Protests have broken out at the world’s biggest iPhone factory, Foxconn, in the city of Zhengzhou, China as hundreds of workers were seen marching on Wednesday. Reports from the country revealed that some of the protesters were confronted by people in hazmat suits and riot police. BBC reports that the …
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Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter on Wednesday showed. Videos showed hundreds of workers marching on a road in daylight, with some being confronted by a row of people in hazmat suits and riot police. …
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China has responded to the G7’s request that Beijing cease support for Russia, stating that the country decides its own position and policy based on the “merits of the matter itself,” and that the seven member nations should focus on their own issues instead of intervening in other countries’ internal …
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China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people. H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known to infect …
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BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. destroyer Ralph Johnson’s sail-through of the Taiwan Strait on March 17 was a “provocative” act by the United States and sent the wrong signals to pro-Taiwan independence forces, the Chinese military said on Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyoTHLMqYEQ Such an act was “very dangerous”, a Chinese …
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The US says China will face harsh “consequences” if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports. Unnamed officials reportedly told multiple US news outlets that Russia asked China to provide military assistance after it began the invasion. The Chinese foreign ministry described the allegation …
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Chinese embassy in the US says it is unaware of any request of military assistance from Russia amid conflict in Ukraine The Chinese Embassy in the US has said it had no information about alleged Russia’s request to China for military assistance, noting that Beijing’s focus was on bringing the …
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Former President Trump reportedly joked on Saturday that the U.S. should “put the Chinese flag” on F-22 fighter jets and “bomb the shit” out of Russia. Trump made the comment to top Republican National Committee donors at a retreat in New Orleans, according to CBS News. The network reported that …
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country has approved a COVID-19 vaccine that works quite effectively, adding that his daughter has been vaccinated. According to Reuters, Russia has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, after only two months of human …
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Nigeria reported 339 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 7,016. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet via its official handle, confirmed the new figures. According to the health agency, Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo …
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