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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…
- India
Last rites of Tamil Nadu medico to be held in China
Chennai: The last rites of the Pudukkottai native, who died in China while pursuing medicine there, will be held in China itself. S. Sheikh Abdulla, 22, hails from Rose Nagar, Pudukottai. He…
- Middle East
Ben Gvir storms Al-Aqsa: UAE calls for UN meet; Israel PM postpones trip
After the far-right Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates called for a meeting of the UN Security…
- Business
TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs
Beijing: TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance has laid off hundreds of workers across multiple departments, the media reported. The layoffs affected employees at Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok with 600 million daily…
- World
China: Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitals cancel New Year holiday
Beijing: As COVID-19 cases in China continue to rise, hospitals in many cities have started working overtime during New Year’s day to fight against the epidemic, Global Times reported. All employees of…
- World
Covid: US announces testing for passengers from China and Hong Kong
Washington: Amid a record increase in COVID-19 infections in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the US would require a negative COVID-19 test from all travellers arriving in…
- World
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma resurfaces, cites ‘difficult’ year to rural teachers
Hong Kong: Alibaba Group Founder Jack Ma, who has gone into hiding after regulatory crackdown in China amid the massive Covid surge in the country, resurfaced in a short video on the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan has a lot to learn from China: Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan should learn from China about economic and technological development, says Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal. To ensure economic development, the country should have a peaceful environment, he said, adding that “we…
- World
WHO asks China to regularly share data on COVID-19 situation
United Nations: The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases after Beijing…
- World
China rail project aims to link Tibet to Kathmandu, may be extended to Indian border
New Delhi: China has sent a team of experts to Nepal to launch a feasibility study for a cross-border railway project dogged for years by technical challenges, political instability in the Himalayan…
- World
Former Uyghur Muslim preacher confirmed dead in prison in China’s Xinjiang
Washington: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer in prison in February, according to a police…
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China will reopen borders, abandon Covid quarantine from Jan 8
Hong Kong: China will reopen borders and abandon quarantine after it downgrades its treatment of Covid-19 on January 8, media reports said on Monday. The decision is the country’s last step in…