China appears poised to lead climate initiatives but will struggle to fill vacuum in public health as US leaves frameworks, analysts say.
Prof Salim Abdool Karim refutes Trump's unfounded reasons for withdrawing the US from the WHO, citing a lack of evidence and political motivations.
Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.
A surge in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China is sparking concerns five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, drawing attention to another respiratory virus circulating in the population.
Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic factor, another driving force behind the exodus might be their smaller pay packages.
Changi Airport has almost fully recovered. Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passenger movements in 2024 — a 14.8 per cent increase from the year before.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office to begin withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that some scientists and faith
U.S. President Donald Trump has directed federal agencies to assess China's performance under the Phase 1 trade deal that he signed with Beijing in 2020 during his first term at the White House.
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, began in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The first case of the virus was identified in December 2019 and was linked to a seafood market in ...
The Covid-19 pandemic killed an estimated 7.1 million people worldwide, causing global life expectancy to decline by 1.6 years between 2019 and 2021. It disrupted economies, destroyed livelihoods, and strained social cohesion in many countries.
In 2020, China imported $135 billion of U.S. goods, and a year later, it bought $178 billion, according to data from Chinese customs. The deal included stronger Chinese legal protections for patents, trademarks, copyrights.
As global coverage of infectious diseases continues to evolve as a result of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say public health officials and media need to responsibly share information,