Minna Honkanen could not have anticipated the seismic events that would grip Hong Kong after she decided to try her luck there in early 2019. Two months after she arrived, unprecedented social unrest engulfed the city, followed immediately by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut borders and restricted travel for more than two years. Least of…
Grandma takes on New York Fashion Week Grandmother, mother of five, jazz singer and talented seamstress – Juliette Chriss was able to attend New York Fashion Week this year. FOX 5 NY’s Tashanea Whitlow speaks with Chriss about both her past and her future. NEW YORK – Grandmother, mother of five, jazz singer and seamstress…
BEIJING – It would have been natural for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to address the U.N. General Assembly in the 80th anniversary year of the founding of the United Nations. But he won’t. Instead, Premier Li Qiang is speaking at this week’s annual meeting in the latest example of Xi cutting back on overseas trips…
Gov. Hochul Friday signed an executive order ensuring continued access to COVID-19 vaccines in New York after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took steps to limit availability of the shots. The governor’s measure declares a health emergency and authorizes pharmacists to continue providing the vaccines to anyone who wants them at their local drug…
Online medical consultations expanded during the pandemic, especially for the elderly. Like with online classes and working from home, they helped to limit exposure to the coronavirus in the community. But the telehealth market remains in its early stages. The Consumer Council recently reviewed Hong Kong’s telehealth services in a survey that included 840 consumers,…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is launching an aggressive, multi-agency effort to protect America’s farmlands, food supply and critical research from influence and control by US adversaries — including banning the purchase of farmland by Chinese nationals. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins joined several top officials — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam…
The latest figures also highlighted two of the most dominant Covid variants at the moment A symptom that occurs three times in 24 hours could be a sign of Covid(Image: Getty) People should stay vigilant for signs of COVID-19 as there’s been a marginal uptick in cases across the UK. Government data reveals that in…
New Delhi: A resurgent wave of Covid-19 is spreading through Southeast Asia, with densely populated regions in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Thailand witnessing a spike in cases. Health authorities are on alert in major cities like Hong Kong and Singapore, China and Thailand have asked people to take new booster vaccinations. Most Affected Countries…
Covid-19 cases are seeing a slight uptick in India, with 257 active cases across the country as of May 19 according to the health ministry. This is prompted Indian authorities to monitor Covid surveillance, also taking into account the recent surge of cases in Asian regions like Hong Kong and Singapore. The latest number of…
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has identified suspected Covid-19 contamination in a batch of flocked swabs used in five public hospitals, with two patients found to have shown false positive results. The authority said on Saturday that a laboratory at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung detected weak positive results for Covid-19 in some of…