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US ready to help China with vaccines to control Covid: State Secy Blinken

"We want to see China get this outbreak under control," Blinken told a press conference

Chinese EV firm Xpeng Aeroht's $1,40,000 car can fly over traffic jams

"The flying car is approaching reality and we think it was the right time to chip in," Brian Gu, Xpeng's president, said on the sidelines of the Dubai event, called GITEX

Australia looks to double trade with India as Chinese restrictions bite

With a middle-to-high income population of about 85 million people - roughly three times Australia's total population - it's seen as a prime target for sectors from education, to wine and tourism

Blinken raises concerns over China's Covid surge, Taliban and Ukraine war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concern over the surging Covid cases in China, the Taliban banning women from universities and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war

China likely seeing 1 mn Covid infections, 5,000 virus deaths every day

This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million in January, according to Airfinity Ltd., a London-based analytics firm

Kerala sounds alert, asks districts to step up surveillance on Covid-19

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that a general alert has been issued in the state due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in some countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and US

Sudden Covid rise in China shows lack of efficacy of Chinese vaccines

China's sudden Covid outbreaks point towards a lack of efficacy of its vaccines. This acts as a cause of concern, especially for countries that China supplies its vaccines to, reported Tibet Press

India, China to maintain stability on ground along LAC in western sector

India and China have agreed to maintain security and stability on ground along LAC in Western sector during 17th round of Corps Commander level talks.

India, China and Russia abstain on first UNSC resolution against Myanmar

India, China and Russia abstained in the UN Security Council on a draft resolution that demanded an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urged the military junta to release political prisoners, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. The 15-nation Security Council, under India's Presidency this month, adopted the resolution Wednesday after 12 members voted in favour, none against and India, China and Russia abstained. This is the first Security Council resolution adopted on Myanmar in 74 years. The only other UNSC resolution on Myanmar was in 1948 after the country formerly known as Burma got independence from Britain when the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Union of Burma be admitted to membership in the United Nations. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, presiding over the meeting, delivered the explanation of the vote in her national capacity and said New Delhi believes that the complex situation in Myanmar calls for

China finds microchip acquisition difficult due to US-imposed barriers

China has been ruthless in its attempts to acquire high-end microchips as it imports more than $300 bn worth of semiconductors each year

No order issued by govt to stop flights to and from China: Report

Government sources said that there is no order issued by the central government to curb incoming flights from China where a wave of Covid cases has been reported

Infection rate could be over 50% in Beijing, situation critical: Report

China ceased its strict zero-Covid policy in November and since then, the country has seen a spike and the spread has been faster than anticipated

China's military sends 39 warplanes, 3 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

China's military sent 39 planes and three ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday. China's military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist Party's People's Liberation Army has sent planes or ships toward the island on a near-daily basis. Between 6 am on Wednesday and 6 am on Thursday, 30 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence. Those planes flew to the island's southwest and then horizontally all the way to the southeastern side before doubling back, according to a diagram of the flight patterns provided by Taiwan. Among the planes were 21 J-16 fighter jets, 4 H-6 bombers and two early-warning aircraft. Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile systems, as well

Amid Covid resurgence, China's hospitals seem to be filling up: WHO

The top health official's remarks come despite Chinese authorities saying that the number of people in hospitals due to Covid-19 are "relatively low"

Chinese cities give out free fever drugs as Covid infections flare

The head of the World Health Organization said it is concerned about the spike in infections and is supporting the government to focus on vaccinating those at the highest risk

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Zero Covid-19 deaths, says China, but panic spreads across globe

Dozens of hearses queue outside Beijing crematoria; firms suffer supply snags, demand falls as cases spread

WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China

The head of the World Health Organisation said the agency is very concerned about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its zero COVID policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN agency needs more information on COVID-19 severity in China, particularly regarding hospital and intensive care unit admissions, in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground. WHO is very concerned over the evolving situation in China with increasing reports of severe disease, Tedros said. He added that while COVID deaths have dropped more than 90% since their global peak, there were still too many uncertainties about the virus to conclude that the pandemic is over. Some scientists have warned that the unchecked spread of COVID-19 in China could spur th