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A child reacts as she takes a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test from a mobile swab collection vehicle, amid the major second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kathmandu, …

Vaccine inhaler Researchers are conducting phase-1 and phase-2 clinical trials on a China-made inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, a Chinese health official said Friday. After completing the collection of clinical-trial data, experts …

U.S. President Joe Biden at the NATO summit at the Alliance’s headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium NATO leaders designated China as presenting “systemic challenges” in a summit communique on Monday, taking …

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi The trial of Myanmar‘s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was set to start on Monday, as the junta that overthrew her …

(Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via Xinhua) China denounced on Monday a joint statement by the Group of Seven leaders that had scolded Beijing over a range of issues as …

Agnes Chow (centre) has been dubbed the “goddess of democracy” by her supporters Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from prison after serving nearly seven months …

Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call …

Police in rural India have made some citizens who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus wear signs with a skull and crossbones, the universal symbol for danger, stoking anger …

Global digital currency exchanges are exploring ways to set up in India, following in the footsteps of market leader Binance, industry sources told Reuters, while the government in New Delhi …

Qinzhou Port in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin) China’s increased import demand and rising global food prices are fueling a recovery in U.S. agriculture which was hit …