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Tourists wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus stand near a floral decoration set up for the National Day celebrations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the worlds advanced economies, especially in Australia and the U.K., a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP)

China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year

Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

9 Oct 2020 1:34 PM IST

China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)

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China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

9 Oct 2020 1:24 PM IST

Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Michigan. (AP)

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13 charged in plot to kidnap US Democratic governor and start civil...

Whitmer pointed to Trump's refusal at the recent debate with Biden to condemn 'hate groups' like the two Michigan...

9 Oct 2020 12:40 PM IST

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen. (Image: Twitter/@iingwen)

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China tells Indian media not to call Taiwan a country, Taiwan says...

China, which claims Taiwan and regards it as a wayward province, made its displeasure evident in an e-mail to...

9 Oct 2020 10:29 AM IST

Other studies outside Chile have also indicated that the coronavirus can evolve as it adapts to its human hosts. (AFP)

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Chile scientists study potential coronavirus mutation in remote...

The far-flung region near the tip of South American continent has seen an unusually contagious second wave of infections...

9 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida. - President Donald Trump should be able to resume \public engagements\ from October 10, 2020, the White House physician announced on October 8, saying the US leader has responded \extremely well\ to Covid-19 treatment. (AFP)$ World