Cold

This aerial photo shows people walking on a snow-covered street during snowfall in Yantai, in China’s eastern Shandong province on December 21, 2023. Temperatures in cities across northern China hit record lows on December 20, as authorities issued an alert for extreme cold across swathes of the country. AFP
China

Beijing breaks a seven-decade cold-weather record

Northern and northeastern parts of the country have experienced a record-breaking chill since last week, with some areas in the northeast hitting minus 40 Celsius and Fahrenheit and below.

This file photo from December 2019 shows a rider driving his motorcycle through cold wind and fog. A scene not yet visible this year. Photo: Mumit M
Environment

Woe for seasonal crops, vegetables as winter comes late 

People wait for their rides outside a children's hospital in Beijing, China November 24, 2023. REUTERS File photo
World+Biz

What do we know about China’s respiratory illness surge?

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Season's lowest temperature 5.6-degree celsius recorded at Sreemangal today

Infograph: TBS
Health

Delayed hospitalisation spikes winter mortality, especially among children

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World+Biz

Swiss photographer freezes to death on busy Paris street, netizens appalled

India's capital New Delhi is suffering an unusually harsh bout of winter cold. Photo :BSS/AFP
South Asia

New Delhi's homeless shiver through harsh cold snap

Italian Coastguard memners rescuing migrants from boat in distress off island of Lampedusa. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

7 Bangladeshi migrants who died on the boat to Lampedusa identified

Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

How to tell the difference between cold, flu or Covid-19

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Coronavirus chronicle

Covid is going to just become a cold, says Oxford vaccine creator

Photo: Collected
Health

What precautions you need to avoid common cold and flu this rainy season?

Millions of Texas residents in the energy capital of the US remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat — out for 36 hours or longer in many homes. Photo: CNBC
Analysis

Why a predictable cold snap crippled the Texas power grid

A man walks to his friend's home in a neighborhood without electricity as snow covers the Blackhawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, February 15, 2021. Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS
World+Biz

Cold, lack of water overwhelm Texas hospitals more than Covid-19 did