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Sat, May 15, 2021 | 10:02

China to set up 'separation line' on Mount Everest over COVID-19 fears

China will set up a "separation line" on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible COVID-19 infections by climbers from virus-hit Nepal, state media reported, after dozens were taken ill from the summit's base camp.

2021-05-10 15:48

Car bombing at Afghan school in Kabul kills 55, injures over 150

Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortars outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Taliban insurgents.

2021-05-10 15:22

Korea denounces bomb attack in Afghanistan

While wealthier nations stockpile vaccines, poorer countries still scramble to secure doses

At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad's capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.There are simply no vaccines at all. Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for COVID-19 patients in Chad, one of the least-developed nations in the world where about one third of the country is engulfed by the Sahara desert. ...

2021-05-10 09:34

Hundreds wounded in weekend of east Jerusalem violence

Tensions ran high Sunday in annexed east Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in a weekend of clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces, sparking global concern that the unrest could spread further.

2021-05-09 20:20

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record; calls for nationwide lockdown mount

India's COVID-19 deaths rose by more than 4,000 for a second consecutive day on Sunday as calls for a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus mounted.

2021-05-09 15:21

Korean firms in India on alert over deepening COVID-19 crisis

China says rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean west of Maldives

Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.

2021-05-09 13:10

Chinese rocket to tumble back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry

Chinese rocket to tumble back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry

A large segment of a Chinese rocket is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere early Sunday, but Beijing has downplayed fears of damage on the ground and said the risk is very low.

2021-05-09 10:02

China says rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean west of Maldives

India hits 4,000 virus deaths in a day

India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time Friday and more states imposed lockdowns in a desperate bid to halt the devastating new surge of the coronavirus pandemic.

2021-05-08 15:52

India's battle with COVID-19: Why we will win

WHO approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drug maker Sinopharm for emergency use Friday, a boost to Beijing's push for a big role in inoculating the world. The vaccine, one of two main coronavirus vaccines from China that have been given to hundreds of millions of people there and elsewhere, is the first developed by a non-Wester...

2021-05-08 08:05

Hong Kong's Joshua Wong handed extra jail time for Tiananmen vigil

Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

2021-05-06 19:23

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