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Russian FM vows retaliation for new US sanctions
The response from Moscow will not only be symmetrical, but will also take steps considering every aspect of Russian-US relations, Lavrov said on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. The United States aimed to constrain its competitors on international markets with unfair practices, which grossly violated the norms of the World Trade Organization, Lavrov said.
South Korea deploys 5G tech for coronavirus check at airport
The Ministry of Science and ICT said the system will check for passengers without masks or with COVID-19 symptoms, such as high temperature, at the arrival and departure halls of the country's main gateway, located west of Seoul, using digital kiosks and video surveillance. The system can also send out autonomous robots for disinfection.
US President Donald Trump vetoes annual defence bill despite approval in Congress
The presidential action followed through on Trump's threat to block the US $741 billion annual national security legislation, which now depends on both the House and the Senate overriding the veto for the bill to be enacted, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
UK reports 'more transmissible’ Covid-19 variant linked to South Africa
Announcing the development at a press briefing where he outlined further restrictions in south and east England, Hancock said there are two cases of the new variant in the UK, both contacts of cases who have travelled from South Africa.
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai gets bail
Lai, 73, was remanded in custody earlier this month but will now be placed under house arrest. He was ordered to pay a $1.3 million bond, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The founder of Apple Daily newspaper is a fierce critic of China's authorities. He is accused of fraud and conspiring with foreign forces, and could spend years in jail if convicted.
COVID-19 grasps Antarctica, 58 people on military bases found positive
Chilean army confirmed the 58 cases in two separate announcements. On Monday, the army said that 36 people at the Gen Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base tested positive and on Tuesday, the health minister for the Biobio region in Chile said there are 21 infections involving people aboard the Chilean navy’s Sergeant Aldea supply vessel.
China claims to expel US Navy destroyer from South China Sea
China claims that all of the 1.3 million square miles of the South China Sea belongs to Beijing. To assert the claim further, the Chinese Communist Party has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region which are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Scotland Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets example, apologizes for not wearing mask
Sturgeon, the leader of the nationalist Scottish National Party, was pictured talking to a group of women in a pub following a funeral in Edinburgh last week without a face covering.
China upset over US Congress passing new Tibet law on the next Dalai Lama
“The TPSA makes it official United States policy that decisions regarding the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are exclusively within the authority of the current Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist leaders and the Tibetan people"
China asks Pakistan for additional guarantees for $6B loan
Pakistan has sought the $6 billion loan help from China for Main Line (ML-1) project against which, Beijing has sought guarantees due to Islamabad's weakening position. China has also proposed commercial and concessional loan against Pakistan's desire to secure the cheapest lending.
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