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BEIJING (Reuters) -A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day on Wednesday, with many unable to leave their residential compounds and relying on deliveries of necessities as new COVID-19 infections persisted. Xian

WHO: global COVID cases up 11% last week, omicron risk high  Associated Press Covid-19, Omicron Variant and Testing News: Live Updates  The New York Times U.S. Covid cases rise to pandemic high as delta and omicron circulate at same time  CNBC World hits

A jury in Silicon Valley has been weighing the fate of Holmes, the former tech executive whose blood-testing startup Theranos shot her to fame. She now faces criminal fraud charges. (Image credit: Nic Coury/AP)

As we count down to the New Year, we asked our readers what they thought were the top political stories of 2021. Here’s what they picked. (Image credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

(BEIJING) — China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station. A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington on

Former U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82  Reuters Harry Reid, a longtime US senator from Nevada and former Democratic leader, dies at 82  CNN Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, dead at 82  Fox News Former Senator Harry Reid dies

A Chinese man sought by the police for three years turned himself in after being unable to withstand the restrictions on life amid the government’s COVID-19 curbs. A 42-year-old man gave himself up to the local police in the eastern

An unusually warm spell in what is usually the coldest state in the United States has seen temperature records broken.

Defense minister says Israel will loan NIS 100 million to PA; 9,500 undocumented Palestinians, foreign nationals to get legal status

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Tuesday rejected defense attorneys’ arguments that the four men are charged with conduct that is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)