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Tue, January 26, 2021 | 16:41
China's Xi pens letter to Starbucks tycoon to promote trade
China's Xi pens letter to Starbucks tycoon to promote trade
China's President Xi Jinping has asked former Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to help promote trade between Washington and Beijing in a rare missive to a foreign business figure, state media reported Thursday.
2021-01-14 18:49
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins
A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. The 10-member team sent to Wuhan by the World Health Organization was approved by President Xi Jinping's gover...
2021-01-14 13:56
Turkey approves China's Sinovac jab
Turkey approves China's Sinovac jab
Turkey on Wednesday approved the emergency use of a coronavirus jab developed by China's Sinovac, paving the way for a national vaccination drive that will start with healthcare workers. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca rolled up his sleeve and received the first shot of CoronaVac after announcing plans to start administering it nationally on Thursday.
2021-01-14 10:43
Japan expands virus emergency, tightens border restrictions
Japan expands virus emergency, tightens border restrictions
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday to seven more regions including Osaka and Kyoto, and tightened border restrictions, as infections surge nationwide.
2021-01-13 21:09
Indonesia begins coronavirus vaccination campaign with Widodo
Indonesia begins coronavirus vaccination campaign with Widodo
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world's fourth most populated country.
2021-01-13 13:11
  • Chinese coronavirus vaccine shows 50% efficacy in Brazil
World's longest prison sentences
World's longest prison sentences
As a Turkish Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily-clad women he called “kittens” starts a 1,075-year jail term for sex crimes, we look at some of the world's longest prison sentences.
2021-01-12 21:18
WHO experts to arrive in Wuhan for delayed virus probe
WHO experts to arrive in Wuhan for delayed virus probe
A team of WHO experts will land directly in Wuhan on Thursday, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday, starting their long-delayed probe into Covid-19 at the virus epicentre.
2021-01-12 20:28
Over half a million under lockdown as Beijing outbreak spreads
Over half a million under lockdown as Beijing outbreak spreads
More than half a million people were placed under lockdown in Beijing on Monday as the government imposed strict measures to stamp out a handful of COVID-19 cases.
2021-01-11 20:46
China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
China said Monday that a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive this week for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence announcement from the National Health Commission said the experts would arrive on Thursday and meet with Chinese counterparts, but it gave no other details.
2021-01-11 14:53
Indonesia intensifies search for crashed plane's black boxes
Indonesia intensifies search for crashed plane's black boxes
The search for the black boxes of a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet intensified Monday to boost the investigation into what caused the plane carrying 62 people to nosedive at high velocity into the Java Sea. The Boeing 737-500 jet disappeared minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, during heavy rain on Saturday, and the search so far has yielded plane parts and ...
2021-01-11 11:37
  • Korea to send vessel for search operation on Indonesian plane crash
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