Tuesday 13 April, 2021
The European Union has condemned the “harassment” of foreign journalists in China.
16 cases have been confirmed in Ruili since Tuesday.
Murray is married to senior BBC correspondent John Sudworth who faced backlash for his reporting on Xinjiang rights abuses.
“Let me say clearly that as far as WHO is concerned all hypotheses remain on the table,” Tedros Ghebreyesus said.
The amendments to Hong Kong’s constitution will give Beijing more control over the make-up of the city’s legislature.
The study says transmission from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario.
Beijing said in a statement the move by Dominic Raab was ‘based on nothing but lies and disinformation’.
The country has been closed to most foreigners since last March to stem the spread of coronavirus.
The MEP says China’s holding of Richard O’Halloran against his will is an outrageous breach of human rights.
Senator McDowell says Ireland can no longer ignore the “clear challenge” of the Chinese Communist Party.
Hundreds gathered online this evening for a prayer service via Zoom.
Richard OHalloran has been prevented from leaving China since February 2019.
Ambassador He Xiangdong wouldn’t commit to a meeting with Mrs O’Halloran when asked by TheJournal.ie.
Jimmy Lai is one of several activists facing long-jail terms over new laws prompted by the Hong Kong anti-government protests.
From TheJournal.ie
A Seanad debate on O’Halloran’s detention was postponed on Monday at the request of Simon Coveney.
Experts believe the disease — which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide — originated in bats.
Both the UAE and China are newcomers to Mars, where more than half of Earth’s emissaries have failed.
The lab is at the heart of a controversial and unproven theory that it could have been the source of the first coronavirus outbreak.
The team members were wearing full protective gear during the visit.
The Chinese multinational said it plans to invest €80 million in Irish research and development.
The Huanan Seafood Market was the site of a December 2019 outbreak of the virus.
Scientists plan to visit hospitals and markets like the Huanan Seafood Market that was linked to many of the first cases.
The World Health Organization team met with Chinese officials after exiting quarantine yesterday.
Washington has called for a “robust and clear” investigation.
The workers were hauled up one by one in baskets with their eyes shielded to protect them after days in darkness.
The debris standing in the way weighs about 70 tons.
One worker has died from head injuries in the explosion, state media said earlier.
Seven cases of the virus were reported in the city today, including six in southern Daxing district.
“A largely hidden epidemic contributed to the global spread,” the expert panel found.
The normal curtain-raiser in Melbourne is now scheduled for November.
Mass testing is under way in Hebei province after the largest outbreak in China for six months.
Ten WHO experts were due to arrive in China this week.
In New York’s Times Square, the usual overflow crowd was replaced with a group of specially invited frontline workers.
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was sentenced at a brief hearing in a Shanghai court.
It’s one of the first investigations of its kind within the country’s runaway tech sector.
The bill affirms 3% pay raises for US troops and authorises more than $740 billion in military programmes and construction.
The Chang’e 5 probe touched down in Inner Mongolia yesterday.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the law “makes a mockery of justice”.
The Chinese telecoms giant has allegedly been involved in producing software that targets Uighur Muslims.
The new official height of the world’s tallest peak is 8,848.86 metres.
