Caixin/Markit services PMI drops to 50.2 in February - the lowest since August and only a touch above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction - from 51.4 in January

Concerns about potential increases in mental health conditions prompted 90% of countries surveyed to include psychosocial support

Nearly 200 nations unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024

US Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a recall notice that it received slightly more than 100 reports of wearers being burned

Few have suffered more during Hong Kong's restrictions than the hundreds of thousands of women from the Philippines and Indonesia who work as domestic helpers

Cranes loaded containers on to the train at Pinghu South Railway Station in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province

China is unlikely to join the majority of countries in approving foreign-made vaccines based on mRNA technology before making its own

The food delivery service said it would commit an initial sum of 20 million yuan ($3.17 million) to the effort

Local media said compulsory Covid testing would start after March 17, sparking concerns many people will be forced to isolate and families with members testing positive would be separated

"This year, the pressure on foreign trade will be huge and the situation will be very severe," Commerce Minister Wang Wentao warned

The General Statistics Office announced that the country welcomed 49,200 foreign visitors in January and February, up over 71% in comparison to the same period last year

The virus is undergoing short-lived mutational bursts and then returning to a slower base rate, according to a team at the University of Melbourne