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NYU student flees COVID lockdowns in Shanghai, only to be trapped in Hainan

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Brian Corridor fled Shanghai in June to keep away from one other lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China’s tropical vacationer island of Hainan the place he might work remotely as a public well being professor after enterprise 10 days of quarantine.
Corridor, who has labored on the New York College Shanghai for the previous two years, is now caught in Sanya, Hainan’s primary tourism hub, with no readability on when he can get out.
“It has change into inconceivable to go away town. The lodge the place I’m staying is sealed and visitors are usually not permitted to go away our rooms in keeping with town’s directions,” Corridor informed Reuters by way of electronic mail.
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Hainan province is likely one of the a number of Chinese language areas that had seen comparatively few instances for greater than two years which are actually battling outbreaks, elevating the danger of persistent tight restrictions because the financial system weakens.
As China sticks to their strict “zero-COVID” coverage, a supply employee has to move deliveries over a barrier of a locked down neighborhood in Sanya, Hainan province, China, on Aug. 6, 2022.
(REUTERS)
“My feelings naturally vary from full denial and disbelief, to anger, unhappiness, and ultimately hopelessness,” stated Corridor, who like tens of millions in Shanghai, endured a strict two-month lockdown earlier this 12 months.
“It isn’t a lot the lockdown right here, however the recollections of the Shanghai lockdown which have revisited me, and the sense of unease about what the autumn will herald Shanghai and elsewhere.”
Hainan, which recorded simply two native symptomatic COVID-19 instances final 12 months, has reported greater than 1,800 domestically transmitted infections already in August.
Though low by international requirements, authorities on the island have locked down tens of millions of residents, state media reported, as a part of China’s “dynamic COVID-zero” coverage that goals to stamp out outbreaks as quickly as potential. Individuals are solely allowed out just for sure causes resembling COVID checks, grocery buying and important job roles.
About 178,000 vacationers have been stranded in Hainan, together with round 57,000 in Sanya, state media has reported.
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Corridor, who has to remain in his room and depends on the lodge for every day necessities together with meals and water, stated he could not predict what was more likely to occur however simply needed to take it because it comes.
“We should stay versatile in our plans and capable of settle for these disruptions if we want to dwell and work right here.”

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Zelenskyy slams Russia for intensifying their 'terror, intimidation' campaign on Ukraine
Russia fired a record 741 drones and missiles in its largest aerial attack against Ukraine on Wednesday in a significant escalation. Zelenskyy condemned the attacks, adding that it speaks volumes to the Kremlin’s sincerity in its claims of wanting to end the war.
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Trump says he's considering 'taking away' Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking away” the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government.
“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday. He added that O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland in January, should stay in Ireland “if they want her.”
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Rosie O’Donnell speaks at a rally calling for resistance to President Donald Trump, in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
The two have criticized each other publicly for years, an often bitter back-and-forth that predates Trump’s involvement in politics. In recent days, O’Donnell on social media denounced Trump and recent moves by his administration, including the signing of a massive GOP-backed tax breaks and spending cuts plan.
It’s just the latest threat by Trump to revoke the citizenship of people with whom he has publicly disagreed, most recently his former adviser and one-time ally, Elon Musk.
But O’Donnell’s situation is notably different from Musk, who was born in South Africa. O’Donnell was born in the United States and has a constitutional right to U.S. citizenship. The U.S. State Department notes on its website that U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization may relinquish U.S. nationality by taking certain steps – but only if the act is performed voluntary and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. citizenship.
President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, May 30, 2025,. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, noted the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the Fourteen Amendment of the Constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born U.S. citizen,” Frost said in an email Saturday. “In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win his second term. She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage.
Responding to Trump Saturday, O’Donnell wrote on social media that she had upset the president and “add me to the list of people who oppose him at every turn.”
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Russia's Lavrov warns US against 'exploiting' alliances as he meets with Kim Jong Un in North Korea

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed Russia and North Korea’s “invincible fighting brotherhood” and warned the U.S., Japan and South Korea against forming an antagonistic alliance during a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Wonsan, North Korea, Saturday, according to the Russian foreign ministry.
“We warn against exploiting these ties to build alliances directed against anyone, including North Korea and, of course, Russia,” Lavrov said, according to Russia’s state Tass news agency.
Russia and North Korea have bolstered their ties over the last few years, with North Korea providing troops and munitions to Russia in support of the war in Ukraine and Russia providing military and economic assistance to the closed-off dictatorship.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also visited North Korea last year.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Wonsan, North Korea, Saturday. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have been expanding or restoring their trilateral military exercises in response to North Korea’s advancing nuclear program. On Friday, the three countries held a joint air drill involving U.S. nuclear-capable bombers near the Korean Peninsula, and their top military officers met in Seoul and urged North Korea to cease all unlawful activities that threaten regional security.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui attend a meeting in Wonsan, North Korea, Saturday. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
North Korea may deploy more troops this summer, according to South Korean intelligence.
Lavrov called the meeting a continuation of the countries’ “strategic dialogue” and said he hoped for more direct meetings in the future.
“We exchanged views on the situation surrounding the Ukrainian crisis. … Our Korean friends confirmed their firm support for all the objectives of the special military operation, as well as for the actions of the Russian leadership and armed forces,” TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.

Lavrov called the meeting a continuation of the countries’ “strategic dialogue” and said he hoped for more direct meetings in the future. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said more Russian delegations would visit North Korea later in the year, TASS reported.
Lavrov is next scheduled to travel to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting early next week.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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