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China Administers More Than 10 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines on April 30
China carried out about 11.6 million vaccinations against COVID-19 on April 30, bringing the total number administered to 265.06 million, according to data released by the National Health Commission …
Extreme weather kills 11, injures 102 in eastern China
An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 102 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse …
China’s April home prices maintain momentum, smaller cities lead growth – private survey
Chinese new home prices rose again in April, fuelled by hot demand in smaller coastal cities as housing market strength in major centres tapered off due to tighter restrictions, a private survey …
UN Security Council Calls for ASEAN Myanmar Plan to be Enacted
The U.N. Security Council called Friday for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar as stated in an ASEAN plan, giving unanimous approval to a statement watered down to satisfy China and Russia. The …
US-China doomsday threat ramped up by hi-tech advances, says Kissinger
Former US secretary of state says strained relationship is world’s ‘biggest problem’, as he warns of Beijing’s economic and military might …
‘Things are going to get much worse before they get better’ in India: Expert
China, as the virus came in from Europe and caused that devastating outbreak in New York,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, a top infectious disease expert and dean of Baylor College of Medicine’s National …
Bangladesh approves China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine
“We’ve issued emergency use approval for the Chinese-made jab.” Mahbubur Rahman further said hopefully within 1-1.5 weeks, Bangladesh will receive a batch of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift. The …
Deputy defense secretary stresses diplomacy in dealing with China
Stressing the importance of diplomacy, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Friday that conflict was China was neither desirable nor inevitable.
South Korea Is Doing It Again: Confounding The Skeptics
Korea has joined China in returning to its pre-Covid growth levels. “Teflon Korea” is again proving the bears wrong by beating forecasts and growing an annualized 1.6% in the first three months of the …