California and Texas have seen daily infection rates hit new highs, while investors also waited on a Bank of England policy meeting on Thursday. ( read original story …)
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Chinese County Restricts Travel As Beijing Races To Contain Virus
Travel restrictions were placed on nearly half a million people near Beijing on Thursday as authorities rush to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus with a mass test-and-trace effort and … ( read original…
Coronavirus Beijing: Why an outbreak sparked a salmon panic in China
Last Thursday, Beijing reported its first virus case after 57 days without a locally-transmitted infection. Since then, almost 150 cases have been co … ( read original story …)
AP PHOTOS: A first-person view inside Beijing’s virus tests
BEIJING (AP) — As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed in Beijing in recent days, officials identified more than 350,000 people who needed to be tested. I was one of them. ( read original story…
Coronavirus live updates: Norway’s salmon exports to China tanked last week amid Beijing market outbreak
The coronavirus has infected more than 8.34 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 448,959 people. ( read original story …)
India holds funerals for soldiers killed in China border clash as tensions stay high
India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed mountainous border region, as the two governments … ( read original…
India is under ‘tremendous’ pressure to respond to China, academic says
India is under a lot of pressure to respond to China after a border clash high in the Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead, Jingdong Yuan, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, told…
Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon
Suppliers and restaurants are scrambling after an outbreak in Beijing triggered fears that salmon may have spread it. Officials later absolved the fish of blame, but consumers are avoiding it anyway. ( read original story…
China won’t adopt ‘flood-like’ stimulus nor negative rates: regulator
China’s top banking regulator said on Thursday that the country will not adopt “flood-like” stimulus nor negative rates, warning that unprecedented easing by the Federal Reserve will dent U.S. ( read original story …)
India Reacts to Border Clash With China With Protests and Vigils
China protests broke out across India after Indian authorities said 20 of its soldiers died in a clash with Chinese troops in the Himalayan Mountains. It is the worst military confrontation between … ( read…
Asia Today: Beijing’s daily cases drop, India’s rise sharply
China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. ( read original story …)
A border dispute with China may push India closer to some of Beijing’s top rivals
While both governments are now scrambling to deescalate, the conflict could provide the final push for a pivot already begun by New Delhi, away from Beijing and towards China’s traditional rivals, the … ( read…
The Latest: Beijing sees 158 cases in week of new outbreak
A Beijing government spokesman says the city has recorded a total of 158 confirmed cases since the new outbreak was detected last week at a large wholesale market. ( read original story …)
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