BEIJING--China’s lockdowns of big cities to fight coronavirus outbreaks are prompting concern about more disruptions to global industries after two makers of processor chips said their factories were affected. That has added to unease about the omicron variant's global economic impact.... Those types weren’t affected by chip shortages last year that disrupted auto and other manufacturing.... So the industry is likely to have stockpiles. Authorities also have cut off access to parts of Ningbo,

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 rides down a mostly empty street in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, on Jan.... " Lockdowns in China are already causing disruptions," economists at Nomura said in a report Friday.... The Chinese economy already was cooling under pressure from unrelated official efforts to force real estate developers and other companies to reduce surging debt that has fueled China's boom over the past two decades....

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for July 31 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the French capital. Some 3, 000 security forces deployed around Paris for a third weekend of protests against the pass that will be needed soon to enter restaurants and other places.... Polls show a majority of French support the pass, but some are adamantly opposed....

BEIJING--China's manufacturing activity fell to a five-month low in March after most of Shanghai and two other industrial centers were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, a survey showed Thursday. The monthly purchasing managers' index of the Chinese statistics agency and an industry group, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, fell to 49.5 from February's 50.2 on a 100-point scale.... Numbers below 50 show activity contracting. Sub-indicators of new orders, new export orders,

to the virus in the small Belgian city of Ciney just weeks later. Reports claim the 41-year-old

The trip was first reported by Politico.... Doral, Florida, where US Southern Command is located, is just under two miles from the President's golf club.... CNN reported earlier Tuesday that Miami-Dade County has seen a 90% increase in the number of Covid-19 patients being hospitalized in the past 13 days, according to the latest data released by Miami-Dade County Government....

carriers of the virus which can be detrimental to a larger group, ” he said, adding that if the anti-

supposed incompetence, irresponsibility and passiveness in planning and executing anti-virus measures amid

and China and Australia tightened anti-virus controls that threaten to weigh on an economic recovery

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