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Ardern canvassed the prospect of a major quake as New Zealand entered a seven-week COVID-19 lockdown in late March, saying it was always a possibility.

Warning against any foreign interference in Hong Kong amid strong statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who called the new law "a death knell" to city's freedom, Wang said Hong Kong affairs are China's internal matter , and "no external interfere...

The proposal has been condemned by Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and Western nations, which say it would mark the end of the semi-autonomous city's unique freedoms.

Xi has etched in blazing colors an outline of a post-pandemic world in which China shoulders past Western nations seen as divided, irresolute and now sapped by the virus and a looming economic slump.

Top officials at NASA and Elon Musk's company had been meeting since Thursday for final checks of the Crew Dragon space capsule ahead of its maiden May 27 crewed mission.

The move follows a request from Democratic leaders to do so to recognize a "sad day of reckoning when we reach 100,000 deaths."

Pakistan recognised China in 1951, a year after India established diplomatic ties with Beijing. India became the first non-Communist country in Asia in 1950 to establish diplomatic relations with China.

It said it recognised the vaccine might not work but if results from the early stage tests were positive, they would lead to late stage trials in several countries.

Children in Europe and the United States are being hospitalized for this mysterious illness, which can harm kids’ hearts and other organs, often requiring intensive care.

Jacinda Ardern said on Facebook Live people had learned a lot about work flexibility during the lockdown that was eased last week.

The petitioners also asked the court to annul President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's move on March 2 to dissolve Parliament and reinstate the old Parliament because the constitution says the country cannot run without a legislature for more than three months.

Iran has been a key supporter, along with Russia, of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s civil war, sending material and regional Shi’ite militias.

Virginia-based Phlow Corp said it had started making pharmaceutical ingredients and finished dosage forms for over a dozen essential medicines to treat hospitalised patients with COVID-19-related illnesses. Many of these medicines are in shortage and have...

The CDC study, expected to launch in June or July, will test samples from blood donors in 25 metropolitan areas for antibodies created when the immune system fights the coronavirus, said Dr Michael Busch, director of the nonprofit Vitalant Research Instit...

Kelvin D Edwards, 35, attacked Kevin Craft, 55, and his wife, Leanne Craft, 50, of Brentwood, on Sunday afternoon at a Public Storage site in Nashville.

The estimated impact would cost as much as $8.8 trillion based on a range of scenarios, but ADB said government interventions could help offset the losses inflicted by the crisis.