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China has started testing all residents of the capital of Qingdao. A handful of new corona infections came to light there on Sunday. The authorities are not taking any risks and say they have already collected three million test…

The Afghan government has released virtually all of the imprisoned Taliban members it has promised to release. Some exceptions have been made, according to the government. A few foreign allies, Australia and France, had opposed the…

Chinese and Indian soldiers have again come to blows along the controversial border in Kashmir in the Himalayas. India's Defense Ministry reported that over the weekend, China has "carried out provocative military relocations".…

The death toll from the coronavirus in India has passed 20,000. The country reported 467 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the number to 20,160. It also registered 22,252 new chains, bringing the total to 719,665. The number of new…

The Japanese government wants to cancel a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan as a result of the controversial Hong Kong national security law that China passed this week. The Liberal Democratic Party of Prime…

According to the Indian army, three Indian soldiers have been killed in a violent incident involving Chinese soldiers. The incident took place on Monday evening in the controversial Ladakh border region in the Himalayas. Senior…

The state of emergency declared in Japan because of the coronavirus has been lifted across the country. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this on Monday, stating that Japan has managed to control the spread of the virus within two…

Dozens of people have been killed or injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Eastern Afghanistan. This is reported by a spokesman for the local government. On Tuesday, a maternity hospital in the capital…

A second million-dollar city is now being quarantined in China to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus. And in the capital Beijing, major public festivities for Chinese New Year are cancelled. In the meantime, more…

The Chinese scientist who announced in November last year that he had produced the first genetically modified babies was sentenced. He Jiankui has to go to jail for three years. His "discovery" turned the scientific world upside down.…