SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Wednesday slammed what it called the United States' "impudent interference" in China's internal affairs over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, state media reported. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (AFP/File) Pelosi, second in line to the...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing on Thursday slammed NATO over a "completely futile" warning in which the group said for the first time in a guiding blueprint that China's power challenges the military alliance. The response came after NATO's strategic concept, published at a summit in Madrid, said...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. People queue to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in...
Embattled Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, 31, former member of K-pop boy band EXO, has been put on trial for rape and leading a crowd to engage in promiscuous activities in Beijing, China. The Beijing Chaoyang People's Court announced on June 10 that “defendant Wu Yifan’s rape, gathering for...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing will gradually lift Covid-19 restrictions this week, city officials said Sunday. A health worker takes a swab sample from a child to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a makeshift testing site in Beijing on June 2, 2022. Jade GAO / AFP After some easing in recent days,...
A subway staff member stands guard at the entrance of a closed subway station in the central business district in Beijing on May 4, 2022. Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on May 4, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people. Jade GAO...
People scan a code to show a negative Covid-19 test result done within 48 hours before entering Nanluoguxiang, a commercial street in Beijing on April 30, 2022. Beijing residents will need clear Covid tests to enter public spaces, officials said on April 30, announcing fresh virus controls at the...
BEIJING, China – Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital. China is already trying to contain a wave of infections in its biggest city Shanghai, which has...
This handout photo taken and released on March 4, 2022 by the NPC Ukraine delegation shows delegation members holding banners to call for peace prior to the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. (AFP) Athletes paraded through Beijing's...
A general view of fireworks light up the sky above the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, on February 20, 2022. (AFP) The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run...
Russia's Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 17, 2022. (AFP) IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how...
Photo from Asa Miller's Instagram account Fil-Am skier Asa Miller is gracious in defeat after failing to meet his expectations in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In a social media post, the 21-year-old said he learned a lot the hard way in his second Winter Olympics stint where he did not finish...
