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New law says China has jurisdiction for 'serious' HK security cases
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
The controversial law also empowers China to set up a national security agency in the city, staffed by officials who are not bound by local law when carrying ou...
Chinese coronavirus vaccine approved for military use
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
Organisations around the world are racing to find ways to treat and prevent the deadly pathogen, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and ha...
WHO to send team to China as it warns pandemic far from over
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
And the World Health Organization warned that in an atmosphere of global division and politicisation of the COVID-19 crisis, it feared the worst was yet to come...
China puts half a million people in lockdown as Beijing fights new cluster
Jun 28, 2020 (AFP)
After China largely brought the virus under control, hundreds have been infected in Beijing and cases have emerged in neighbouring Hebei province in recent week...
Migrant workers stuck in virus-hit Iraq with no wages or way home
Jun 27, 2020 (AFP)
The 26-year-old patisserie chef has gone three months without wages, and his Iraqi employer just stopped paying for his food stipend, too. He is one of thousand...
Space agencies join forces to produce global view of COVID-19 impacts
Jun 26, 2020 (ESA)
The new 'COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard' integrates multiple satellite data records from the three space agencies with analytical tools to allow users to ...
World must work together on health crises: vaccine group chief
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
In a recent interview with AFP, Seth Berkley of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance said countries should work together to tackle the pandemic and other health crises. E...
Israel wields startup tech against coronavirus second wave
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
The Jewish state is enlisting the help of local startups in the hope of stemming a "second wave" of the virus. The chaos of daily life in Israel, or "balagan" a...
Beijing eases lockdown as mass testing gathers pace
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
Dozens of residential compounds across the city were shut down, with authorities rolling out a mass testing campaign to root out any remaining cases. A vast maj...
DR Congo declares end to Ebola epidemic in east
Jun 25, 2020 (AFP)
The outbreak was "the longest, most complex and deadliest" in the 60-year history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Health Minister Eteni Longondo said. It h...
UK told to put green issues at heart of recovery; As beaches overun.
Jun 25, 2020 (AFP)
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said in its annual report to parliament that the global pandemic had given ministers a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" of...
Virus death toll nears half a million as cases surge in US, Latin America
Jun 24, 2020 (AFP)
Six months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, the International Monetary Fund was set to issue its latest growth forecasts later Wednesday. T...
Beijing declares outbreak 'under control'; Americas Surge; Australia mobilises troops
Jun 24, 2020 (AFP)
Authorities have raced to contain the outbreak linked to the largest wholesale food market in Beijing after the first case was announced on June 11, leading to ...
35 COVID-19 cases found in single Air Force unit in Guam
Jun 23, 2020 (UPI)
An unidentified Air Force unit arrived in Guam on May 25, and 35 of its members have been hospitalized and quarantined since. The first virus case was discovere...
Beijing reports 22 new virus cases as millions tested
Jun 21, 2020 (AFP)
The fresh cluster in Beijing has raised fears of a resurgence of the virus in China, which had largely brought the disease under control over recent months. Doz...
Iraqi football legend Radhi dies from COVID-19
Jun 21, 2020 (AFP)
Radhi, 56, scored what remains Iraq's only World Cup finals goal in 1986 against Belgium. He had been hospitalised last week in Baghdad after testing positive f...
Virus already in Italy by December, sewers show
Jun 19, 2020 (AFP)
That suggests the virus appeared in Italy around the same time it was first reported in China. Researchers discovered genetic traces of Sars-CoV-2 -- as the vir...
China releases genome from Beijing virus cluster as cases near 200
Jun 19, 2020 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people in the Chinese capital are being tested for the contagion while neighbourhoods have been locked down and schools closed as authoriti...
China races to prevent virus second wave
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
The threat of a second wave hitting China, which had largely brought the virus under control, and rising tolls in Latin America and South Asia underscore the gl...
Russian cities drop WWII victory parades on virus fears
Jun 17, 2020 (AFP)
The annual May 9 Victory Day parade in the capital was postponed this year due to the pandemic. It was the first mass event rescheduled -- for June 24 -- by Pre...
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