European Union’s health agency said on Thursday it believed the introduction of mandatory Covid screenings of travellers from China was “unjustified”, despite a surge in cases in China. The United States and several other countries have introduced mandatory Covid tests on travellers arriving from China. But such measures are not necessary for the EU as a whole, the …

Chinese state-media said Covid testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening. Having kept its borders all but shut for three years, imposing a strict regime of lockdowns and relentless testing, China abruptly reversed course toward …

WASHINGTON: The US government’s two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 delayed a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands waited at the southern …