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China and US resume Covid blame game
Published on 30/04/2025
» BEIJING - China has restated its case that Covid-19 may have originated in the United States after the administration of US President Donald Trump blamed a lab leak in China.
Stranded astronauts finally back on Earth
Published on 19/03/2025
» NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule with a soft splashdown off the coast of Florida, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.
Lab leak ‘more likely’: CIA shifts view on Covid-19 origin
Published on 26/01/2025
» The Central Intelligence Agency said the Covid-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were possible.
China's 'batwoman' scientist warns another coronavirus outbreak is 'highly likely'
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/09/2023
» One of China's best-known virologists Shi Zhengli, also known as "batwoman", has warned that it is "highly likely" another coronavirus will appear in future.
WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» GENEVA - The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.
FBI: China lab leak ‘likely’ caused Covid
Published on 01/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China "likely" caused the Covid-19 pandemic, according to FBI director Christopher Wray.
Pair of new studies point to natural Covid origin
AFP, Published on 27/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - An animal market in China's Wuhan really was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science published Tuesday that claimed to have tipped the balance in the debate about the virus' origins.
Texan princess in a gilded cage
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/03/2022
» Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi wasted no time in pointing out the selling points of her home, the Villa Aurora, a 16th-century estate, smack in the centre of Rome, loaded with masterpiece paintings, historical archives and noble family lore.
God complex
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2022
» Re: "PM invokes epic myth to hammer opposition," (BP, Feb 18). Self-appointed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha apparently thinks he is Phra Ram (Lord Rama), or God in other words.
Athlete surveillance warnings cloud China's Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» BEIJING: A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home.