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Two women dressed in traditional Qing-era attire walk along a path outside the Forbidden City in Beijing. (AFP)World
China rejects food imports after virus detected in shipments

Worries have risen since a June outbreak in Beijing that was linked to the city’s largest wholesale market

11 July 2020 1:35 PM IST

Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in China, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the WHOs offices in Beijing. (AP)World
WHO experts to visit China as part of COVID-19 investigation

The WHO mission is politically sensitive, with the US moving to cut ties with it over allegations the agency is biased...

10 July 2020 2:44 PM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli(right) (AFP)World
Nepal-'s ruling party-'s meet to decide PM-'s future deferred for the...

Demand for PM Oli to resign rises citing his recent anti-India remarks were -'neither politically correct nor...

10 July 2020 12:25 PM IST

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. (AP)World
Nepal bans all Indian news channels except Doordarshan

The development comes after some Indian channels aired reports critical of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his...

10 July 2020 10:11 AM IST

A file image of Tibetan writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/Tenzin Tsundue)World
Independent Tibet is India-'s best security against China: Activist...

Tibetan activists like Tsundue are urging India to realise what exactly Beijing is up to: Bullying India.

10 July 2020 2:20 AM IST

A student (C) gestures after finishing the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known as \gaokao\, in Shenyang in Chinas northeastern Liaoning province on July 8, 2020.(AFP)World
With zero new local cases, the second wave of virus also coming down...

Wearing of masks remains obligatory in most indoor spaces and a proof of health is required for entrance to many venues

9 July 2020 12:31 PM IST

hindu temple in Mithi, Pakistan. (AFP)World
Pakistan court rejects petitions challenging construction of Hindu...

Pakistan Muslim League-Q, a ruling ally of Imran Khan gov, had opposed the construction, asking its coalition partner to...

8 July 2020 5:32 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)World
China challenges US to reduce nuclear arsenal to its level

The US has repeatedly called for China to join in trilateral negotiations to extend a flagship nuclear arms treaty...

8 July 2020 11:34 AM IST

A convoy of Indian army trucks move towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. (PTI)World
Troops taking effective measures to disengage and ease tensions: China

China-'s People-'s Liberation Army was seen removing tents and structures at patrolling point 14, the sources in New...

6 July 2020 4:03 PM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping. (AFP)World
China detains professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus

Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government in China-'s heavily censored academia, was taken from his home in...

6 July 2020 2:14 PM IST

This photo taken on July 5, 2020 shows staff members wearing protective clothing spraying disinfectant in the compounds of a school ahead of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known as Gaokao, in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)World
Suspected bubonic plague outbreak in China, authorities forbid hunting...

The bubonic plague, known as the -'Black Death-' in Middle Ages, is a highly infectious and fatal disease spread mostly...

6 July 2020 11:40 AM IST

US Customs and Border Protection detained a shipment of weaves believed to be made in a Chinese detention camp. The shipment is suspected to be human hair. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)World
Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized

Recent reports say China has its ethnic minorities locked up in camps where they are subjected to ideological...

5 July 2020 12:57 PM IST

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