WUHAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An outpouring of grief has followed news of the death of Bailong, a white horse that played a crucial role in the rescue of a drowning man in central China's Hubei Province ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health ...

WUHAN, China - Five years ago this month, when the Chinese government sealed off the city of Wuhan to slow the spread of COVID-19, the acclaimed author Fang Fang began jotting down notes from ...

Rescuers search for victims near the wreckages of vehicles in an area affected by a landslide following a flash flood that killed multiple people in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan.

Built in just days as COVID-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.

Flynn Nicholls is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on U.S. politics and society. Originally from New Zealand, Flynn joined Newsweek in 2024 and had previously ...

The Chinese city of Wuhan became famous across the globe in 2020 as the epicentre of the deadly Covid-19 outbreak, which shut down much of the world and claimed millions of lives. Five years on ...