India approved half a million coronavirus infections, as experts advised the government to prioritize reducing mortality rather than containing the spread of Covid-19, while in the U.S., the growing infections led to two of the largest states to retrieve the coronavirus controls. Texas became the first state to revive the …
Read More »China’s three major airlines receive domestically produced ARJ21 aircraft
FILE PHOTO: A model of China’s ARJ21 aircraft by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd (COMAC) is shown at Aviation Expo China 2017 in Beijing, China on September 19, 2017. REUTERS / Stringer BEIJING / SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s three largest state airlines on Sunday received their first ARJ21 aircraft, …
Read More »May earnings of Chinese industrial companies register first monthly increase in 6 months
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Profits from China’s industrial companies rose for the first time in six months in May, suggesting that the country’s economic recovery is gaining ground and improving prospects for manufacturing investment and jobs. Workers wearing face masks after the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) load steel products for …
Read More »Hong Kong fears freedoms will end as new law looms | World News
For Jennifer Tsui, the impending national security law agreed last month by the Chinese legislature looks like Hong Kong’s “real” return to China. When Hong Kong returned from British sovereignty to Chinese sovereignity on July 1, 1997, Tsui, then a student, was apprehensive, but his concerns dissipated when things seemed …
Read More »ASEAN leaders cite 1982 UN treaty in South China Sea dispute | World News
Southeast Asian leaders said a 1982 UN ocean treaty should be the foundation of sovereign rights in the South China Sea, in one of their strongest comments opposing China’s claim by virtually all waters in dispute for historical reasons. Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) took office …
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