Hong Kong suspends in-person school lessons from Dec 2
HONG KONG, Nov 30, 2020, Bloomberg, Reuters, Xinhua. Hong Kong authorities said they will halt…
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Farmers’ protest enters fifth day in India
NEW DELHI, Nov 30, 2020, PTI. The ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the…
Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
LONDON/BEIJING, Nov 30, 2020, Reuters. British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit…
S. Korea’s 5G users near 10 million in October
SEOUL, Nov 30, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s number of 5G users reached nearly 10 million…
[Analytics] How China’s ‘technological independence’ strategy will transform its economy
An important concern for the international community in the post-COVID-19 era is the direction of…
Amid raging protest, PM Modi says farm laws broke shackles of farmers, brought new opportunities
NEW DELHI, Nov 29, 2020, India Today. As the farmers from Punjab and other states…
In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020
TOKYO, Nov 29, 2020, CNN. Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The…
First made-in-China nuclear reactor online
BEIJING, Nov 28, 2020, Bangkok Post. China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear…
Hong Kong’s leader unable to use credit cards, banking services after US sanctions
HONG KONG, Nov 28, 2020, AFP. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has “piles…
China has reached a major milestone in ending absolute poverty
HONG KONG, Nov 28, 2020, CNN. Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this…
Russia to produce its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in India from 2021 beginning
NEW DELHI, Nov 27, 2020, India Today. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign…
Possible N. Korea or Iran sub for for drugs transport has been captured by Colombian navy
BOGOTA, Nov 26, 2020, Merco Press. At the beginning of this month, the Colombian Navy…