Friday 22 January, 2021
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.
From TheJournal.ie
Chang’e 5 will return to earth with 2kg of moon rocks – it is expected to touch down in Mongolia later this month.
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Previously, some visas were issued that permitted unlimited entries and could remain valid for as long as 10 years.
Zhou Xiaoxuan has accused state TV host Zhu Jun of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2014.
It is one step on a programme to send a manned mission to the satellite.
The incident has increased tensions between the two nations in a relationship that was already under strain.
Some experts say the mission could pave the way for a crewed lunar mission.
Chongqing consul general Stephen Ellison swam the young woman to safety after she slipped on rocks and fell into the water.
Von der Leyen today described the vaccine as “the most promising so far”.
Western allies, including the German Chancellor and Taoiseach Micheál Martin – welcomed a fresh start with Washington.
Luke O Callaghan White says China’s leader was being strategic when he stunned the international community recently by declaring ambitious climate action plans.
Companies and individuals who breach the new export control law could face criminal charges.
There has been a small number of confirmed cases in Qingdao in recent days.
Irish journalist Aaron Mc Nicholas has returned from the territory and here, he documents the daily challenges faced by journalists and other activists in a politically tense Hong Kong.
Greg McDonough, an Irishman living in China gives an account of ‘normal’ life after lockdown, where tough but fair measures are now in place.
The Chinese vaccines have been administered before final regulatory approval for general use.
The Hong Kong government first banned the wearing of masks last year.
The Chinese-owned app is seeking a preliminary injunction against the ban.
At the weekend Donald Trump said he had approved a deal allowing Oracle to become data partner for TikTok to avert a shutdown of that app.
Downloads of the apps will be banned from Sunday onwards.
Families accuse the Wuhan and Hubei governments of concealing the outbreak when it first emerged late last year.
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers defied a ban on rallies in June to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
The reporters were forced to take refuge with Australian diplomats.
Hong Kong elections were due to have taken place today but were postponed for a year by the authorities.
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former UK foreign secretary David Miliband are on the panel.
Streaming service PPTV reportedly failed to make a €180m payment due in March.
The government expects five million people will take part in the programme.
