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Sun, May 22, 2022 | 23:16

Indonesia's palm oil export ban heats up vegetable oil market

Indonesia's decision to suspend palm oil exports in the face of domestic shortages has pushed vegetable oil prices to new highs, further tightening a market already on edge due to the war in Ukraine and global warming.

2022-04-30 15:32

COVID-hit Beijing increases curbs, fears Shanghai-like misery

The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others Thursday, as most of the city's 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown.

2022-04-28 14:52

Denmark suspends COVID vaccination campaign

Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil

Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world's largest producer of the commodity risked destabilizing a global vegetable oil market already hitting peak prices.

2022-04-28 14:07

Global growth to slow as inflation bites: poll

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.

2022-04-27 20:19

Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

Beijing launched mass coronavirus testing on Tuesday for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. Under its zero-Covid policy, China has used lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions to stamp out infections.

2022-04-26 21:04

Beijing districts placed under lockdown as COVID cases mount

BEIJING (AP) _ China's capital Beijing began testing millions of residents and shutting down residential and business districts Monday amid a new outbreak of COVID-19.

2022-04-25 20:48

Ten confirmed dead from tour boat missing off coast of Japan

At least 10 people are dead after a tour boat with 26 people on board capsized off Japan's northern coast, according to the country's coastguard.

2022-04-24 21:50

Shanghai erects metal barriers in fight against COVID-19

Volunteers and government workers in Shanghai erected metal barriers in multiple districts to block off small streets and entrances to apartment complexes, as China hardens its strict “zero-COVID” approach in its largest city despite growing complaints from residents.

2022-04-24 21:49

Beijing on alert after COVID-19 cases discovered in local school

Beijing is on alert after 10 middle school students tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, in what city officials said was an initial round of testing.

2022-04-23 16:40

No let-up in Shanghai's lockdown even as infections trend lower

Stiffening their resolve after three weeks of a strict lockdown, the authorities warned Shanghai's 25 million frazzled residents Friday that their purgatory would go on until the COVID-19 virus was eradicated neighborhood by neighborhood.

2022-04-22 14:46

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