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China reports three new COVID-19 cases

6:42 pm July 2, 2020

Beijing: China is reporting three newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, and says just one of them involved local transmission in the capital of Beijing. The report Thursday appears to put the country where the virus was first detected late last year on course to eradicating it domestically, at least temporarily. The National Health Commission says the other […]

Hong Kong police make first arrests under new security law

11:37 pm July 1, 2020

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police made the first arrests on Wednesday under a new national security law imposed by China’s central government, as thousands of people defied tear gas and pepper pellets to protest against the contentious move on the anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule. Police said 10 people were arrested under […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM holds China in ‘clear and serious breach’ of pact, confirms citizenship route for Hong Kong

7:00 pm July 1, 2020

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday held China in “clear and serious breach” of the Sino-British Joint Declaration under which Hong Kong had been handed over to the Chinese authorities and confirmed that a citizenship route will now be offered to Hong Kong’s British National (Overseas) passport holders. Addressing his weekly Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Johnson said […]

TikTok goes offline; removed from Google Play Store, Apple App Store

11:11 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: Short video sharing app TikTok went offline in the country on Tuesday following the government order banning it and 58 other apps citing threat to India’s sovereignty and security. The app was also removed from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The status of other banned apps could not be immediately ascertained. According to […]

EU bans Pakistan airline from flying to Europe for 6 months

10:52 pm June 30, 2020

Islamabad: The European Union’s aviation safety agency said on Tuesday that Pakistan’s national airline will not be allowed to fly into Europe for at least six months after the country’s aviation minister revealed that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had cheated on their pilot’s exams. Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Abdullah Hafeez says PIA has not been flying to Europe because of the […]