BEIJING (AP) — China’s Cabinet ordered rural areas Friday to prepare for the return of migrant workers this holiday season in hopes of preventing a major surge in COVID-19 cases in communities with limited medical resources.
Returnees must wear masks and avoid contact with elderly people and village committees must monitor their movements, the guidelines said, but didn’t mention the possibility of isolation or quarantines.
BATANG KALI, Malaysia (AP) — A thunderous crush of soil and debris killed 18 people at a campground in Malaysia on Friday, and rescuers dug through the mud for another 15 who were feared buried in the landslide.
More than 90 people were sleeping on an organic farm when the dirt tumbled from a road about 30 meters (100 feet) above the site and covered about 1 hectare (3 acres ). Two of the dead were found locked in an embrace, according to the state fire department chief.
BEIJING, Dec 15 (APP): The 7th forum on China-Pakistan scientific, technological and economic cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was held by the Pakistan Study Centre at Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU).
The scientific, technological and economic cooperation between China and Pakistan has continuously injected new impetus into the closer China-Pakistan community of a shared future, CEN reported on Thursday.
BEIJING, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – “Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government,” U.S. Senator, Rand Paul, spoke bluntly at a Senate hearing in May.
Paul cited a series of examples for his assertion, one of which was, the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, on a pretext of “weapons of mass destruction.”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday his organization will push to bolster its capacity to verify North Korean nuclear activities and raise international awareness of the urgency of its weapons program.
Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made the comments during his meeting in Seoul with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, according to the South Korean Foreign Ministry. Grossi flew to South Korea on Wednesday for his first trip to the Asian country since he took office in 2019.
BEIJING (AP) — A week after China dramatically eased some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remained Thursday over the direction of the pandemic in the world’s most populous nation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s natural rubber production decreased by 10.3 percent to 31,795 tonnes in Oct, from 35,460 tonnes in Sept, official data showed today.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that, the year-on-year comparison showed that the production of natural rubber fell 26.3 percent from 43,127 tonnes a year ago.
Meanwhile, exports of Malaysia’s natural rubber amounted to 41,548 tonnes in Oct, declined 23.8 percent as against 54,542 tonnes in Sept.
SEOUL, Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Forces Korea launched a new space forces unit on Wednesday as the allies ramp up efforts to better counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats.
The U.S. Space Forces Korea is the second overseas space component of the U.S. Space Force and is tasked with monitoring, detecting and tracking incoming missiles, as well as bolstering the military's overall space capability. It will be led by Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion.
HANOI, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's strong economic performance in 2022, with GDP growth likely to reach 7.2 percent, has been driven mainly by exports, domestic demand and private investment, according to World Bank's Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam Andrea Coppola.
The country's exports have been very strong in the past and shown to be resilient, including during the COVID-19 pandemic when manufacturing exports were the main driver of GDP growth, Vietnam News Agency cited Coppola as reporting on Wednesday.
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- "Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government," U.S. Senator Rand Paul spoke bluntly at a Senate hearing in May.
Paul cited a series of examples for his assertion, one of which was the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 on a pretext of "weapons of mass destruction."
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