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Dame Barbara Windsor dies at the age of 83 Tributes are being paid after the actress Dame Barbara Windsor, best known for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films, died aged 83. Her husband said she had passed away peacefully from Alzheimer’s at a care home last night.…

The Civil Aviation Administration of China issued updated documentation for the local airline industry a few weeks ago. It details the best health practices for avoiding a coronavirus infection on airplanes. In addition to the usual health measures expected for the industry during the pandemic, the guidelines include a strange…

The launch by Apple on Tuesday of the company’s new AirPods Max over-the-ear headphones has sparked widespread and sometimes incredulous criticism among users in one of Apple’s most important markets. Weibo, the Chinese microblogging site, has been flooded with comments about the headphones since Apple’s launch, many of which are…

First Lady Melania Trump is thinking about life after the White House and privately planning out her future, according to a CNN report on Wednesday. Sources close to Melania's thinking told the news outlet that "she just wants to go home."  The first lady has also inquired whether any taxpayer…

China’s coronavirus vaccine is approved for listing in the UAE According to the Emirates News Agency, the Ministry of Health and Prevention of the country today announced the registration of the new coronavirus vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm Group in the country. The Ministry…

It's past time that the United States recognize China as its greatest international threat, Laura Ingraham argued Tuesday."It is not Russia, it is China," said "The Ingraham Angle" host. "The fact that China has spent decades infiltrating almost every aspect of American society should be well known to you at this point."COTTON: WALL STREET CEO'S ARE EFFECTIVELY 'LOBBYISTS FOR…

China’s former commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, and Australia’s former prime minister, Tony Abbott, formalised the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAfta) in June 2015. Photo: Getty Images When the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAfta) was signed five years ago, both sides agreed to review it at least every five years Neither…

MUTTON from sheep donated by Mongolia arrived at local hospitals yesterday morning as a mark of thanks to medical workers for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s northern neighbor donated 30,000 sheep during the pandemic in February. On November 13, the animals were sent to China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous…

(Source: Baidu) Baidu Inc. on Dec. 4 was granted the first permit by the Beijing transportation authorities for five of its vehicles to conduct fully driverless road tests. The approval makes Baidu the first and only company to be permitted to conduct driverless tests, where no safety driver is placed…

(Source: Pixabay) Every weekday from his home in the northern suburbs to his job in the southeast of Shanghai and back, Zhihang Wu spends three to four hours trekking through the most concentrated metropolitan area in China.  “Four years,” Wu said. “It’s extremely miserable.” In China, however, Wu is far…