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China logs 2,157 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China on Friday reported 2,157 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
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EU slams Beijing's rising aggression along South China Sea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 25 (ANI): The European Union has slammed China's activities in the South China Sea, accusing it of threatening regional peace and stability.
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EU to reinforce strategic focus for cooperation in Indo-Pacific region, sa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 19 (ANI): The European Union should reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in the Indo-Pacific with the aim of contributing to the stability and security of the region, based on the rule of law, human rights and international law, said the European Coun
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China's actions in Hong Kong rise to new levels of 'viciousness': Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): As China continues to suppress the will of the people in Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, media outlets worldwide have called Beijing's actions in the city "a new level of viciousness".
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UK, EU condemn sentencing of Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong pro-democracy acti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union condemned the decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai and multiple pro-democracy figures to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city for a year.
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US reiterates call for investigation into the origins of COVID-19, slams C
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday launched a scathing attack against China for a lack of transparency during "the early stages" of the coronavirus pandemic and called for a more thorough investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
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Upcoming WHO report says COVID-19 leak from Wuhan lab 'extremely unlikely'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29 (ANI): A report on the origins of COVID-19 set to be released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that it is "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19 leaked from China's Wuhan lab, according to a source with knowledge of the report.
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Chinese threat to Taiwan 'closer than most think': top US admiral
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): China is quickly amassing weapons and systems to militarily overwhelm Taiwan, an action it could be "poised to take" within the next six years, the admiral chosen to be the next commander of US forces in the Pacific warned on Tuesday.
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Japan halts govt use of Line app after Chinese access personal data
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 19 (ANI): The Japanese government and all its affiliated agencies and departments have put on hold the use of the popular messaging app Line following the revelation that app users' personal data had been accessed by technicians in China, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunob
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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Global lawmakers call out China for abuses against minority women in Xinji
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A group of global lawmakers have called on governments to hold China to account for abuses against minority women in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), amid reports of systematic sexual abuse in detention and violations of reproductive rights. Read More
EU warns Beijing to tread carefully on Hong Kong electoral reform
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 6 (ANI): As China prepares to alter Hong Kong's electoral system, the European Union has warned Beijing to "carefully consider the political and economic implications" of any decision to reform the electoral system of Hong Kong saying that the bloc is "ready to take
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