North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called an emergency meeting of the politburo after a person suspected of Covid-19 returning from South Korea after illegally crossing the border this month, state media said on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the first case officially recognized by North Korean authorities, who have …
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A Singapore man pleaded guilty to using his political consulting in the United States as a front to collect information for Chinese intelligence, according to the United States Department of Justice. In a statement Friday, the department said Jun Wei Yeo, who is also known as Dickson Yeo, filed his …
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Australia has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal statement to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with the United States in the growing row. In a statement released Thursday, Australia said there was “no legal basis” for several disputed Chinese claims …
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Authorities have tightened security outside the United States consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu as US personnel prepared to leave, a day after China ordered to close in response to a US order that China close. its consulate in Houston. The eye-for-an-eye closures represent a sharp deterioration in relations …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam was once again on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country’s first case of local transmission for three months. FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays disinfectant inside a bus to ward off the recent coronavirus outbreak, …
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