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Beijing: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.Also reported were 33 new imported cases, including 14 in Yunnan, eight...

Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).The quake occurred at around 7:46 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at 32.2 degrees north latitude and...

Geneva: China will donate, in the first batch, 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Afghanistan, with more emergency supplies to follow, a senior Chinese diplomat said here.China has decided to urgently provide food, materials for winter, COVID-19 vaccines,...

Seoul: South Korea's regulator, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), said it ordered Google to pay a fine of 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for imposing the Android operating system on smartphone manufacturers.The KFTC was investigating Google for preventing...

Kabul: The Taliban (terrorist organization, banned in Russia) found about $6 million in cash and at least 15 gold bars in the house belonging to former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who had declared himself president of Afghanistan, Khaama...

Kabul: The Kabul International Airport will soon be ready for international flights as efforts are underway to remove technical problems, airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani said Monday."The domestic flights have already begun and the international flights would begin soon...

Naypyitaw: Aung San Suu Kyi, former Myanmar's State Counselor who was ousted from power by the military junta, was supposed to be tried on Monday, but did not appear before a court due to malaise, media reported.Aung San Suu...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the high number of people infected with COVID-19 in his close surrounding might necessitate a quarantine for himself soon."Even people from my entourage have problems with COVID-19. We need to...

Beijing: A platform dedicated to boosting literary exchanges and cooperations in countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) has been established in Beijing.Initiated by China Writers Association (CWA), the "Literary Network of the Belt and Road" has drawn 30...

Athens: A new defense agreement between Greece and the United States will be signed for a five-year term, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday."The information is accurate. We are discussing the extension of a defense cooperation agreement...