Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke
The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi...
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Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to...
China accused of cyber-attack on Microsoft Exchange servers
The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting at...
Еurope floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for
media captionHelicopter rescues residents stranded on rooftops in Merzbach At least 120 people have died and hundreds more in western Europe are unaccounted for after...
Germany floods: At least 19 dead and dozens missing after record rain
At least 19 people have died and many more are missing following severe floods in western Germany, police say. The worst of the flooding has...
How is Kurban bayram celebrated?
When is Kurban Ait in Kazakhstan in 2021. One of the most important Muslim holidays is approaching – Eid al-Adha (Eid al-Adha). In 2021, it...
Afghanistan: Taliban flag raised above border crossing with Pakistan
The Taliban are reported to have raised their flag above a key border post between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and claim it is now under their...
Hotel collapse in China’s Suzhou kills 17, injures five
Some seventeen people have died after a hotel collapse in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. After 36 hours of search operations, rescue workers found...
US warns businesses over China’s Xinjiang province
The US has issued a tough new warning to companies about doing business in China’s Xinjiang province. American firms that still have supply chain and...
Covid: What do we know about China’s coronavirus vaccines?
Chinese vaccine producers Sinovac and Sinopharm have signed on to global vaccine sharing scheme Covax, which aims to distribute vaccines to poorer countries. The Global...
