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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into effect, halts 13-month conflict | Eknath Shinde resigns as Maharashtra CM amid suspense over top post | President Droupadi Murmu releases commemorative coin, stamp and books on Constitution Day | President Droupadi Murmu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pay homage to 26/11 victims | Union cabinet approves One Nation One Subscription | 'Left country due to death threats from Dawoon Ibrahim': Lalit Modi | Bangladesh: ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das, known for protesting anti-Hindu violence, arrested over sedition charges | SC wants Delhi schools to reopen despite high pollution, says students staying home won't solve issues | Violence over mosque survey in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal kills five, Rahul Gandhi urges SC to intervene | Parliament's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid uproar

China: Shrinking working-age population may hit global economy

Dec 28, 2022, at 02:31 am

Beijing: China's working age population, which is defined as those aged between 15 and 64, has declined from the peak of 997 million in 2014 to 986 million last year, media reports said.

Solomon Islands’ ambassador to China dies in Beijing

Dec 28, 2022, at 01:27 am

Honiara: Solomon Islands’ ambassador to China John Moffat Fugui has died in Beijing, media reports said.

China's COVID-19 surge affecting factories and consumer market

Dec 28, 2022, at 01:20 am

Beijing: China's COVID-19 surge is troubling the economic state of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.

Cross-strait conflict with China: Taiwan extends mandatory military service

Dec 28, 2022, at 01:06 am

Taipei: The Taiwanese government is going to extend its mandatory military service to one year to better train soldiers to take on mainland Chinese forces in the event of a cross-strait conflict, media reports said on Tuesday.

China lifts Covid restrictions for int'l arrivals

Dec 27, 2022, at 08:12 pm

Beijing/UNI: China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from Jan. 8, a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said on Tuesday.

Chinese provinces report blood shortages amid COVID-19 surge

Dec 27, 2022, at 02:49 am

Beijing: The fast-spreading COVID-19 infection in China is causing blood shortages across hospitals in various provinces in the nation, media reports said on Monday.

German firms splash out billions on Taiwan supply chain

Dec 27, 2022, at 02:26 am

Taipei: German companies are expanding their supply-chain links with Taiwan over the past three years to meet the challenges set by the Covid-19 era, media reports said.

Japan lodges protest to China over Ship presence near Senkaku Islands : Cabinet

Dec 27, 2022, at 12:16 am

Tokyo: Japan has lodged a protest to China over the longest ever presence of its ships in the Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday.

Pakistan ‘ill-prepared’ to combat new Covid variants: Reports

Dec 26, 2022, at 11:44 pm

New Delhi: Health authorities in Pakistan are ill-prepared to stop the arrival of the new variant of the COVID-19, which is wreaking havoc in China, from entering the nation, media reports said.

Amid massive Covid surge, China to stop reporting daily infection figures

Dec 25, 2022, at 07:23 pm

China's National Health Commission will stop releasing daily COVID-19 case figures for the country from Sunday, Reuters reported.

China estimated to have reported 37 million Covid-19 cases in a single day this week: Report

Dec 24, 2022, at 03:26 am

Beijing: China may have registered 37 million coronavirus cases in this week, making it the highest daily recorded so far, Bloomberg reported citing an estimate from the government's top health authority.

China: Chongqing authorities say public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work as 'normal'

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:03 pm

Chongqing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing have said public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work “as normal".

China: Authorities direct doctors, nurses to keep working despite being COVID-19 infected

Dec 18, 2022, at 04:27 am

Beijing: Chinese authorities have directed doctors and nurses, who are infected with COVID-19, to keep working as the country is continuing to witness a surge in infection.

Chinese G20 delegate describes DWG meeting “very satisfactory”

Dec 17, 2022, at 10:46 pm

New Delhi: Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang has described India's  agenda at the  Development Working Group (DWG) meeting under its G20 Presidency as 'comprehensive'.

