WUHAN: World Health Organisation (WHO) inspectors; on Wednesday visited a Virus laboratory in China’s Wuhan city; at the heart of a controversial theory that it could have been the source of the coronavirus. The inspection of the Wuhan Institute of Virology; which researches the world’s most dangerous diseases; will be one of the most-watched stops […]
A World Health Organization (WHO) team tracing the origins of COVID-19 on Sunday visited a food market in Wuhan, where the virus was initially detected. The team arrived at Huanan amid heavy security with additional barricades set up outside a high blue fence surrounding the market; and left in a convoy after about one hour. […]
India has decided to retain its ban on video app TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps after reviewing responses from the companies on issues such as compliance and privacy, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told local news channel on Tuesday. When it first imposed the ban in June, India’s ministry of electronics […]
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has conducted almost daily flights over the waters between the southern part […]
Islamabad: In a recent video message Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that China has assured Pakistan the provision of 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by January 31. After a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Qureshi declared that China has offered Islamabad to send an airplane and airlift the vaccines. In […]
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, easing concern about his unusual absence from the limelight and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled in the wake of news this month that […]
Several batches of ice cream produced in north China tested positive for coronavirus, authorities. Several thousand suspected products have seized and people who may have encountered released products traced. The contaminated ice cream manufactured by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company. The north Tianjin municipality has sealed and contained the company’s products after three samples tested positive […]
The Trump administration declassified its strategy to ensure continued dominance over China; which focuses on accelerating India’s rise as a counterweight to Beijing and the ability to defend Taiwan against an attack. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien on Tuesday announced the publication of the document, titled “United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific.” Approved by […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he is “very disappointed” that China has still not approved the entry of a team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus, as some countries grapple with the increasing burden of the pandemic. Two members of the 10-strong international team had already […]
Authorities in China have given conditional approval for general public use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm. The move came a day after the firm said interim data; showed its leading vaccine had a 79% efficacy rate in phase three trials, without providing more details. Several Chinese-made vaccines at a late trial […]
