Because "there is no empirical evidence whether this approach will increase, decrease or have no effect on morbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 epidemic in various humanitarian settings" it would be illegal for the government to use …
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Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global banks and other financial institutions in Hong Kong are scrambling to find out details of China's planned imposition of an anti-sanctions law on the city, and trying to und…
2021-08-19
Seven blockchain and crypto-related accounts on China’s Weibo service, including that of TRON founder Justin Sun, appear to have been blocked.
Chinese website 8BTC reported the news Thursday, noting seven verified accounts had been deactivated on the T…
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International Flights Update: If you are planning to travel to UAE, note that the Abu-Dhabi based Etihad airways has recently updated Covid-related travel rules and announced to issue visas on arrival for passengers arriving from 70 countries including…
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The latest information on German politics Sign up for myFT Daily Digest to get to know German political news first. The writer is the director of defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Eight weeks before the…
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China and US are maintaining normal communications in economy and trade sector, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said during a regular press conference held on Thursday in Beijing.
Gao Feng, a spokesman of MOFCOM, responded to a jour…
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China Money Network's DealShot provides detailed information on venture capital and private equity deals in China on a daily basis. Here you can find out where Chinese investors have been investing their money each workday.
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In yet another crackdown on Chinese telecom companies, China’s ministry of industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has alleged that 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat, were illegally transferring user data. The Chinese ministry has als…
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August 19, 2021 1:12 PM HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Asian stocks slumped to their lowest levels this year and the US dollar hit 10-month highs on Thursday (Aug 19) as a double-whammy of worries about global growth and an end to US central bank support drove …
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HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Asian stocks slumped to their lowest levels this year and the US dollar hit 10-month highs on Thursday (Aug 19) as a double-whammy of worries about global growth and an end to US central bank support drove nervous investors …
2021-08-19
Cathay Pacific will only allow fully vaccinated aircrew to operate passenger flights to “high-risk” and “medium-risk” countries from Friday and, in exchange, crew members will only have to quarantine for seven days, the Post has learned. The carrier st…
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“To be able to examine the hypothesis of the laboratory, it is important to have access to all the raw data”, emphasized the WHO for whom “the access to the data should not be in any way a political question”. A month earlier, the United Nations agency…
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Taiwan reports six new COVID-19 cases, five deaths Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) Taiwan on Thursday reported six new COVID-19 cases — one transmitted domestically and five contracted overseas — and five deaths from the disease, according to the Cen…
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– A + A BEIJING (Aug 19): China reported on Thursday a further decline in new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the country's current outbreak, now in its fourth week.
China posted five new locally transmitted infections for Aug 18, dow…
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August 19, according to the official Wechat official account of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Yan Jinghua team of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences joined the Wang Chenhui team of H…
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BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China reported on Thursday a further decline in new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the country's current outbreak, now in its fourth week.
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2021-08-19
BEIJING (Reuters) -China reported on Thursday a further decline in new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the country’s current outbreak, now in its fourth week. China posted five new locally transmitted infections for Aug. 18, down from six a day e…
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Tencent warns of more Chinese tech curbs after growth spurts Bank & Insurance By Jacky Last updated Aug 19, 2021 Share (Bloomberg) — Tencent Holdings Ltd. warned investors to brace for more regulatory restrictions on China’s tech sector, and telegr…
2021-08-19
Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc has raised $1 billion in a two-tranche, U.S. dollar sustainability bond , its first environment, social and governance ( ESG ) transaction.
A 5.5-year tranche bond raised $300 million and the 10-year tranche secured $70…