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China’s northernmost city records lowest ever temperature
Harbin: The minimum temperature in Mohe, China’s northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius on Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau. The figure broke…
- World
After India, China gives financing assurances to Sri Lanka for IMF bailout package
Colombo: China has given debt-ridden Sri Lanka the financing assurances required by the IMF to unlock a USD 2.9 billion bailout package for the country, days after India strongly backed the island…
- World
Chinese health expert claims 80 pc of people in China infected with COVID-19
Beijing: About 80 per cent of China’s population has been infected with COVID-19, that is nearly eight in 10 people, a prominent government scientist has claimed, CNN reported. Wu Zunyou, the chief…
- Pakistan
Pakistan to pay for Russian oil in currencies of friendly countries
Islamabad: Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia, when they start in late March, in currencies of friendly countries, a top energy official said on Friday. The development came at the…
- World
China’s population drop reflects pessimism about the future
Washington: China’s population has decreased for the first time in over 60 years, signalling the start of long-term decline that will bring demographic challenges for the world’s second-largest economy as well as…
- Technology
ChatGPT demand on Google hits a record high, China takes top interest
New Delhi: The search for text-based artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT on Google has hit a record high and China is leading in the demand, despite reports indicating that local tech giants…
- Technology
iPhone manufacturing in India to reach 50% by 2027
Taipei/New Delhi: India will produce 45-50 per cent of Apple’s iPhones by 2027, on a par with China, where 80-85 per cent of iPhones were produced in 2022, a new report claimed.…
- World
Almost 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in past five weeks
Taipei: Almost 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in the past five weeks, authorities have announced, according to a media report. China is in the grip of a major wave…
- World
Uyghurs condemn visit to Xinjiang by Muslim delegation
Washington: Rights groups and Uyghurs living abroad have strongly condemned a visit to Xinjiang this week by a delegation of Muslim scholars and clerics from developing nations who voiced support for China’s…
- India
Northern borders with China remain ‘unpredictable’: Army chief
New Delhi: Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday said there has been a ‘slight increase’ in the number of Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “There is a…
- Business
China to top global equity market performance in 2023: Morgan Stanley
New Delhi: Morgan Stanley has raised price targets and expects China to top global equity market performance in 2023. “We see an earlier and stronger growth recovery from 1Q23 amid faster reopening,…
- World
19 killed, 20 injured as truck hits funeral procession in China
Beijing: At least 19 people were killed, and 20 others injured on Sunday when a truck hit a funeral procession in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province, authorities said. A brief report carried by…
- World
China takes down social media accounts of Covid policy critics
London: China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
- World
WHO criticizes China for ‘under-representing’ COVID-19 cases
Geneva: The World Health Organization officials, who have grappled with Beijing’s tight control of data access throughout the pandemic, has become increasingly vocal in their calls for reliable information as a major…