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Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US
Australia has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning ...Iran protests to UN after US jets approach flight over Syria
Iran protested Friday to the United Nations of a “flagrant violation” of international law after nearby US fighter jets sparked panic on ...China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
China on Friday ordered the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close in retaliation for one of its missions ...US and UK say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space
Britain is concerned about a Russian satellite test which involved the launch of a projectile with the “characteristics of a weapon”, a ...China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars
China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing ...US-Chinese tensions soar as consulate ordered to shut
US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the ...Ethiopia’s Abiy praises ‘historic’ start to dam filling
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday lauded the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River that ...Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil
A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses ...Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries ...Iraqi PM meets Rouhani in first trip abroad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday during his first trip abroad since taking office. ...














