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China warns US to be cautious on Taiwan after Joe Biden's comments
"No one should underestimate the strong resolve, determination and capability of the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, urging the US to not "stand against the 1.4 billion Chinese people".
NIH admits US funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan lab: Report
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which is also central to the lab leak theory for Covid-19's origins, is thought to practise gain-of-function research -- the controversial practice of increasing a virus' transmissibility or lethality to study the development of new diseases.
NATO countries bear primary responsibility for Afghan situation: Putin
"While the participation of both China and Russia and other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries is important, those countries that were fighting there (in Afghanistan) for 20 years bear primary responsibility for what is happening there," Xinhua news agency quoted Putin as saying at the plenary session of the 18th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday.
Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks
Asked twice during CNN's Town Hall on Thursday whether the US would protect Taiwan if China attacked, Biden said it would. "Yes, we have a commitment to do that," he said. Biden has made similar statements in the past, only to have the White House say longstanding US policy had not changed toward the island.
Taliban government assures Pakistan of not supporting TTP, BLA
The statement came during the visit of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Director General (DG) Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) Lt. General Faiz Hameed and other members of various ministries to Kabul. "The interim Afghan government had given a firm assurance that it would not allow their soil to be used against Pakistan by the banned TTP and BLA," he said.
Pakistan remains on FATF Grey List, Turkey named too
Pakistan has been battling this stigma by being on the Paris-based FATF's grey list for deficiencies in its counter-terror financing and anti-money laundering regimes since June 2018. Pleyer noted that "Pakistan has made significant progress and it has largely addressed 26 out of 27 items on the action plan it first committed to in June 2018."
US CDC approves Moderna, J&J shots, mix-match doses
"Eligible individuals may choose which vaccine they receive as a booster dose. Some people may have a preference for the vaccine type that they originally received and others may prefer to get a different booster. CDC's recommendations now allow for this type of mix and match dosing for booster shots," the agency said in a statement late on Thursday.
Jamaat leader pleads guilty to communal attack in Bangladesh
He made confession on Thursday evening in the court of Chandpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Kamaluddin. In his statement, he also revealed the names of the other persons involved in the incident, said Milan Mahmud, superintendent of Chandpur Police. A total of five people were killed in the ensuing violence.
India denounces Pak's defence of China's persecution of Muslims
"We condemned the abuse of a UN platform by Pakistan to propagate its false and malicious propaganda against my country, we dismiss and condemn all such efforts with the contempt they deserve," an Indian delegate said on Thursday at a meeting of the General Assembly committee on social and humanitarian affairs.
Pakistan PM's adviser leaves without concluding IMF talks
Tarin, however, left behind Finance Secretary Yousaf Khan to further pursue the talks for the resumption of a $6 billion loan facility that would bring an immediate relief to the cash-starved government by delivering a suspended tranche of $1 billion. Tarin first came to Washington in early October and went to New York on October 15 after a 10-day stay.
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