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Passengers are seen upon their arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from other countries, in Shanghai on January 8, 2023. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China welcomes first batch of int'l travellers after scrapping of...

First flights under China's new 'no quarantine' rules for international travellers landed at airports in Guangzhou and...

8 Jan 2023 12:23 PM IST

The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations,...

31 Dec 2022 10:33 AM IST

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Global alarm grows over China's COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision to lift strict...

29 Dec 2022 11:24 AM IST

Aviation ground crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) working on an aircraft that flew in from abroad at the airport in Yantai in Chinas eastern Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)

China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers...

Previously passengers coming from abroad had to mandatorily stay in over two weeks of quarantine in government...

27 Dec 2022 11:49 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AP)

China stands ready to work with India: Chinese Foreign Minister

This statement came in the backdrop of the December 9 faceoff between the Indian and Chinese soldiers in Arunachal...

25 Dec 2022 10:44 AM IST

Workers produce antigen test kits for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a factory in Nantong, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province on December 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Over 60% of China's population may get COVID, deaths likely in...

Epidemiologist says more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over...

20 Dec 2022 10:37 AM IST

A worker in protective overalls controls the line outside the fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set...

11 Dec 2022 12:32 PM IST

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2007, Iranian police officers stop a car during a crackdown to enforce the Islamic dress code in the north of the capital Tehran. - Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the countrys strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

The morality police were established under hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to "spread the culture of hijab"

4 Dec 2022 6:27 PM IST

Pakistans newly-appointed Army chief General Asim Munir (Image credit: Twitter/@IntelDte)

Ready for war with India if attacked: Pakistan new Army chief Munir

Munir made the remarks during his first-ever visit to troops in the frontline areas in Rakhchikri Sector of the Line of...

4 Dec 2022 11:48 AM IST

People walking across a street in Haizhu district, Guangzhou city, in Chinas southern Guangdong province, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (AFP)

China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests

Anger over China's zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

1 Dec 2022 11:40 AM IST

The new leader of the Islamic State group is a nobody with little apparent reputation but the United States hopes he will be killed soon, a US official said Wednesday. (Representational Image/ File)

Islamic State group announces death of leader

Speaking in an audio message, the spokesman identified the group's new leader as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi

30 Nov 2022 9:54 PM IST

China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report (PTI file photo)

China warns US officials not to interfere in its relationship with...

China has previously criticised the US for commenting on its border dispute with India

30 Nov 2022 12:44 PM IST