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A bookstore too controversial for China finds home in D.C.

Shanghai hit by strongest typhoon since 1949
Shanghai braces for direct hit from Typhoon Bebinca
A million people are relocated as Typhoon Yagi makes 2 landfalls in southern China
Millions told to evacuate as typhoon pummels Japan
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Parts of a Munich synagogue demolished by Nazis are found in a river 85 years later

In southern China, residents revolt against COVID-19 controls
China eases its 'zero COVID' policy with shorter quarantines and less restrictions
China sees violent protests against COVID restrictions, and U.S. cases have been rising
Workers filmed fleeing major iPhone factory in China
Workers walk out of iPhone factory, highlighting virus woes
China’s Covid-19 curbs disrupt production at world’s biggest iPhone factory
China COVID curbs hit iPhone output, shut Shanghai Disney
Shanghai Disney Resort will close indefinitely starting on Halloween due to COVID-19
Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID, visitors unable to leave

China's economic growth slows following COVID lockdowns
In Shanghai, a Surge in Cases Raises Fears of Another Lockdown
China's zero-COVID strategy is shuttering casinos across Macau
Covid-19: Macau halts transport, closes casinos, tells residents to stay home
China halves quarantine time for overseas travellers
Zero Covid holds danger for China's Xi
Canada will no longer require vaccines for domestic travelers and government workers
Taiwan to cut COVID-related quarantine for arrivals to 3 days
Japan eases foreign tourism ban and allows guided package tours
Covid-19: Hong Kong excluded from Japan’s tourism trial, Sinovac jab not recognised
New Zealand, Laos, Myanmar: Countries continue to relax COVID restrictions for globetrotters

Beijing tightens Covid restrictions again over ‘ferocious’ bar cluster
A COVID-19 cluster at a Beijing nightclub sets off a new clampdown
Covid-19: Is China’s pandemic response a sign of strength or weakness?
China must stick ‘unswervingly’ to its zero-Covid strategy, says leader Xi Jinping
Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown
5,000 quarantined after Beijing man ignores isolation order, tests positive for Covid-19
Shanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown
Shanghai hits prized 'zero COVID' status but lockdown lingers
Shanghai has achieved zero-Covid, health official says, but millions in Chinese city remain in lockdown
Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable
At mercy of zealous residential committees, Shanghai's locked-down vent frustration
Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling COVID cases
Shanghai re-tightens on COVID, frustrating trapped residents
Shanghai’s perpetual lockdown is only getting worse
'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown, Beijing keeps testing
China builds permanent COVID testing stations for life after lockdown
Shanghai says China's worst COVID outbreak under "effective control"
As Beijing battles outbreak, China warns 'zero COVID' doubters
Fears mount for China's economy as leaders dig in on zero-Covid
'How did we catch it?': spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents
Taiwan will not ‘cruelly’ lock down like China: premier
Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid controls tighten
Setback for Shanghai's COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing
Beijing tightens Covid restrictions with dine-in bans and testing
Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accounting
Shanghai's lockdown economy
New tests to decide Shanghai reopening as Beijing stocks up
Covid-19: Mass testing for almost 21 million Beijing residents as lockdown fears grow
'I Just Want to Help': Amid Chaos, Shanghai Residents Band Together
UPDATE 4-Beijing shoppers throng stores as district starts mass testing
Beijing will mass-test most of the city as COVID-19 cases mount
China’s strict zero-Covid policy is causing expats to leave
Beijing to mass-test most of city as COVID-19 cases mount
Shanghai fences up COVID-hit areas, fuelling fresh outcry
Shanghai: Censors try to block video about lockdown conditions
Shanghai installs metal barriers to seal off streets, residential buildings to contain COVID outbreak
Shanghai: Green fences baffle locked down residents
Shanghai erects metal barriers in fight against COVID-19
Shanghai installs metal barriers and fences around people's homes to stop them from going out, in its latest brutal measure to battle Covid

