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Sun, May 16, 2021 | 18:29

China completes historic Mars spacecraft landing

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars, Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua, making China the second space-faring country after the United States to land on the “Red Planet.” The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed at a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time," Xinhua reporte...

2021-05-15 13:37

Singapore tightens COVID-19 measures; travel bubble with Hong Kong unlikely

Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it sought to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state.

2021-05-14 20:42

Duterte says Philippines won't withdraw ships from contested waters despite Chinese pressure

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rebuffed a call from China to withdraw vessels from disputed areas of the South China Sea and said he would not bow to pressure, even if it jeopardizes his friendship with Beijing.

2021-05-14 20:19

Huge Titanic replica to open in China as tourist destination

The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a full-scale replica.

2021-05-14 14:49

India's COVID-19 cases above 24 million as mutant spreads across globe

The number of recorded COVID-19 infections in India climbed above 24 million on Friday amid reports that the highly transmissible coronavirus mutant first detected in the country was spreading across the globe.

2021-05-14 14:08

Israel sends in ground forces as Gaza conflict intensifies

Israel said Friday it sent ground forces into action and pounded Gaza in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave in a conflict that has now claimed over 100 Palestinian lives.

2021-05-14 11:04

'Impossible' to hold Olympics during pandemic, Japan doctors union warns

Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be "impossible," a union of Japanese hospital doctors warned on Wednesday.

2021-05-13 21:04

China says Xiaomi removal from U.S. blacklist 'beneficial'

China's commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the U.S. reversed a ban on U.S. investments in the smartphone maker that was imposed under former President Donald Trump.

2021-05-13 21:04

Nowhere to run: Fear in Gaza grows amid conflict with Israel

Screams and flying debris enveloped Umm Majed al-Rayyes as explosions hurled her from her bed in Gaza City. Groping in the dark, the 50-year-old grabbed her four children and ran as Israeli bombs struck their apartment building Wednesday, shattering windows, ripping doors to splinters and blasting away concrete. While casualties mounted this week in the most severe outbreak o...

2021-05-13 15:51

Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against military junta

A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country's military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle.

2021-05-13 15:07

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