China’s Workers Are Calling In Sick With Covid After Beijing’s

Lack of data, confusion over new rules mean true scale of wave engulfing nation remains a mystery Source

Ali Aboutaam was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay legal costs after he entered a plea bargain Source

Arrest is blow to a government that had sought to clamp down on Russian influence in its ranks since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine Source

Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in the fourth attack in two weeks as Islamic State attempts a violent resurgence Source

Ukrainian air defenses shot down the entire party of UAVs, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Source