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UNITED NATIONS – World leaders met electronically on Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the UN chief urged them to unite and tackle the immense problems of the time: the coronavirus, the “economic calamity” it sparked and the risk of a new cold war between the United States and …

KABUL – China wants to build thousands of houses in Afghanistan, with an initial plan for an immediate construction of 1,400 residential units in Kabul. A contract was signed on Tuesday between the Ministry of Urban Development and Land and China’s MCC 19 Company in presence of President Ghani to …

BEIJING – As other countries invest in developing poor areas, Beijing does not hesitate to operate on a more ambitious scale by relocating communities wholesale and building new cities in its effort to modernize China. The ruling Communist Party has announced an official goal of ending extreme poverty by the …

BEIJING – China sincerely hopes that all parties to Afghanistan’s peace talks will prioritize the interests of its people as well as the nation, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday. Wang made the remarks when answering questions during an interview with Xinhua about the negotiations starting …

BEIJING – China on Monday hailed the overwhelming approval of a high-profile U.N. resolution on combating the pandemic at the U.N. General Assembly, stressing that multilateralism and cooperation have been widely recognized as the only way to meet global challenges. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in response to …

TEHRAN – Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh held talks in Tehran on September 6 on international, regional and bilateral issues, according to IRNA. Rajnath Singh arrived in Tehran on Saturday for an unscheduled stopover on his way back from Moscow after a …

BEIJING – China has offered experimental coronavirus vaccines to workers in the aviation industry, according to a regulatory advisory seen by Reuters, to inoculate high-risk groups to avoid a possible resurgence as the savings will reopen. China, which has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stages of human trials, launched …

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it did not want to be coerced by multilateral groups like the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision to go it alone, first reported by …

BERLIN – China and the European Union (EU) face a vital opportunity to develop better bilateral relations, and the two sides should strive for progress in six areas, said visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday. Wang made the statements during a joint press conference with …

BEIJING – India and China deployed thousands of additional troops and military equipment to the Ladakh region after the first-ever violent clash on June 15, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, second physical combat erupted on August 29 in the Chushul Valley in the Ladakh region. A day after …