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Media that smears, insults China must pay the price: China on expulsion of 3 WSJ journalists

7:46 pm February 20, 2020

Beijing: China on Thursday defended expelling three foreign journalists of the Wall Street Journal, saying that media which insults, smears the country and support racial discrimination “must pay the price”. China on Wednesday expelled three journalists of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) following an article in the newspaper titled China Is the Real Sick Man […]

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Necessary to prevent statelessness when nationality laws are changed: UN chief

8:27 pm February 19, 2020

Islamabad: Amid concerns over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), UN chief Antonio Guterres has said it is necessary to do everything to prevent “statelessness” when when a nationality law is changed. Guterres, who was on a three-day visit to Pakistan, when asked whether he was concerned about new […]

Pakistan court nullifies converted minor Hindu girl’s marriage

8:19 pm February 19, 2020

Karachi: In probably the first of its kind judgement, a Pakistani court has nullified the marriage of a minor Hindu girl, who was converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man in the country’s Sindh province. Mehak Kumari, a class IXth student, was allegedly abducted from Jacobabad district on January 15 by Ali Raza […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

Death toll from China virus surges past 2,000

5:40 pm February 19, 2020

Beijing: The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in China crossed the 2,000-mark on Wednesday with the death of 136 more people, while the overall confirmed cases climbed to 74,185, authorities said. The National Health Commission said in its daily report that 2,004 people had died of the disease known as COVID-19. NHC said 1,749 […]

Will win battle against coronavirus: Chinese envoy

7:56 pm February 18, 2020

New Delhi: Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong on Tuesday asserted that China has put in place multi-level control and prevention mechanisms and will win the battle against coronavirus. The envoy said China has allocated RMB 80 billion to contain the disease and the government has sufficient resources and policy tools to cope with economic fluctuations following […]