Taiwan, which last recorded a community infection case on 12 April, had so far managed to keep its total number of Covid-19 cases to 770, with just seven deaths.
The top 5 spots in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking climbed about 15% on average, compared with below 2% for the bottom 5 — Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Belgium, Czech Republic.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission says some evidence suggested the Chinese govt had planned the incident, potentially including the possibility of fatalities.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it welcomed the visit of an 'unidentified US official' but declined to give more details because the trip 'has not been made public.'
Four years ago, Donald Trump became the first US president-elect to have spoken to a Taiwanese head of state since Washington broke ties with Taipei in 1979.
In a move that will likely further anger China, US has approved proposed sale of 4 weapons-ready MQ-9B drones from General Atomics along with radar, sensors, ground control stations.
China earlier said it would impose unspecified sanctions on Boeing’s defense unit & Lockheed Martin Corp after the US approved $1.8 billion in arms sales to Taiwan last week.
‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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