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Queen Elizabeth II visits horse show after health...
A smiling Queen Elizabeth II was pictured watching the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Friday, allaying some fears over health problem...
![Chinese police crack down on Beijing lockdown 'rumours'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/34/09/be/Chinese-police-crack-down-on-Beijin-214566_small.jpg)
Chinese police crack down on Beijing lockdown 'rum...
Chinese police are investigating a woman for allegedly fabricating "rumours" that Beijing will enter a three-day lockdown, officia...
![Mass tourism returns to Barcelona -- so does debate](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e8/62/f3/Mass-tourism-returns-to-Barcelona---666243_small.jpg)
Mass tourism returns to Barcelona -- so does debat...
Visitors are once again jamming the narrow streets of Barcelona's Gothic quarter as global travel bounces back from the pandemic,...
![North Korea confirms first Covid-19 death in 'explosive' outbreak](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7f/82/15/North-Korea-confirms-first-Covid-19-300153_small.jpg)
North Korea confirms first Covid-19 death in 'expl...
North Korea confirmed its first ever Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of tho...
![Virtual global Covid summit yields $3bn in new funding](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5b/f6/e1/Virtual-global-Covid-summit-yields--543348_small.jpg)
Virtual global Covid summit yields $3bn in new fun...
US President Joe Biden warned nations attending Thursday's virtual global summit on Covid-19 that there was "still so much left to...
![US doctors reflect on exhaustion, trauma of one million Covid deaths](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/98/d9/ab/US-doctors-reflect-on-exhaustion--t-261322_small.jpg)
US doctors reflect on exhaustion, trauma of one mi...
Joseph Varon -- who is chief of intensive care at United Memorial, a small hospital that mainly treats minority patients in Housto...
![US mourns one million dead from Covid-19](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d2/d3/2d/US-mourns-one-million-dead-from-Cov-646463_small.jpg)
US mourns one million dead from Covid-19
The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said on Thursday, as the nation s...
North Korea fires missiles after Covid cases promp...
North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid-19 cases Thursday and declared a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un appearing...
![Beijing residents swamp supermarkets after lockdown rumours](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/55/4f/bb/Beijing-residents-swamp-supermarket-171155_small.jpg)
Beijing residents swamp supermarkets after lockdow...
Beijing residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday as Chinese officials tried to curb mounting panic over a rumour the capital w...
![US funding doubts overshadow Biden's latest global Covid summit](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5b/f6/e1/US-funding-doubts-overshadow-Biden--652253_small.jpg)
US funding doubts overshadow Biden's latest global...
President Joe Biden will address a global summit on Covid-19 Thursday, but Congress' refusal to authorize billions of dollars in f...
North Korea fires missile after Covid cases prompt...
North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid cases Thursday and declared a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un appearing in...
![US marks 1 mn Covid deaths, early epicenter New York seeks to move on](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d2/d3/2d/US-marks-1-mn-Covid-deaths--early-e-141811_small.jpg)
US marks 1 mn Covid deaths, early epicenter New Yo...
The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said on Thursday, as cities like...
![Tourism recovering, but not back to pre-pandemic levels](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7c/be/39/Tourism-recovering--but-not-back-to-262256_small.jpg)
Tourism recovering, but not back to pre-pandemic l...
Global tourism is roaring back to life despite Covid travel headaches and the effects of the war in Ukraine, but it has yet to ret...
North Korea reports first Covid cases, Kim orders...
North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid cases on Thursday and declared a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un ordering...
![One million dead: Five things to know about America's pandemic](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1e/3c/b0/One-million-dead--Five-things-to-kn-522515_small.jpg)
One million dead: Five things to know about Americ...
One million dead from Covid-19: two years ago it would have been unimaginable, but now the United States is on the verge of surpas...
![US nears 1 mn Covid dead, early epicenter New York seeks to move on](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d2/d3/2d/US-nears-1-mn-Covid-dead--early-epi-262231_small.jpg)
US nears 1 mn Covid dead, early epicenter New York...
The United States is about to cross the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, a grim milestone that comes as cities like...
![North Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, declares emergency](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b6/b0/25/North-Korea-reports-first-Covid-19--161316_small.jpg)
North Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, decla...
