Death toll in China floods soars to 302
BEIJING, China: At least 302 people have been killed with dozens of people still missing in July’s devastating floods in central China. Zhengzhou, the state...
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Fall out with Google: Huawei determined to fightback with HarmonyOS
In 2019, the US had updated Entity List, a blacklist that restricts US companies from engaging in trade with any foreign company or an individual,...
Apple Daily: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper forced to shut down over ‘national security concerns’
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy paper Apple Daily has announced its closure. The tabloid’s offices were raided last week over allegations that several reports...
China directs banks to stop backing cryptocurrency
BEIJING China: China has expanded its clampdown on cryptocurrencies, telling banks and payments platforms to stop supporting digital currency transactions. That follows an order to...
China launches Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts
BEIJING, China: China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-12 – its first manned mission in five years – further accelerating its space programme to rival the...
China to launch first human spaceflight since 2016
BEIJING, China: A Chinese spacecraft will blast off from the Gobi Desert on a Long March rocket in the coming days, ferrying three men to...
China arrest five officials over ultramarathon deaths
BEIJING, China: China has punished at least 27 government officials deemed responsible for last month’s ultramarathon deaths, the state-run People’s Daily said on Friday, as...
Over 1,100 people arrested as China bust crypto-related money laundering gang
BEIJING, China: Police in China arrested over 1,100 people suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder illegal proceeds from telephone and Internet scams in a recent...
Can’t force China to give more info on Covid origins: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland: A top World Health Organization official has said the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of Covid-19 while...
Bitcoin slips as China blocks cryptocurrency-related social media accounts amid crackdown
BEIJING, China: China has stepped up its crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining, blocking a slew of cryptocurrency-related accounts on the Twitter-like Weibo platform over...