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BRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Putin warrant: South Africa

    By AFP and published by CNA Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday (July 9) that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in-person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a […]

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Wagner mutiny exposes risks for China’s deep Russian ties

  By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

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Blinken set to arrive in Beijing with hopes low for any breakthrough

  By Reuters and published by CNA Tokyo – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Beijing on Sunday (June 18), the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties and dim prospects for any breakthrough on the long list of disputes between the world’s […]

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China’s Xi has first talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky since Russia’s invasion

  By Agencies and published by CNA Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky on the phone on Wednesday (Apr. 26), the first call between the two leaders since the start of Russia’s invasion. Beijing says it is neutral in the Ukraine conflict and Xi has never condemned the Russian […]

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More Americans see China as an enemy: Survey

  By CNA and agencies Singapore – An increasing number of Americans see China as an enemy of the United States, according to a survey released on Wednesday (Apr, 12). The American think-tank Pew Research Centre interviewed 3,576 US adults in late March, to gauge their views on China. When asked to label China as […]

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Ukrainian forces cling onto besieged city, China pressed to help end war

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Near Bakhmut, Ukraine – Ukrainian and Russian forces battled in Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city which has become a symbol of Kyiv’s defiance, while seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas. Ukrainian soldiers in trenches just outside Bakhmut said […]

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Local News

Met police rescanning background of Chinese nationals

  THE gruesome kidnap-murder of a Chinese music student last week has led to Metropolitan police rescanning the background of Chinese nationals who have come to Thailand and look into pending cases, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 5). Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasin Poolsawat, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Bureau, said all metropolitan units had […]

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3 Chinese murder suspects arrested, one Thai woman too

  THE THREE Chinese men accused in the kidnap-murder of a young Chinese woman studying music in Bangkok and dumping her body at an irrigation canal of a deserted banana plantation in Nonthaburi have been arrested in China while a fourth suspect, a young Thai woman, has been arrested here, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. […]

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Health

New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market

  By AP – published by NBC News and The Guardian INTERNATIONAL scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of Covid-19 were detected in China said they found suggestions the pandemic originated from animals, not a lab. Other experts have not yet […]

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China says TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

  By AP and published by CTV News Beijing – US government bans on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday (Feb. 28). The US government “has been overstretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to […]

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