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Chinese President makes surprise visit to Tibet
Video clips shared on Chinese social media by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington-based advocacy group, show Xi addressing people in the city of Nyingtri, stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa and giving remarks to the public, while facing the "Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional winter residence of the Dalai Lama.
US launches airstrikes to support Afghan forces: Pentagon
Ina statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that "in the last several days, we have acted, through airstrikes, to support the ANDSF (Afghan National Defense and Security Forces)", without providing further details, reports Xinhua news agency. Meanwhile, an unidentified defence official told the media that the US military conducted more than four airstrikes supporting Afghan forces.
All allegations, all finger-pointing should be at the customer: Pegasus spyware seller
A NSO spokesperson told BBC: "If I am the manufacturer of a car and now you take the car and you are driving drunken and you hit somebody, you do not go to the car manufacturer, you go to the driver."We are sending the system to governments, we get all the correct accreditation and do it all legally. "You know, if a customer decides to misuse the system, he will not be a customer anymore.
Mekong countries say 'thank you India' as China tries to dominate region
Co-chairing the 11th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting along with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the Mekong region remains of great importance to New Delhi as it seeks multi-dimensional engagement with the Mekong countries.
China floods set alarm bells ringing for dams in fragile Himalayas
On Tuesday evening, the media reports stated that the relentless downpour had caused a 20-metre breach in Yihetan dam in Luoyang, about 140 km away from Zhengzhow. The People's Liberation Army had warned that the dam "may collapse at any time". It was breached on Tuesday night by the army to release floodwaters, which in turn, flooded the highly populated downstream areas.
Why Delta Covid variant is spreading rapidly
Researchers at the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China found that viral load -- a measure of the density of viral particles in the body -- is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, Nature reported.
'No way': China on WHO's plans to revisit Covid lab leak theory
The WHO had, in March, concluded in a report that a laboratory leak was "extremely unlikely". Undermining the report, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, last week, stated that it was premature on the global health body's part to rule out a potential link between the Covid pandemic and a laboratory leak. He asked China to be more transparent on the issue of data sharing.
US city declares racism public health crisis
"Not only are we publicly acknowledging the existence of a grave inequity that many in our community have known and experienced for so long, we are also committing ourselves to the creation of policies and ordinances that are anti-racist," Mendenhall said. The declaration came a day after Mendenhall adopted a joint resolution with the city council on Tuesday night, reports Xinhua news agency.
Texas won't impose new mask mandate amid resurgence
Abbott said at a press conference on Wednesday that Texas is "past the time of government mandates" and "into the time for personal responsibility", reports Xinhua news agency. The Governor expressed the same idea one day earlier while being interviewed by the local TV station KPRC. "There will be no mask mandate imposed, and the reasons for that are very clear," Abbott said.
Joe Biden believes kids under 12 will be able to get Covid jabs soon
"Soon, in the sense that I do not tell any scientists what they should do. I do not interfere. So, they are doing the examinations now, the testing now, and making the decision now," he said, adding that scientists will make a decision "when they are ready" and have "done all the science that needs to be done" to determine the appropriate vaccination for different age groups.
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