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Xi said Sino-US relations were at a "critical juncture", CCTV said, adding that cooperation was mutually beneficial and "the only right choice." "I hope that the US will take substantive actions to improve Sino-US relations, and both sides can work together to strengthen cooperation in fighting the epidemic," he said. Some provinces, cities and companies in China have provided medical supplies and support to the US as well, Xi added.

Xi tells Trump China and US must ‘unite to fight virus’

4:33 pm March 27, 2020

Beijing: China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the globe, said President Xi Jinping in a call with his US counterpart on Friday, according to state media. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi told President Donald Trump that China […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

China reports one local coronavirus case after three days; imported cases near 600

4:20 pm March 27, 2020

Beijing: China has reported one domestically transmitted coronavirus case after three days and 54 new imported infections on Thursday, prompting Beijing to temporarily cancel visas for foreigners and restrict flights to prevent a second wave of the deadly COVID-19 in the country, health officials said on Friday. The Chinese health authority said on Friday that […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

Coronavirus crisis: Xi praises WHO’s role after Trump accuses health agency of siding with Beijing

12:01 am March 27, 2020

Beijing/Washington: The war of words between the US and China over the origins of the deadly coronavirus has extended to the WHO as Chinese President Xi Jinping praised its role in advancing global battle against COVID-19 amid his American counterpart Donald Trump‘s criticism that the UN health agency sided with Beijing and people are unhappy […]

Nitish favours extension of lockdown in meeting with PM

PM pitches for new crisis management protocol at G-20 video conference on coronavirus

11:32 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: As the world reels under the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the powerful G-20 grouping to put human beings rather than economic targets at the centre of the vision for global prosperity and cooperation. In his address at a video conference of the G-20 leaders, Modi also pitched for […]

G20 leaders pledge USD 5 trn, ‘united’ response to coronavirus crisis

11:19 pm March 26, 2020

Riyadh: G20 nations pledged a “united front” on Thursday in the fight against coronavirus, saying they were injecting USD 5 trillion into the global economy to counter the pandemic amid forecasts of a deep recession. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the emergency videoconference chaired by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, who […]