US: Georgia Gov Brian Kemp bans China-owned TikTok in Peach State executive agencies

Dec 17, 2022, at 05:06 am

Georgia: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has now banned executive agencies from using the China-owned video-sharing app TikTok.

China directs nationals to leave Afghanistan after recent attack on Kabul hotel

Dec 17, 2022, at 12:17 am

Kabul: The Chinese government has asked its citizens to leave Afghanistan after a terror attack in a Chinese-owned hotel in the country this week left three people dead.

Chinese micro-chip export ban includes Russia: Reports

Dec 15, 2022, at 05:32 am

Beijing: Chinese computer processors using original technology developed by its producers will not be exported to other nations which include Russia, media reports said.

China bans Taiwanese grouper fish and citrus fruits

Dec 14, 2022, at 04:43 am

Beijing/Taipei: China has expanded its list of banned foods from Taiwan and now Beijing has restricted the movement of grouper fish and citrus fruits from the region.

Afghanistan: Three terrorists die as Kabul hotel attack ends, China calls incident as 'shocked'

Dec 13, 2022, at 10:55 pm

Kabul: At least three attackers, who targeted a hotel in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have died after Taliban's security forces responded to the incident on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Three terrorists die as Kabul hotel attack ends

Dec 13, 2022, at 10:16 pm

Kabul: At least three attackers, who targeted a hotel in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have died after Taliban's security forces responded to the incident on Monday, media reports said.

China now taking positions to deny Philippines access to key sea areas

Dec 12, 2022, at 05:39 pm

Manila: A maritime expert believes that Chinese maritime militia vessels posing as fishing boats are edging closer to Palawan as part of a ploy to restrict access by Filipinos to key areas in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Virus spread fears grow as China lifts COVID curbs

Dec 12, 2022, at 05:33 pm

Beijing: Authorities in some Chinese cities have asked citizens to remain vigilant against the spread of the virus after strict restrictions imposed in the country to contain the infection were lifted recently amid widespread protests.

Protest held in various US cities against China's human rights abuse 

Dec 11, 2022, at 07:43 pm

Seattle: Condemning the Chinese government for committing human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity, various groups, including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, protested in different cities on the West Coast of the US.

China delivers its first domestically made passenger aircraft

Dec 11, 2022, at 03:17 pm

China on Friday announced the first delivery of its indigenous passenger jet as part of its plan to enter the commercial aircraft manufacturing sector, AFP reported.

Riyadh: Xi Jinping meets Saudi crown prince and other Arab leaders in key summit

Dec 10, 2022, at 05:10 am

Riyadh: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Arab leaders on Friday at "milestone" summits hosted by Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported.

US: Protesters march near White House, demand 'Free China'

Dec 08, 2022, at 03:12 am

Washington: About 200 people lit candles and shouted “Free China!” two blocks from the White House on Sunday as they demonstrated against China's severe control imposed to contain COVID-19 rise.

China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education

Dec 08, 2022, at 03:03 am

Beijing/Lhasa: China's move of conducting "re-education" centers in Xinjiang, with an aim to target Uyghur Muslims, was first tested in Tibet, media reports said on Wednesday.

China’s services sector activity shrinks to 6-month low amid COVID-19 restrictions

Dec 08, 2022, at 02:54 am

Beijing: The COVID-19 situation in China has left the service sector shrinking to a six-month low in November, media reports said on Wednesday.

COVID-19 outbreaks in China expose failure of Chinese Communist Party and its vaccine

Dec 07, 2022, at 02:03 am

Beijing: China's COVID-19 pandemic case rise in recent times showed the government's failure in securing safe vaccines for its population, media reports said on Tuesday.

Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang: Protests erupt across Turkey

Dec 07, 2022, at 01:41 am

Istanbul: Uyghur and Turkish NGOs recently demonstrated in several parts of Turkey on Sunday to protest against the atrocities carried out by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region in the pretext of controlling COVID-19.