Red lanterns, couplet decorations, fortune envelopes and a giant rabbit: Dozens of New Yorkers stopped by a Chinese New Year booth at Washington Square Park in Manhattan to collect their good luck as the year of rabbit arrives. As New York City embraced its celebration of the 2023 Lunar New Year, Junqi Zhang and Guowei […]
WHO working with China to manage COVID risks during Lunar New Year festivities
January 12, 2023 by
The World Health Organization said it is working with China to manage the risks of COVID-19 surging again as people travel for Lunar New Year celebrations but the country’s response continues to be challenged by a lack of data. COVID-19 is spreading unchecked in China after the country lifted its zero-COVID policy in December, but […]
Biden sees ‘sanitized’ border crisis as migrant encounters plummet at El Paso and encampments cleared: sources
January 10, 2023 by
President Biden got a watered-down version of the border crisis in El Paso, Texas on Sunday, as the number of illegal immigrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico line appears to have plummeted since December, according to reports. Not only that, but the Central Processing Center, which was previously overwhelmed with immigrants, is no longer at its […]