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New Zealand's trade minister said Thursday he does not expect Chinese economic retaliation to increasing tensions over claims of Chinese cyberhacking. China this week called on New Zealand to "abandon [its] Cold War mentality" after New Zealand's government criticized Beijing for supporting hacking following a cyberattack on tech giant Microsoft.

Taiwan on Friday reported 24 new COVID-19 infections -- 23 transmitted domestically and one contracted overseas -- and laid out updated disease control measures as it prepares to lower the nationwide Level 3 COVID-19 alert to Level 2 from July 27. 23 transmitted domestically and one contracted overseas -- and laid out updated disease control measures as it prepares to lower the nationwide Level

Government restrictions will be further relaxed to allow more social activity after the current COVID-19 alert is lowered to Level 2 on July 27, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Friday.

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is terminating two border barrier contracts in the Laredo Sector that are not necessary to address any life, safety, environmental, or other remediation requirements, as described in the DHS Border Wall Plan implementing President Biden's Proclamation.

China says "no" to those in the US who have used the COVID-19 issue to smear China, as their practice revealed their disregard for common sense and arrogance towards science, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday, after the White House said the US was disappointed by China rejecting the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest COVID-19 origins study plan.

Despite that nearly all COVID-19 cases in the latest outbreak in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, had received vaccines, experts are assured that the vaccines are effective in protecting people from the virus, especially in avoiding serious illness and hospitalization.

The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 88,273 with 210 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the second dose of Iran-made COVID-19 vaccine.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has visited the city of Nyingchi in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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The US Justice Department has moved to drop all charges against a Chinese researcher who was arrested last year by the US authorities over visa fraud and hiding her military credentials.

In January, 40 defense-related advisory committees were told to suspend their activities pending the results of "zero-based" reviews that would evaluate their missions.

Pakistan has urged the United Nations (UN) to investigate whether India has spied on Prime Minister Imran Khan using the Israeli Pegasus spyware.

Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace MP, has visited Japan, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam on a trip to reaffirm the UK's commitment to the Indo-Pacific.

Tajikistan has said it is ready to shelter up to 100,000 refugees from neighboring Afghanistan amid increasing security concerns in Central Asia over the fallout of the Taliban's territorial gains in the northern part of the war-torn country.

Military Sealift Command Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) and Tunisian Navy Fast Patrol Boats Hamilcar (505) and Giscon (510), as well as Auxiliary Ships Zarzis (A710) and Taguermess, conducted joint maritime domain awareness operations to enhance maritime security and Tunisia's ability to protect its maritime borders, June 28 - July 2, 2021.

Authorities in Afghanistan said Wednesday that pro-government forces had pushed back Taliban insurgents from parts of a northwestern city and regained control of official buildings after hours of fierce clashes.

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Perpetrators behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse must be brought to justice, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Haitian police arrested "the presumed assassins" of Haiti President Jovenel Moise, a government official announced on social media late Wednesday.