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LIVE: No country can emerge victorious in Ukraine conflict, says PM Modi

Live news updates: PM Narendra Modi on Monday held a meeting with German Challancer Olaf Scholz in Berlin as the two leaders look forward to expanding India-Germany cooperation

China reports 846 new local Covid-19 cases, 32 deaths in last 24 hours

As many as 32 people, all in Shanghai, succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported

China's top nuke envoy in Seoul for talks amid recent NK missile strikes

Touching on pending issues related to North Korea, the envoy said that said that it was up to the US and North Korea to resolve issues on the Peninsula, not China

China's stringent Covid curbs threatens to derail world's emerging markets

Fresh Covid outbreaks are spooking global investors who fear shutdowns in China will echo across the world by lowering demand and disrupting supply chains

Oil falls on China growth concerns even as EU weighs Russia import ban

Prices fell after China released data on Saturday showing that factory activity in the country contracted for a second month to its lowest since February 2020 because of Covid lockdown

China's Covid-19 hard line eats into everything from Teslas to tacos

With the Shanghai lockdown grinding into its fourth week, and similar measures imposed in dozens of smaller cities, the world's largest boom market for electric cars has gone bust

UK warns China of economic retaliation if it fails to 'play by rules'

Tensions between the UK and China escalated after UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China to play by international rules or be ready to face action by the G7 group of leading global powers

As Beijing tightens Covid curbs, hard-hit Shanghai sees signs of life

The outbreak in Shanghai, which began in March, has been China's worst since the early months of the pandemic in 2020

Two jets from China enter Taiwan's air defense identification zone

Two Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker jets from China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Saturday

China reports 916 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

The Chinese mainland reported 916 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.Of these local cases, 788 were reported in Shanghai while the rest of the cases were reported in 13 other provincial-level regions, including 53 in Beijing, Xinhua reported citing the National Health Commission.As many as 3,447 COVID-19 patients recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 187,525 as of Saturday.The country also reported 38 new deaths from COVID-19 and notably, all from Shanghai.Meanwhile, in Shanghai, 7,084 local asymptomatic infection cases were reported on Saturday, and of these confirmed cases, 683 were reported as asymptomatic carriers, Municipal Health Commission reported on Sunday, Xinhua reported.To avoid the infamous Shanghai-like lockdown, China's capital Beijing has shut schools and suspended weddings and funerals reported a ...

China manufacturing weakens further as lockdowns continue

The monthly purchasing managers' index, released by China's National Bureau of Statistics, fell to 47.4 in April, down from 49.5 in March on a 100-point scale

China manufacturing activity fell to 6 month low amid Covid lockdowns

China's manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a survey

Global smartphone market shrinks 11% in Q1, China badly hit: Report

The Chinese market caused nearly half the worldwide decline, mainly due to seasonal weakness, according to market research firm Canalys

Apple faces up to $8 billion revenue hit due to Covid-19 lockdowns in China

As Shanghai entered the second month of lockdown and more cities in China face pandemic restrictions, demand for Apple products in the country might slow further, reports Nikkei Asia

Thousands of elderly people in Shanghai hit hard by Covid lockdown

Images shared on social media have showed unsanitary conditions, with clogged up toilets and overflowing rubbish bins, the BBC reported

German Parliament to discuss situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang

This comes after Beijing launched a crackdown that has swept more than one million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities into detention camps and prisons in its western Xinjiang province

China reports 1,410 new local Covid-19 cases, 47 deaths in last 24 hours

With 47 deaths, all in Shanghai, reported in the past 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll in the country mounted to 5,022, Xinhua reported

China to permit 'some' Indian students to return: Chinese Foreign Ministry

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that China attaches high importance to Indian students' concerns about returning to China for studies

China halts freight train traffic with North Korea due to Covid-19 spread

The countries had reopened trade between Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju in January following a two-year pause

Oil extends gains as supply fears outweigh China Covid lockdowns

Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday as fears over Russian supply disruption trumped Covid-19 lockdowns in China