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REUTERS Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China will strive to provide 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to other countries in 2021, state broadcaster CCTV reported. In his written message to an international COVID-19 vaccine coo..
SYDNEY, Aug 6 - President Joe Biden told a forum of Pacific island leaders in a recorded message on Friday that their countries would benefit from U.S. donated COVID-19 vaccines distributed without political strings. China has in recent years beco..
HONG KONG, Aug 6 - Asian shares lost ground on Friday despite gains on Wall Street, as the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus across the region heightened worries about its economic recovery. Uncertainty about Chinese policy has also l..
Neeraj Chopra put in a stunning performance to win India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics. The 23-year-old registered a best attempt of 87.58m to finish ahead of Czech Republic duo of Jakub Vadlejch and Vitezslav Vesely. It was India's..
AFP The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest Covid-19 cases to revive the pandemic origins probe -- and release information to address the controversial lab leak theory. The World Health Organization stressed it was &..
China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported "scientific" over "political" efforts to find out how the virus started. Pressure is once ..
REUTERS A two-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm was 50.4% effective in preventing infections in health workers in Peru when it was seeing a surge in cases fuelled by virus variants, and booster shots can be considered, a study found..
Afghanistan updates: Chaos at Kabul airport, world's response As people rush to leave, leaders contemplate recognizing the Taliban government. United States troops have taken control of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as chaos continues ..
REUTERS Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday that the hasty pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan had a "serious negative impact,"but pledged to work with Washington to promote stability in ..