EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?

Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world.”

China's factory activity rebounds as anti-virus curbs ease

China’s factory output rebounded in May, adding to a recovery from the latest economic slump induced by COVID-19 curbs

Virus cluster at nightclub sets off new Beijing clampdown

China's capital has put school online in one of its major districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a nightclub

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Japan eases foreign tourism ban, allows guided package tours

Japan on Friday partially opened its borders to foreign tourists and began accepting applicaions, but only for those on guided package tours who are willing to follow mask-wearing and other antivirus measures as the country cautiously tries to balance business and infection worries

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Virus testing the new normal as China sticks to 'zero-COVID'

Thousands of COVID-19 testing booths have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other Chinese cities in the latest twist to the country’s “zero-COVID” strategy