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US drug regulator limits use of J&J Covid vaccine
The US said Thursday only adults who "have personal concerns" about mRNA vaccines, access issues or medical reasons for refusing t...
![S.Africa's daily Covid cases soar 50% in one day amid new surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/30/9e/f3/S-Africa-s-daily-Covid-cases-soar-5-117162_small.jpg)
S.Africa's daily Covid cases soar 50% in one day a...
South Africa's new Covid-19 cases shot up by more than 50 percent Thursday from the previous day, official data showed amid a surg...
![Disgraced surgeon defends windpipe transplants at Swedish trial](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/99/28/f8/Disgraced-surgeon-defends-windpipe--688161_small.jpg)
Disgraced surgeon defends windpipe transplants at...
An Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery but now charged with assault told a Swedish court Thursday the expe...
![Covid pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21: WHO](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/55/a1/ea/Covid-pandemic-killed-13-to-17-mill-217165_small.jpg)
Covid pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21:...
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday -- up to triple the number o...
![S.Africa backtracks on masks for children amid Covid surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/30/9e/f3/S-Africa-backtracks-on-masks-for-ch-162641_small.jpg)
S.Africa backtracks on masks for children amid Cov...
The South African government on Thursday retracted its earlier announcement stating school children were no longer required to wea...
![S.Africa drops masks for children despite Covid surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/30/9e/f3/S-Africa-drops-masks-for-children-d-533181_small.jpg)
S.Africa drops masks for children despite Covid su...
South Africa on Thursday ended mask-wearing for school children despite a surge of infections driven by two new Omicron sub-varian...
![Hong Kongers relish beaches reopening as virus outbreak recedes](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/9a/6a/ea/Hong-Kongers-relish-beaches-reopeni-115484_small.jpg)
Hong Kongers relish beaches reopening as virus out...
Filipino domestic worker Marites Saliganan loves getting outdoors on her one day off a week, and after Hong Kong's government lift...
Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fig...
The streets of Beijing's business district were deserted on Thursday as the government called for people to return to work remotel...
![Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight Covid outbreak](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/52/b3/2b/Millions-in-Beijing-urged-to-work-f-225575_small.jpg)
Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fig...
Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holid...
![Hong Kong more unequal, less free as Carrie Lam leaves office](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/60/9d/4a/Hong-Kong-more-unequal--less-free-a-370223_small.jpg)
Hong Kong more unequal, less free as Carrie Lam le...
Hong Kong has emerged a more unequal city, its freedoms curtailed and international shine dulled after five years with Carrie Lam...
![Beijing closes dozens of subway stations, extends Covid restrictions](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1a/df/c8/Beijing-closes-dozens-of-subway-sta-664610_small.jpg)
Beijing closes dozens of subway stations, extends...
Beijing closed dozens of subway stations and expanded Covid restrictions Wednesday, constricting movement around the Chinese capit...
![40 million more faced acute hunger in 2021: UN](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/69/61/22/40-million-more-faced-acute-hunger--123118_small.jpg)
40 million more faced acute hunger in 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's...
![Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid controls tighten](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1a/df/c8/Beijing-closes-dozens-of-subway-sta-646158_small.jpg)
Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid...
Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday as Covid restrictions constrict movement around the Chinese capital despite...
![Experts sound alarm over baby tongue surgery](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/3c/91/a5/Experts-sound-alarm-over-baby-tongu-195695_small.jpg)
Experts sound alarm over baby tongue surgery
Lea had no problems breastfeeding her newborn son when she took him to see an osteopath in Paris, who nonetheless recommended surg...
![Much-maligned rats unlikely to spark next pandemic: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5a/5d/dc/Much-maligned-rats-unlikely-to-spar-655136_small.jpg)
Much-maligned rats unlikely to spark next pandemic...
Rats have been seen as filthy disease-spreaders since at least the time of the plague, but new research shows that rodents and oth...
![Pressure on OPEC+ eases amid oil demand fears](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/c4/e8/9d/Pressure-on-OPEC--eases-amid-oil-de-555931_small.jpg)
Pressure on OPEC+ eases amid oil demand fears
Major oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia meet Thursday with less pressure to open tabs more widely than planned as China...
