Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the...
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Mexico plans to vaccinate more than 116 million people, or roughly 90% of its population, against the novel coronavirus by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical...
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun has called for expansion of Quad, saying like-minded countries and groupings must join hands to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Addressing...
The United States says time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will not make China change its aggressive behaviour. US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien lambasted China...
East China’s coastal city Qingdao has locked down some parts of local residential compounds and hospitals after three asymptomatic COVID-19 patients were found on Sunday. As per preliminary investigation,...
A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing the...
India and Myanmar have agreed to work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine state in the first quarter of 2021. The announcement came through a...
Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the...
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5th plenary session of Communist Party of China to review economy amid COVID-19, friction with US
China’s top leadership, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, is set to convene in Beijing, its fifth plenary session from October 26 to 29 to review its...
China’s Yunnan province recently reported a suspected case of Bubonic plague after Inner Mongolia recorded two deaths due to deadly disease. A level-IV emergency response has been launched to...