REUTERS 2020-06-18 10:36:03
India and China said they wanted peace but blamed each other on Wednesday after soldiers of the two sides savagely fought each other with nail-studded clubs and stones on their Himalayan border, killi...
Global Times 2020-06-17 17:03:10
Senior officials from China and US are scheduled to meet on Wednesday in the US state of Hawaii to talk over a range of key issues like bilateral trade, Huawei and Hong Kong, sending a signal that the...
Global Times 2020-06-17 16:59:40
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) on Wednesday remobilized its mobile P3 lab to facilitate COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Beijing amid a renewed outbreak, according t...
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Greater investment in clean energy infrastructure will contribute to Asia and the Pacific’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and make economies more resilient against fu...
Reuters 2020-06-17 15:57:51
India impatiently awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on Wednesday to the death of at least 20 soldiers in a border clash with Chinese troops as the country’s media vented its...
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Russia on Wednesday reported 7,843 new cases of the novel coronavirus, its lowest daily caseload registered since April 30, pushing the nationwide total to 553,301. Russia’s virus response team...
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Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has announced that he and his wife Ana Garcia both tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). "Today I was diagnosed as having been infected with...
Reuters 2020-06-17 13:33:13
Australia is unlikely to reopen its border to international travellers until next year but will look to relax entry rules for students and other long-term visitors, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham sai...
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South Asia has recently become a new hotspot of the Covid-19 pandemic with a sharp surge in confirmed cases after a number of countries started to ease restrictions this month for reopening the econom...
Reuters 2020-06-17 12:15:50
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with Covid-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can...
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New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six US states on Tuesday, marking a rising tide of cases for a second consecutive week as most states moved forward with reopening their economies. Ariz...
Reuters 2020-06-17 09:58:18
India’s army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the two Asian gia...
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Singapore scientists testing a COVID-19 vaccine from US firm Arcturus Therapeutics plan to start human trials in August after promising initial responses in mice, reports Reuters. More than 100 vacci...
Reuters 2020-06-16 15:57:09
Spain is considering imposing a quarantine on British travellers when it reopens its borders next week, the foreign minister said, in response to a similar policy at London’s end. Arancha Gonza...
Reuters 2020-06-16 14:29:35
New Zealand on Tuesday said that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections in the country. The new infections are...
REUTERS 2020-06-16 14:20:37
An Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” with Chinese troops on the contested border, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, reporting the first casualties in decade...
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North Korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the South near the border town of Kaesong, South Korean officials say. The move comes just hours after the North renewed threats of military act...
Xinhua 2020-06-16 12:43:39
The Wold Health Organization (WHO) remains "the world's best hope for fighting pandemics," a New York Times opinion piece has said, calling for more investment than less. The article, titled "Don't L...
REUTERS 2020-06-16 12:30:41
Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8.0 million on Monday, as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China grapple with fresh outbreaks. The United States still le...
Reuters 2020-06-16 11:31:36
The director-general of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing, amid accusations from the United States that h...
REUTERS 2020-06-16 11:13:41
People traffickers holding hundreds of Rohingya refugees at sea are demanding payments from their families before they will release them from boats off the shores of Southeast Asia, relatives and righ...
Reuters 2020-06-16 11:07:18
Beijing authorities imposed more restrictions to stop the spread of a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese capital to other provinces, banning outbound travel of high-risk people and suspendin...
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North Korea's army has warned it is ready to enter the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. The threat is partly in response to defector groups in the South sending propaganda material north....
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under pressure on Monday to deliver action on racism after he launched a commission on the issue following Black Lives Matter protests, reports Reuters. John...
Xinhua 2020-06-15 17:09:48
Thailand on Monday reported zero new case of COVID-19, as well as no new fatality as the country moves toward further easing restrictions on high-risk business and leisure activities. Thailand on Mon...
Xinhua 2020-06-15 16:50:04
China's job market remained generally stable in May, with the surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas standing at 5.9 per cent, official data showed Monday. The figure went down 0.1 percentage poin...
REUTERS 2020-06-15 16:25:34
The heat was already suffocating when Mohammad Aamir Khan woke up in his tiny, windowless room with only a sheer curtain for a door. He offered a brief prayer to a picture hanging above the bed of the...
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Beijing has recorded 36 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases, amid fears of a second wave in the Chinese capital. Another 36 cases were also recorded on Saturday. The city had previously seen no...
-- 2020-06-15 11:20:14
With 11,220 new COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths registered on Sunday, the total number of infections and the death toll in India reached 3,32,777 and 9,521 respectively, according to data collated by Th...
AP 2020-06-14 18:36:19
A tanker truck exploded on a highway in southeastern China on Saturday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 189 others, authorities said. The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby buildings...
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