China

Shares in the Asia-Pacific region mostly traded lower on Wednesday, as economic fears continue to weigh on the market.

China is in the midst of the "618" shopping festival, an annual event where the country's e-commerce giants like Alibaba and JD.com try to entice shoppers with massive discounts and promotions.

A Chinese military plane crashed in a residential area in central China on Thursday, killing at least one person, China's state-run national broadcaster CCTV said.

Torrential rains in southern China have killed at least 32 people, impacted millions of residents and caused billions of yuan in economic losses, as the country grapples with increasingly devastating flood seasons fueled by climate change.

The football pitches sat empty and silent under the cold glare of floodlights, barricaded off on all sides. Nearby, hundreds of police patrolled the grounds, stopping and searching passersby and sealing off entrances to the park.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, whose rare visit to China was criticized by rights groups and Western countries, said she urged Beijing to review its counter-terrorism policies.

Residents of Hong Kong are leaving the city in droves in 2022 — because Covid restrictions and what they see as an erosion of democratic norms are pushing them to leave.

Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved "zero-Covid at the community level" in what appeared to be a turning point in a heavy-handed and costly campaign to tame an Omicron outbreak.

For Lisa Wright, it was supposed to be the highlight of her career -- the chance to adjudicate at the sport's premier event at the Olympics.

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Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital.

Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week raising the prospect of more stringent restrictions.