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China has threatened to retaliate over the US move to cancel trading advantages granted to Hong Kong after its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

Jonathan Allen, Britain's deputy permanent representative, said he hoped the Chinese government will pause and reflect on the serious and legitimate concerns this proposal has raised both within Hong Kong and around the world.

The Trump administration had been the lone holdout among leaders of the Group of Seven the world's wealthiest democracies in setting up the Global Partnership on AI.

Hydroxychloroquine has been touted by US President Donald Trump and others as a possible treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Cummings, who faced calls from within the Conservative Party to resign for driving 402 km during the coronavirus lockdown, could be out in 6 months, the newspaper reported.

The statement came as US President Trump is due to announce later on Friday his response to the Chinese parliament's advancement of national security legislation for Hong Kong.

In March, 49-year-old Verma was appointed as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force constituted by President Trump to combat the deadly disease in the country.

Amid a raging war of words, China accused US of using 'power politics and bullying practices'.

While Gates's vaccine programmes on the continent have long provided ample fodder for speculation, the bogus claims have gained new traction amid the pandemic.

The fire broke out shortly before 10 pm after which the fire fighters were informed about the incident at the hospital.

The team of experts from an Airbus facility in the French city of Toulouse reached Pakistan on Monday to carry out an independent probe into Friday's mishap.

The Pentagon believes that at least 50% of Afghan security forces most likely have the virus, meaning that any training and joint operations between United States and Afghan forces have been paused, halting a key pillar of the American war effort, especia...

Miller, who is married to Trump's hawkish immigration adviser and speech writer Stephen Miller, said she had returned after receiving three negative tests for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The World Bank had suspended Pakistan's budget support loans due to the deterioration in macroeconomic indicators in 2017.

Michoacan state's attorney general said in a statement the men, who have not yet been identified, were found in the municipality of San Lucas that the three states border.

Flight PK-8303 from Lahore crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir on Friday afternoon, minutes before its landing in Karachi's Jinnah International Airport.