'Everything is halted': Shanghai shutdowns are worsening shortages
JB Hunt says Shanghai’s lockdown will spell trouble for US ports again in July
Five grocery items with big price jumps amid high inflation
Texas Gov. Abbott reverses course on truck inspections at Mexico border
Texas Gov. Abbott reverses course on truck inspections at Mexico border
Inflation is hammering the voters who will soon decide some key midterm races
Why there are growing fears the U.S. is headed to a recession
'Recession shock' is coming, Bank of America warns

Shanghai gov’t reports 400,000 Covid cases and 25 deaths as lockdown set to ease
Migrant workers in China find new jobs — and precarious conditions — in COVID control
Shanghai's Low COVID Death Toll Revives Questions About China's Numbers
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 as official toll rises to 10
Shanghai firms push for production to resume as Chinese city logs 7 more Covid-19 deaths
Shanghai reports first COVID deaths amid sweeping lockdowns
Growing defiance of COVID curbs in China brings wave of arrests
Shanghai factories sputter towards reopening as city aims to ease lockdown
‘It’s probably worse than Wuhan’: Experts warn China’s COVID-19 lockdowns will once again cripple global supply chains
Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday - sources
China’s New COVID Crisis Could Spawn the Worst Variant Yet
Covid-19: Shanghai starts to ease restrictions in some neighbourhoods
Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise
US pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai amid COVID surge
Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive children from families, as frustration at virus controls grows
Panic buying and lockdowns as Shanghai sees steep rise in Covid-19 cases
Firms in Shenzhen nurse wounds after COVID 'war' - Chinese survey
Why are Shanghai's COVID infections nearly all asymptomatic?
CORRECTED-Transport locked down in China's Shanghai as asymptomatic COVID cases surge
China is locking down most of Shanghai, its largest city, to fight COVID
Shanghai starts China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years
China locks down city of 9 million as Omicron continues to challenge zero-Covid strategy
'Refuse quarantine!': frustrations mount as China replays COVID controls
How China's soaring COVID numbers put the rest of the world at risk
China shuts business center of Shenzhen to fight virus surge
COVID Finally Spins Out of Control in China as New Variant Takes Hold
China locks down millions of people as COVID cases spike
China's daily cases of symptomatic COVID more than triple
China orders 51 million into lockdown as COVID surges
China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases
Shanghai steps up defences against wave of asymptomatic COVID cases
China Reports Most Daily Covid Cases Since Wuhan Outbreak
Chinese city of Qingdao reports Omicron outbreak among students
Mainland China daily local COVID cases climb to 2-year high

Japan will shorten quarantine for business travelers to 3 days.
With fourth wave raging, Germany agrees booster shots for all
Vienna will start to vaccinate young children without E.U. approval.
Vienna bans the unvaccinated from restaurants as national cases surge
South Korea will hospitalize all Covid patients taking the college entrance exam.
China Locked Her Up for Reporting on COVID Outbreak—Now She’s Nearly Dead
One Chinese town has started a fiery online debate about China's zero-COVID policy
Covid-19 Lockdowns Ripple Across China—‘I Wonder How Long I Can Hang On’
In China, 300 coronavirus cases means public shaming, marooned travelers and a nationwide dragnet
Shanghai Disneyland is shut down, and 30,000 people are tested, after one COVID case
30,000 Park-Goers in Disneyland Lockdown Panic Over One COVID Case in Halloween Nightmare
Russia sets a record for new cases as it starts a weeklong holiday.
New Zealand's lockdowns have been a disaster for some. As they lift, another threat looms.
South Korea seeks a path to normal life from COVID-19
New Zealand Covid cases hit record despite vaccination push
New Zealand's doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinated
New Zealand acknowledges it can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus
China locks down city of four million over Covid cases
Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
Portugal has nearly run out of people to vaccinate. What comes next?

The World's 50 Best Restaurants
A handful of the world's newly crowned 50 best restaurants are in the U.S.