Taliban seizes Jalalabad without a fight – Kabul is now the only big city that it does not control
The Taliban has seized Jalalabad without a fight, meaning Kabul is now the only big city that it does not control.
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July 31, 2021 China hit by worst Covid outbreak since Wuhan
China has been hit by the most extensive outbreak of Covid since Wuhan, according to state media.
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July 30, 2021 Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) was briefly destabilised after a Russian science lab malfunctioned.
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July 29, 2021 City of Nanjing isolated as China fights worst Covid outbreak in months
Health authorities in China have set up checkpoints and reportedly suspended flights in the eastern city of Nanjing in the country’s worst coronavirus emergency in months.
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July 28, 2021 Thailand puts Covid patients on sleeper trains home to ease crisis in Bangkok
Thailand has begun using sleeper trains to transport Covid patients out of Bangkok, where hospitals have been overwhelmed by a recent surge in cases.
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July 26, 2021 UK government seeks to ditch China’s state-owned nuclear power firm Adam Forrest 1 hour ago 7 Comments | 18 The Echo Chamber by John Boyne review – Hogarthian remorselessness
China’s state-owned nuclear energy company could be blocked from all future power projects in the UK, with ministers understood to be considering ways to prevent its involvement.
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July 25, 2021 China and USA edge closer to full-blown war as tit for tat sanctions prove ‘growing risks’
The United States had imposed sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong due to their role in the recent security crackdown in the territory. In retaliation, counter-sanctions were announced by China, with seven US individuals and entities targeted.
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July 24, 2021 South China Sea warning: ‘Miscalculation’ all it takes to spark all-out conflict in region
China has made its intentions clear after claiming to own the entirety of the South China Sea. But the Philippines, Brunei, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam have competing for claims of sovereignty in the disputed water, a conduit for goods in excess of $3trillion (£2.2trillion) every year. Bill Hayton, an Associate Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at […]
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July 21, 2021 China floods: Thousands evacuated after 12 die in ‘worst rain for 1,000 years’
At least 12 people have died in severe flooding in central China caused by what weather forecasters said was the heaviest rain in a millennium.
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July 20, 2021 China plans mass rocket launch to divert asteroid that could wipe out life on Earth
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 rockets from the country to practise diverting asteroids away from Earth.
