Covid travel curbs are back: France, Spain, South Korea, and Israel have followed the US, Japan, Taiwan, and India in reintroducing covid tests for people arriving from China in response to the country’s severe virus outbreak, according to the BBC. Beijing’s decision to end its zero-covid policy has resulted in surging cases across the country. With China also poised to relax travel restrictions, other countries are wary of a new spate of cases.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are continuing to cozy up, promising to deepen cooperation during talks last week, the Associated Press reports.

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