Indonesian Islamic council aims halal vaccine ruling
Indonesia's highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19 vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass…
NYT piece ‘propaganda for China?’ US elites too fragile to face reality
China, US Illustration: Liu Rui/GT By Yu Ning In a Monday article titled "In a topsy-turvy pandemic world, China offers its version of freedom," the New York Times (NYT) said…
US judge denies effort to stop drilling auction in Arctic refuge
A US federal judge in Alaska ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration's planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed on…
UK court to hear bail plea for WikiLeaks’ Assange citing suicide risk
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange argued Wednesday he should be released from a British prison on bail, pending Washington's appeal against a decision not to extradite him to the…
SK delegation heads to Iran to seek release of seized ship
A South Korean delegation is heading to Iran on Wednesday to seek the release of a chemicals tanker and its 20-member crew seized in Gulf waters by Iranian forces, Yonhap…
Trump orders new ban on transactions with eight Chinese apps as ‘last frenzy’ during term: expert
Photo: VCG With Donald Trump's imminent departure from the White House and Joe Biden set to take office, the incumbent US president is ramping up efforts to go to extremes…
China’s economy to expand by 7.9% in 2021: World Bank
People work at the workshop of a vehicle door manufacturer in Yubei District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao) The global economy is expected to expand…
Chinese companies announce one-hour testing kits for mutant B117 variant strain
Photo: Xinhua Two Chinese firms on Tuesday announced they had developed a rapid testing kit for the more transmissible variant of COVID-19, initially reported by the UK on December 14,…
Instead of a beacon, US-styled election shows world chaos, rifts
Degradation in the Western system Illustration: Liu Rui/GT By Wang Wenwen Although the US congressional joint session to count electoral votes is more of a routine affair, this year is…
Why is post-Brexit Britain adopting different path with EU toward China?
UK US relations Illustration: Liu Rui/GT By John Ross The beginning of 2021 has strikingly illustrated that Europe is one of the most important regions in which contradictory trends on…