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Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Beijing that China and the European Union were working toward approval of each other’s pandemic vaccines.

Xi Jinping tells Olaf Scholz of the need for greater cooperation during ‘times of change and turmoil’
Xi Jinping and Olaf Scholz have condemned Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, with both leaders expressing their desire for the conflict to end.
The Chinese president stressed the need for greater cooperation between China and Germany in what he referred to as “times of change and turmoil”, and said both leaders “jointly oppose the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons,” although he stopped short of criticising Russia or calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops.

Russia digs in in preparation for expected attempt by Ukraine to take key southern city, setting scene for possible ferocious battle
Vladimir Putin has warned that civilians still living in the Ukrainian province of Kherson, which Russia declared in September it had annexed, must be “evacuated” from the conflict zone.
“Now, of course, those who live in Kherson should be removed from the zone of the most dangerous actions, because the civilian population should not suffer,” the Russian president said during a meeting with pro-Kremlin activists.

Despite relatively low case numbers, there are reportedly about 200 lockdowns across the country
Waves of outrage and frustration over China’s lockdown measures this week have demonstrated widening cracks in the general compliance with the government’s zero-Covid policy.
Rising anger has been driven by the tragic death of a toddler, and highly public problematic lockdowns in the Henan capital, Zhengzhou. Officials were left scrambling to control the narrative, amid swirling rumours of imminent policy shifts and a former government health expert saying on Friday that “substantive changes will happen soon”.

Huge chunk of Long March 5B rocket launched four days previously re-enters atmosphere
A hefty chunk of the massive rocket used to deliver the third module of has fallen back to Earth uncontrolled, triggering the closure of some of Spain’s airspace and leading to hundreds of flight delays.
Four days after blasting off from southern China, a large part of the Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket broke up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the south-central Pacific ocean at 10.01 UTC, according to and .

Asian American Democrats in Pennsylvania are combating a flood of misleading ads from former Trump administration officials ahead of the midterms.

A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime for attacking an Asian-American University of Cincinnati student in 2021.

A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime for attacking an Asian-American University of Cincinnati student in 2021.

A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime for attacking an Asian-American University of Cincinnati student in 2021.

Georgia’s multiethnic Asian American communities were part of the driving force that helped Democrats flip the state in 2020. This year, however, things look different.

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