The United States has repeatedly offered to supply coronavirus vaccines to China, where infection with the new coronavirus is rapidly expanding, but the Chinese government has stubbornly refused. US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US had repeatedly sent messenger RNA (mRNA) messages through unofficial channels out of concern about the possible spread … Read more
China has vowed to fight back, claiming some countries have imposed coronavirus-related restrictions on travelers coming to the country for “political purposes”. This suggests that the novel coronavirus remains a politically sensitive issue for officials, even if the Chinese government tolerates the spread of the virus. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning told a regular … Read more
Fears of a natural gas crisis are rapidly easing as unexpectedly warm winters continue across much of the world. Gas shortages were expected to force power outages before winter, putting upward pressure on electricity prices. Future forecasts predict warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of Europe over the next couple of weeks. Even in the United States … Read more
Football ace Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Saudi Arabia’s Arnasr. The deal could have made him one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. Although Arnasr did not disclose, the British newspaper The Sun reported that the annual salary of Ronaldo (37) of the Portugal representative could exceed 200 million dollars (about … Read more
A growing number of countries are asking travelers from China to prove they have tested negative for the new coronavirus. We are wary of the possibility of new mutant strains appearing in the rapidly expanding infection in China. The US has expanded its program to require travelers from China to provide negative evidence and voluntarily … Read more
Former state councilor and foreign minister of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, was convicted of five corruption charges during her tenure and sentenced to seven years in prison. She said a person familiar with the matter. A special court inside a prison complex in the capital Nay Pyi Taw ruled that Suu Kyi failed … Read more
The Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee has released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mr. Trump has disagreed with Democrats on the issue for years, but has exhausted his legal arsenal to block the disclosure. The tax returns released include details about Trump personally and his business from 2015 to 2020. … Read more
The UK will require all travelers from China to prove they have tested negative for the new coronavirus. The Times reports it, citing government officials. According to The Times, Prime Minister Sunak intervened and ordered a mandatory negative test. In addition to presenting a negative certificate, up to one in five Chinese travelers will be … Read more
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had admitted to holding more than 3,000 prisoners of war. The councilor said 15,000 people are missing, many of them civilians. Russia has launched one of its biggest rocket attacks to date, targeting cities like Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and Lviv to the west. Ukraine’s … Read more
Efforts to protect the elderly from the novel coronavirus infection may have started to collapse in Chinese nursing homes. It is a taste of how the sudden change from the “zero corona” policy has caused a serious situation. Chinese authorities this month imposed severe restrictions on the zero-corona policy with little preparation for the next … Read more