![WHO warns of obesity 'epidemic' in Europe](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/07/09/c8/WHO-warns-of-obesity--epidemic--in--133617_small.jpg)
WHO warns of obesity 'epidemic' in Europe
The WHO said Tuesday that "epidemic" overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, ca...
![Leaked draft shows US court set to strike down abortion rights: Politico](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e4/ae/fa/Leaked-draft-shows-US-court-set-to--224511_small.jpg)
Leaked draft shows US court set to strike down abo...
The Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the right to abortion in the United States, US media reported Monday, citing a leak...
!['No choice': Shanghai residents sent out of city during Covid crackdown](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/47/3e/60/-No-choice---Shanghai-residents-sen-626546_small.jpg)
'No choice': Shanghai residents sent out of city d...
In the middle of the night, Shanghai resident Lucy said she and her neighbours were forced into buses and taken hundreds of kilome...
![Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holiday](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/71/2a/ac/Beijing-tourist-sites-empty-in-Covi-544506_small.jpg)
Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked publi...
Major Beijing tourist venues were virtually deserted Sunday and restaurant traffic ground to a standstill, as a typically bustling...
![Beijing tightens Covid restrictions as long holiday begins](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ce/88/a6/Beijing-tightens-Covid-restrictions-242914_small.jpg)
Beijing tightens Covid restrictions as long holida...
Beijing will amp up its Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday, as the start...
![Virus might be behind mystery child hepatitis cases: US agency](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/62/59/94/Virus-might-be-behind-mystery-child-254664_small.jpg)
Virus might be behind mystery child hepatitis case...
Nine young children from Alabama affected by a mysterious hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) all tested positive for a common p...
![US drug regulator schedules infant Covid vaccine meeting for June](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5d/7e/6f/US-drug-regulator-schedules-infant--261256_small.jpg)
US drug regulator schedules infant Covid vaccine m...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced it would hold a set of meetings on Covid vaccines in June that would inclu...
![Health woes force Celine Dion to postpone Europe tour](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/34/2e/cf/Health-woes-force-Celine-Dion-to-po-162551_small.jpg)
Health woes force Celine Dion to postpone Europe t...
Canadian superstar Celine Dion announced Friday the postponement until 2023 of European concert dates for her "Courage World Tour,...
![Oktoberfest to return in 2022 after virus hiatus](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/cd/25/88/Oktoberfest-to-return-in-2022-after-811663_small.jpg)
Oktoberfest to return in 2022 after virus hiatus
Germany's iconic Oktoberfest beer festival will once again take place in Munich in 2022 after being cancelled two years running du...
![In western Ukraine, displaced children play to forget war](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/42/57/01/In-western-Ukraine--displaced-child-226736_small.jpg)
In western Ukraine, displaced children play to for...
Inside a play tent for displaced children in western Ukraine, 12-year-old Natan said his cat Marquisa was not acting normally, sle...
![Niger to vaccinate children against malaria](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1c/ac/54/Niger-to-vaccinate-children-against-124224_small.jpg)
Niger to vaccinate children against malaria
Niger has approved the vaccination of children under the age of five against malaria with a ground-breaking British vaccine, the h...
![China digs in on zero-Covid strategy despite public's frustrations](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/8f/17/87/China-digs-in-on-zero-Covid-strateg-266111_small.jpg)
China digs in on zero-Covid strategy despite publi...
China must press ahead with its "magic weapon" zero-Covid strategy, health officials said Friday, despite mounting economic costs...
![Vienna show spotlights Rothschild dynasty conspiracy theories](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/80/7a/03/Vienna-show-spotlights-Rothschild-d-153193_small.jpg)
Vienna show spotlights Rothschild dynasty conspira...
From 19th-century anti-Semitic caricatures to disinformation linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rothschild international banking...
![Kharkiv children fleeing bombs find refuge in Italy](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/83/cf/c7/Kharkiv-children-fleeing-bombs-find-521112_small.jpg)
Kharkiv children fleeing bombs find refuge in Ital...
An Italian aid programme had for years provided Viktoria Shakshyna with a respite from the children's home where she lived in Khar...
![Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/83/cd/bf/Nepal-ganja-campaign-seeks-return-o-861114_small.jpg)
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan hig...
Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himala...
![Measles cases soar 400 percent in Africa this year](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/fd/e4/89/Measles-cases-soar-400-percent-in-A-561351_small.jpg)
Measles cases soar 400 percent in Africa this year
Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) s...