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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…
- World
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…
- India
China, Pakistan have come together against India: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, interacting with ex-servicemen during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, claimed that China and Pakistan have come together to prepare together for a war against India. As per…
- Pakistan
China exploits Pak vulnerability to make Islamabad dance to its tune
Islamabad: In recent years, as a result of the strong and long-standing diplomatic and security ties between Pakistan and China, the financial dependence of Pakistan on China has increased alarmingly. And it…
- India
Agra man who returned from China tests positive for COVID-19, claims Chief Medical Officer
Agra (UP): A 40-year-old man, who returned from China two days back, has tested positive for COVID-19 following which he has been isolated at his home here, Chief Medical Officer Arun Srivastava…
- India
Govt stumps Oppn, dodges debates yet again in Parliament
New Delhi: In the just concluded winter session of Parliament, the opposition despite all its efforts could not persuade the government for discussion on the Chinese transgression issue. The regular adjournment notice…
- Pakistan
China’s new COVID variant a threat to Pakistan: NCOC
Islamabad: The new coronavirus variant spreading in China is a threat to Pakistan, the country’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Saturday, according to a report by Geo News. The…
- World
China’s crematoriums fill up amid rise in COVID-19 cases: Report
Beijing: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved…
