The COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.
The development lending institution urges governments to lift restrictions on trade and services and to end fossil fuel subsidies to encourage adoption of more green energy technologies.
The European Union is seeking China's assurances that it won't assist Russia in circumventing economic sanctions for invading Ukraine and cooperation on ending the war at today's virtual meeting.
The Solomon Islands said that despite a recent pact with China, it won't allow the major power to build a military base, and the two are only collaborating on security and naval refueling.
China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.
It's called Lu sauce. It dates back 1,500 years (at least) and for chef Peter in Beijing, it's new as the brew of soy sauce, ginger, garlic he cooks up each night — with a special touch from his mom.
The equipment was extremely damaged, however, so it's unclear how much information it will provide. There were 132 people aboard the flight, which crashed on Monday.
Authorities have not yet determined the total number of casualties or why the plane went down as debris is seen littered across a mountainside in Guangxi's Teng county.
A White House official declined to lay out the specifics of any potential U.S. response, but said that Biden was "detailed" and "direct" with the Chinese leader.
