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Covid-19: 22 deaths, 1,541 new cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh Farmer Murder: One to be hanged, five gets lifer

Myanmar Army burns down another village in Rakhine

China eyes US health care organizations, pharma cos, academic institutions researching on COVID-19: FBI director

Washington: Focussing on the threat which China poses to the world, FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday said Beijing is working to compromise American health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions conducting essential COVID-19 research.

Whistleblower claims Chinese Communist Party pays off Vatican $2 billion annually for its silence on Chinese atrocities

Exiled Chinese dissident Guo Wengei has alleged that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “allocates $2 billion a year” to pay off the Vatican for its silence concerning atrocities carried out by Beijing.

US National Security Advisor slams China, calls Xi Jinping a successor of Joseph Stalin

Washington: US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien recently launched an attack on China and likened the country's president Xi Jinping to dictator Joseph Stalin.

European Union chief diplomat calls for EU-US dialogue to counter Beijing

Brussels: A key European Union diplomat this week called for talks between Europe and the US with an aim to forge a common transatlantic front against China.

The fault lies mostly with the Chinese, says US national security expert on Galwan Valley standoff

Washington: A US national security expert on Thursday reacted to the recent developments along the Indo-China border in Ladakh and said the fault lies mostly with Beijing behind the start of the violence which left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

Vietnam raises objection to China's Undersea Cable Construction in Paracel Island

Hanoi: Vietnam has objected to China's reported move of laying undersea cables in the disputed Paracel Islands.

Europe should now look for an alternative to China: Experts opine during webinar

London: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and experts have said that it believes the ongoing economic loss suffered by the European Union due to COVID-19 outbreak must make the region look for an alternative to China.

Chinese president urges army to gear up

বেইজিংঃ এই পৃথিবী এখন করোনাভাইরাস নিয়ে চিন্তিত কিন্তু সেই মুহূর্তে চীন এক নতুন খেলায় মেতেছে।

COVID-19: Britain may take harder stance against China

London: The British government's mollifying stance on China is likely to harden in the coming months once the immediate concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak are dealt with, media reports said.

Canada finds one million respirators acquired from China unfit to combat COVID-19

Toronto: Canada's public health authority has said around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards which can be used by health workers working on the frontline.

France summons Chinese envoy on COVID-19 comment, German newspaper criticise Xi over handling pandemic crisis

Paris: Amid growing discontent against China internationally over the alleged epicentre of COVID-19 being Wuhan city and reports of silencing information on the death toll due in the country, the French foreign office recently summoned the Chinese ambassador, Lu Shaye, to express its deep disapproval about Chinese diplomats’ claims that France had left its older citizens to die, media reports said.

Former M16 head Robert John Sawers targets China, WHO over COVID-19 outbreak

London: The former head of the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence service has targeted China and the World Health Organization over the COVID-19 outbreak and said both should bear responsibility for a flawed response to the disease that has now reached nearly all corners of the globe.

Xi Jinping govt faces diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China surfaces

Beijing: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country.

Spanish leader slams China for misinformation regarding COVID-19

Beijing: A senior Spanish member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Conservatives Group, Herman Tertsch, has hammered China for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 outbreak which has claimed lives across the globe in recent times.

Experts warn of China trying to take advantage of Covid-19 situation, Japan moves to shift production

Beijing: With China claiming that it is significantly recovering from COVID-19 crisis while other nations, including the UK and the US are struggling to contain the virus, some experts believe Beijing is trying to exploit the situation to its own advantage.