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05.11.2022 10:50 Russia backed down in a grain-deal standoff. President Vladimir Putin delivered remarks meant to "recruit," "confuse," and create "room for maneuver" amid setbacks in the war on Ukraine, now in its ninth month with no sign of a resolution. Muted gatherings honoring the victims of Stalin and the Soviet state are an unsurprising sign of the times.

05.11.2022 10:50 The China-developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has become a top-class system with cutting-edge technologies and powerful functions, according to a white paper released Friday. China is ready to share its achievements in developing the BDS and provide services to all other countries, it said.

05.11.2022 10:50 U.S. and South Korean warplanes will continue large-scale joint military exercises for another day, officials announced Friday, as North Korea continued lashing out at the drills with a record pace of launches.

05.11.2022 10:50 On the morning of 4 November, President Xi Jinping met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his official visit to China at the Great Hall of the People.

05.11.2022 10:50 Chinese public security entities have been acquiring U.S. technology with the transfers becoming increasingly regular, especially of DNA analysis equipment needed for mass surveillance, a new report has found.

05.11.2022 10:50 In a major departure from the market-oriented economic policy of the past 40 years, the Chinese Communist Party is moving to take greater control of technology and telecoms companies, with a return to the era of "joint ventures" between the state and private sector.

05.11.2022 10:50 International and regional business leaders from more than 100 financial institutions ended a three-day summit in Hong Kong Thursday that was widely seen as a signal that the territory is back in business after recently lifting some of the world's toughest COVID-19 restrictions.

05.11.2022 10:50 Iran's government held rallies in cities across the country marking the 43rd anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Iran and the Islamic revolution, which brought the current clerical government to power, while anti-government protests continue around the nation.

05.11.2022 10:50 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a phone conversation with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the latter's request.

05.11.2022 10:50 New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for over 35 percent of COVID-19 cases in the United States this week, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

05.11.2022 10:50 The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 596 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

05.11.2022 10:50 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday met with visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss further U.S. support for Ukraine, Zelensky's press service reported.

05.11.2022 10:50 The US Department of Defense has announced it will fund T-72 tanks sent to Ukraine, deepening its involvement in the war in defiance of repeated warnings by Russia.

05.11.2022 10:50 The Group of Seven advanced economies has warned Russia against, what it calls, Moscow's potential use of non-conventional weapons during its ongoing war in Ukraine.

05.11.2022 10:50 Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed China's support for Germany and Europe playing an important role in facilitating peace talks on the Ukraine crisis and building a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture in Europe when he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday.