BEIJING (AP) — Scientists in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak have applied to patent a drug made by U.S. company Gilead Science Inc. to treat the disease, possibly fueling conflict over technology policy that helped trigger Washington’s tariff war with Beijing. The government-run Wuhan Institute of Virology said this week it […]
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Asia stocks surge after Trump acquitted, China virus aid
Asian stock markets surged Thursday after President Donald Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial and China announced a tariff cut on U.S. imports and aid to businesses reeling from a virus outbreak. Market benchmarks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul all rose more than 2%. Shanghai, Sydney and India also advanced. Markets also were […]
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10 more sick with virus on one of two isolated cruise ships
BEIJING (AP) — Ten more people were sickened with a new virus aboard one of two quarantined cruise ships with some 5,400 passengers and crew aboard, health officials in Japan said Thursday, as China reported 73 more deaths and announced that the first group of patients were expected to start taking a new antiviral drug. […]
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Over 500 Papua New Guineans trapped in China
PORT MORESBY, 06 FEBRUARY 2020 (THE NATIONAL) — More than 500 Papua New Guineans, mostly students, are in China, says Health Minister Jelta Wong. He said they were getting daily updates from Chinese authorities, the PNG embassy in Beijing and the Chinese embassy in Port Moresby. “So our embassy knows exactly where they are in […]
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The Army is fanning out across the Pacific to make friends and counter China
HONOLULU, 30 JANUARY 2020 (HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER) — About 1,500 Schofield Barracks soldiers, 16 helicopters and hundreds of Humvees, heavy equipment and shipping containers are headed to Thailand for the first stop of Pacific Pathways 2020, an Army approach to bulking up in the region with a light but persistent footprint that follows the “places, not […]
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Marshall Islands bans direct travel from China
MAJURO, 27 JANUARY 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) —- In the midst of mounting global concern about a coronavirus that officials in China say has caused the deaths 15 more people, the Marshall Islands issued a travel advisory Friday night banning travellers coming directly from the People’s Republic of China, where the virus originated. “Any traveller with […]