North Korea has confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19 and declared a "severe national emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un vowi...
![Baby formula shortage sends US parents into panic](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a0/36/86/Baby-formula-shortage-sends-US-pare-011202_small.jpg)
Baby formula shortage sends US parents into panic
It's a nightmare for parents. The United States is in the grip of a severe shortage of baby formula -- with a mass product recall...
![US overdose deaths rose 15% in 2021 to more than 100,000](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/8a/26/ea/US-overdose-deaths-rose-15--in-2021-275721_small.jpg)
US overdose deaths rose 15% in 2021 to more than 1...
Drug overdoses killed more than 100,000 people in the United States in 2021, data showed Wednesday, as the Covid-19 pandemic exace...
![China censors zero-Covid debate after WHO criticises policy](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/15/b3/99/China-censors-zero-Covid-debate-aft-645566_small.jpg)
China censors zero-Covid debate after WHO criticis...
China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy on Wednesday after the World Health Organisation...
![Where's the money? Japan town sues after $360,000 subsidy mix-up](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b8/52/04/Where-s-the-money--Japan-town-sues--532662_small.jpg)
Where's the money? Japan town sues after $360,000...
A Japanese town that accidentally sent a resident $360,000 in financial aid said on Wednesday it has been forced to file a lawsuit...
![New Zealand fully reopens to the world in August: Ardern](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/78/9e/41/New-Zealand-fully-reopens-to-the-wo-564621_small.jpg)
New Zealand fully reopens to the world in August:...
New Zealand will fully reopen to the world in August, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday, ending one of the toughest...
![WHO says China's zero-Covid strategy unsustainable](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1a/9e/e8/WHO-says-China-s-zero-Covid-strateg-916592_small.jpg)
WHO says China's zero-Covid strategy unsustainable
China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, adding t...
![FIFA confirms replay for abandoned Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/26/fc/de/FIFA-confirms-replay-for-abandoned--116464_small.jpg)
FIFA confirms replay for abandoned Brazil-Argentin...
FIFA on Monday confirmed the abandoned 2022 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina will be replayed, after rejecting app...
Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers c...
Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restric...
!['There's no why': Shanghai rages at endless Covid lockdown](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/35/1d/bf/-There-s-no-why---Shanghai-rages-at-902455_small.jpg)
'There's no why': Shanghai rages at endless Covid...
Scuffles with officials, workers storming factory gates and households raging at being dragged into quarantine -- Shanghai's long...
![For Ukraine doctors, treating injured Russians a necessary evil](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/24/69/3e/For-Ukraine-doctors--treating-injur-457516_small.jpg)
For Ukraine doctors, treating injured Russians a n...
For more than two months, Dr Farad Ali-Shakh has spent his waking hours tending wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. He also...
![Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/87/21/25/Downtown-Beijing-goes-quiet-as-zero-175018_small.jpg)
Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy s...
Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China's capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restric...
![US probes five child deaths, 109 cases linked to mystery liver disease](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/62/59/94/US-probes-five-child-deaths--109-ca-616856_small.jpg)
US probes five child deaths, 109 cases linked to m...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 childhood cases of a mysterious form of hepatitis, includin...
![US says investigating deaths of five children linked to mystery liver disease](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/62/59/94/US-says-investigating-deaths-of-fiv-654181_small.jpg)
US says investigating deaths of five children link...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 childhood cases of a mysterious form of hepatitis, includin...
![Fears mount for China's economy as leaders dig in on zero-Covid](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/bf/f9/6f/Fears-mount-for-China-s-economy-as--824684_small.jpg)
Fears mount for China's economy as leaders dig in...
Mass testing of China's vast population could bring fresh misery to the economy, experts warned Friday, after Beijing vowed to reg...
![From lockdown to wedlock: Shanghai couple defy Covid woes to marry](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d0/cc/cd/From-lockdown-to-wedlock--Shanghai--161721_small.jpg)
From lockdown to wedlock: Shanghai couple defy Cov...
A couple in Shanghai have beaten Covid lockdowns and bureaucracy to tie the knot, celebrating their marriage in the car park of th...