Kurz was asked by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag whether he would personally take the Sputnik V or a Chinese-made vaccine. He replied: “Yes, if the vaccines are approved in Europe.” The vaccines are all about effectiveness, safety and availability, not geopolitical struggles. The chancellor added that Austria would “definitely” …
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The US Navy announced the mission in a statement, claiming that the USS ‘John S. McCain’ was asserting “navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Parcel Islands, consistent with international law.” The warship had been carrying out operations in the region, having traveled through the Taiwan Strait on …
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Xiaomi demanded that it be removed from the list on Friday, telling a Washington, DC district court that the decision to put it there was “unlawful and unconstitutional,” Reuters reported. It insisted it had no connection to the People’s Liberation Army, pointing to a “substantial number” of American citizens that …
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PACOM (United States Indo-Pacific Command) announced on Friday evening that the Chinese military flights over the past week “at no time” posed any threat to US Navy ships, sailors, or aircraft, according to a statement cited by Reuters. An official speaking on condition of anonymity said the Chinese warplanes never …
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In an interview to be broadcast on Thursday, Zarif told host Oksana Boyko that the Russian jab against the coronavirus will be both “used and produced” in the country. On Tuesday, Iran became yet another nation to register Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. “We will get the Russian vaccine; we will …
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“We have received several queries regarding a face-off between Indian Army and PLA troops in Sikkim sector. It is clarified that there was a minor face-off at Naku La area of North Sikkim on January 20 and the same was resolved by local commanders as per established protocols,” India’s Army …
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The tech giant has locked @ChineseEmbinUS, the official account of Beijing’s US Embassy, for supposedly violating its policies against dehumanization by refusing to delete a tweet defending the government’s policies regarding Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. A Twitter spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that the account was still locked. The …
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Xi, who chairs China’s Central Military Commission, ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to maintain “full-time combat readiness” and to be ready to “act at any second.” “The commanders and the soldiers of the whole army must… carry forward the spirit of combat without the fear of hardships and the …
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The largest American exchange followed the suit of several other major stock index providers and announced on Friday that the securities of China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom Hong Kong will be delisted between January 7 and January 11. It cited US President Donald Trump’s order that banned American …
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A new poll published by the widely read Global Times newspaper, which has close links to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, found that over half of the nearly 2,000 respondents viewed Russia as the country’s most important relationship. There was a sharp reduction in the number of people saying that …
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