#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

“Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns” Frustration is boiling over in Shanghai, as residents increasingly chafe under weeks of draconian coronavirus lockdowns. On Chinese social media Saturday web users fought to share a six-minute video called “The Voice of April.” The footage showed a panorama of the city’s empty streets, while also…

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#Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease

#Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease

“Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease” Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted….

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#Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown

#Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown

“Shanghai protests food shortages during COVID-19 lockdown” Desperate Shanghai residents who are under strict lockdown over a COVID-19 outbreak are protesting food shortages, chanting “we want supplies” from their apartments, video shows. Footage posted to Twitter showed people in the locked-down city banging pots on their balconies to decry a lack of food and other…

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#Helen Mirren reveals her ‘normal home life’ while filming ‘The Duke’

#Helen Mirren reveals her ‘normal home life’ while filming ‘The Duke’

“Helen Mirren reveals her ‘normal home life’ while filming ‘The Duke’” When Dame meets ‘Duke’ Helen Mirren, filmdom’s perennial majesty, arrived at Andrew Saffir’s exclusive movie preview. She plays queens. He does screenings. She’s in Sony Pictures Classics’ newie “The Duke.” His Cinema Society showed it at the Tribeca screening room. “We were unbelievably lucky,” she…

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#London police fine people who went to Boris Johnson’s parties during COVID

#London police fine people who went to Boris Johnson’s parties during COVID

“London police fine people who went to Boris Johnson’s parties during COVID” London police have fined 20 people for breaking the country’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns to attend alcohol-fueled parties at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s offices and residence — a scandal that has rocked the conservative government and become known as “Partygate.” It’s unclear if Johnson…

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#Stunning booze deaths show COVID rules kill American youth

#Stunning booze deaths show COVID rules kill American youth

“Stunning booze deaths show COVID rules kill American youth” A deadly scourge killed almost 100,000 Americans in 2020: alcohol.  During the first year of the pandemic, per a new report from the National Institutes of Health, 99,017 people died of alcohol-related deaths (including fatalities from accidents and liver disease). 74,408 of the dead were aged…

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