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India, China want peace but blame each other after deadly border clash

India, China want peace but blame each other after deadly border clash

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...

Hawaii meeting may help defuse China-US tensions: Experts

Hawaii meeting may help defuse China-US tensions: Experts

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...

China CDC remobilises P3 lab to facilitate COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Beijing

China CDC remobilises P3 lab to facilitate COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Beijing

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...

Greater investment in clean energy to contribute to COVID-19 recovery

Greater investment in clean energy to contribute to COVID-19 recovery

-- 2020-06-17 16:40:23

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...

India awaits Modi's response to China after deaths of 20 soldiers

India awaits Modi's response to China after deaths of 20 soldiers

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...

Russia says new coronavirus cases at lowest since April 30

Russia says new coronavirus cases at lowest since April 30

-- 2020-06-17 15:53:13

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...

Honduran president diagnosed with Covid-19

Honduran president diagnosed with Covid-19

-- 2020-06-17 14:32:24

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...

Australia says borders likely to stay closed until 2021

Australia says borders likely to stay closed until 2021

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...

Covid-19 cases surge in South Asia as countries gradually exit lockdown

Covid-19 cases surge in South Asia as countries gradually exit lockdown

-- 2020-06-17 13:01:53

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...

WHO moves to update Covid-19 guidance

WHO moves to update Covid-19 guidance

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...

Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six US states

Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six US states

-- 2020-06-17 11:38:11

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...

India says 20 soldiers killed in border clashes with China

India says 20 soldiers killed in border clashes with China

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...

Singapore scientists to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in August

Singapore scientists to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in August

-- 2020-06-16 16:23:11

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...

Spain may quarantine UK visitors

Spain may quarantine UK visitors

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...

New Zealand confirms two new cases ending virus free run

New Zealand confirms two new cases ending virus free run

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...

India says officer, two soldiers killed in 'faceoff' on border with China

India says officer, two soldiers killed in 'faceoff' on border with China

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...

North Korea 'blows up joint liaison office' with South

North Korea 'blows up joint liaison office' with South

-- 2020-06-16 13:39:26

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...

WHO remains world's best hope for fighting pandemics: US media

WHO remains world's best hope for fighting pandemics: US media

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...

Global coronavirus cases reach over 8.0 million

Global coronavirus cases reach over 8.0 million

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...

WHO chief to speak at top Chinese university graduation ceremony

WHO chief to speak at top Chinese university graduation ceremony

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...

Traffickers demand payments for Rohingyas stranded at sea

Traffickers demand payments for Rohingyas stranded at sea

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...

Beijing enacts more curbs to stop spread of coronavirus

Beijing enacts more curbs to stop spread of coronavirus

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...

North Korea threatens to send army into demilitarised border zone

North Korea threatens to send army into demilitarised border zone

-- 2020-06-16 10:34:15

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....

Calls for action, not words, as Boris Johnson launches UK racism commission

Calls for action, not words, as Boris Johnson launches UK racism commission

-- 2020-06-15 17:37:02

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...

Zero new COVID-19 case, fatality in Thailand

Zero new COVID-19 case, fatality in Thailand

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...

China's job market remains stable in May

China's job market remains stable in May

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...

Taxi driver turns hearse driver as coronavirus cases in India spike

Taxi driver turns hearse driver as coronavirus cases in India spike

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...

Beijing virus spike continues with 36 new cases

Beijing virus spike continues with 36 new cases

-- 2020-06-15 14:25:23

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...

India’s surge in virus cases third fastest globally

India’s surge in virus cases third fastest globally

-- 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...

18 dead, 189 hurt as tanker truck explodes on highway in China

18 dead, 189 hurt as tanker truck explodes on highway in China

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...