In China, no easy way to get Pfizer’s COVID drug Paxlovid

BEIJING — When Li’s 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious

New Zealand’s southern waters experiencing marine heatwave

WELLINGTON — Waters around New Zealand’s South Island are as much as 6 degrees Celsius (42.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal due

Japan’s sharp wholesale price rise heaps pressure on BoJ’s ultra-easy policy

TOKYO — Japan’s annual wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in December, data showed on Monday, adding to recent growing signs

Household wealth optimism collapses, global survey shows

Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that

Russian oil shipped to Asia in Chinese supertankers amid ship shortage

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE — At least four Chinese-owned supertankers are shipping Russian Urals crude to China, according to trading sources and tracking data,

IMF says fragmentation could cost global economy up to 7% of GDP

WASHINGTON — A severe fragmentation of the global economy after decades of increasing economic integration could reduce global economic output by up

Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly air crash

KATHMANDU — Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in