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Interview: U.S. expert says Japan can’t release contaminated water until nuclides at “non-detectable levels”
“The ecological impact of this sort of chronic release of radioactive waste into the North Pacific may be considerable,” U.S. biologist Rick Steiner said. “The risk is entirely avoidable by using long-term storage on shore, and best available technology treatment systems.” Read more
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How Asia can lead an inclusive, sustainable recovery in post-pandemic era
Leaders and observers worldwide have said that with openness, solidarity and a commitment to a shared future, the world will ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and address fundamental challenges of the time to make the planet safer and growth more sustainable. Read more
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Roundup: CPC’s governance experience inspirational for developing countries, Arab officials say
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the Chinese people to an unprecedented success in the striving for development, shared development fruits and experience with other countries and played an important role on the world stage, Arab politicians have said. Read more
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China to improve implementation of direct fiscal fund system
China will improve the implementation of the system for the regular transfer of direct fiscal funds to further benefit businesses and the public, according to a State Council executive meeting. Read more
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China builds world’s largest 5G mobile network
China has made initial achievements in building the world’s largest 5G mobile network, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday. Read more
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Miguel Diaz-Canel elected head of Cuba’s communist party
“The most revolutionary stand inside the revolution is to always defend the (PCC) party, in the same way, the party must be the major defender of the (Cuban) revolution,” said Diaz-Canel. Read more
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Global weekly COVID-19 infections reach new high: WHO
Deaths also rose for the fifth straight week, pushing the global death toll to over three million, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing. Read more
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China slams Japan’s ‘irresponsible’ nuclear wastewater disposal decision
Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday stressed that Japan’s unilateral decision to release the nuclear wastewater into the ocean is extremely irresponsible, urging the country to reverse its decision. Read more
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China to produce more than 3 bln COVID-19 vaccines this year: official
China is expected to produce more than 3 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses this year, an official said Tuesday. Read more
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U.S. jury finds Chauvin guilty of all three charges over death of Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter over the death of George Floyd, the judge presiding over the high-profile trial announced Tuesday, reading the jury’s verdict Read more
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11 passengers killed in Egypt’s train derailment: ministry
At least 11 people were killed and 98 others were wounded in a train derailment on Sunday in the Delta city of Toukh, north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Egyptian Health Ministry said Read more
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Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in retaliation
These 20 people from the Czech embassy must leave Russia by the end of Monday. MOSCOW, April 18 — The Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it is expelling 20 staffers of the Czech embassy in Moscow in response to the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic. Read more
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The U.S. original sin of exporting turmoil
BEIJING, April 18 — “Well, the CIA would want to destabilize China, and that would be the best way to do it, to foment unrest and join with those Uygurs (in Xinjiang) in pushing the Han Chinese in Beijing from internal places rather than external.” Read more
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China urges “responsible attitude” from Japan on disposal of nuclear wastewater
China has expressed “grave concern” over Japan’s decision to dump nuclear wastewater into the sea and urges the Japanese government to take a responsible attitude toward its own people and the international community, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said. Read more
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Chinese envoy urges parties to Iran nuke deal to immediately start negotiating sanction-lifting formula
China believes that the Joint Commission should continue to focus on the “more substantive work” of sanction-lifting through the two major processes — the nuclear implementation and sanctions-lifting working groups’ work, and the “proximity talks” with the United States. Read more
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U.S. has long way to go in cracking down on anti-Asian hate crimes
Too many Asian Americans have been attacked, harassed, blamed, and scapegoated since the pandemic erupted in the United States early last year. Read more
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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 3 mln: Johns Hopkins University
The global COVID-19 death toll rose to 3,001,892, with a total of more than 140 million cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Read more
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Raul Castro announces retirement as head of Communist Party of Cuba
The 89-year-old communist leader said: “As long as I live I will be ready with my foot on the stirrup to defend the homeland, the revolution and socialism with more strength than ever.” Read more
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Prince Philip’s funeral held in Windsor
The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh was held Saturday in Windsor in line of the British government’s coronavirus restrictions. Read more
