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In return, the United States would suspend tariffs on Chinese goods due to go into effect on Sunday and reduce others, US officials said. (Photo: Representational)

China declines to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden

China has not yet come out with an official reaction to Biden and Kamala Harris' victory

9 Nov 2020 11:27 AM GMT

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives to cast an advance vote at a polling station in Naypyidaw on October 29, 2020. (AFP)

A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory

Suu Kyi's party has lost the cooperation of many ethnic minority parties, which are popular in their border-area...

7 Nov 2020 9:52 AM GMT

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. (Twitter/@AbdulRe81179573)

Pak leader likely to be booked for treason over Abhinandan remarks

Posters of Sadiq have also appeared in Lahore, dubbing him a 'traitor'

1 Nov 2020 3:48 PM GMT

Census workers collect information from a woman in Lianyungang, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province on November 1, 2020, as millions of census-takers began knocking on doors for a once-a-decade head count of the worlds largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers. (AFP)

China begins once-a-decade census of world's largest population

After implementing the decades-old one child policy, China is facing a demographic crisis with a rapidly ageing...

1 Nov 2020 3:18 PM GMT

A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus looks as masked people browsing their smartphones near Forbidden City in Beijing. (AP)

China reports surge in symptomless COVID-19 infections

A total of 20 new confirmed and 161 new asymptomatic cases were reported in the mainland on October 25

26 Oct 2020 4:22 AM GMT

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges nation to live with the virus. (AFP Photo)

FATF keeps Pakistan on 'Enhanced Follow-up' for meagre progress...

The development came only a few weeks ahead of the meeting of the FATF to decide on Pakistan's grey list status

12 Oct 2020 7:08 AM GMT

A man waits for a bus on a polluted day in Beijing. Qingdao has already locked down Qingdao Chest Hospital as well as the emergency department of its central hospital. (AFP)

China's Qingdao orders city-wide COVID-19 testing following new...

Daily COVID-19 infections in mainland China has fallen drastically from peaks early this year, but the country remains...

12 Oct 2020 5:13 AM GMT

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo

Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security...

11 Oct 2020 5:32 AM GMT

Students shout slogans to protest against an alleged gang-rape and stripping and torturing of a woman in the southern district of Noakhali during a demonstration in Dhaka. (AFP)

Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare

Saturday's demonstrations were sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an...

10 Oct 2020 9:02 AM GMT

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pakistan court asks Sharif to appear before it to avoid being declared...

Sharif has been living in London since November last year after he was allowed to go there for a period of eight weeks...

10 Oct 2020 8:52 AM GMT

Tourists wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus stand near a floral decoration set up for the National Day celebrations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the worlds advanced economies, especially in Australia and the U.K., a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP)

China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year

Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

9 Oct 2020 8:04 AM GMT

China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)

China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

9 Oct 2020 7:54 AM GMT