'Impossible' to hold Olympics during pandemic, Japan doctors union warns

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'We strongly oppose holding the Tokyo Olympics at a time when people around the world are fighting the new coronavirus,' a union of Japanese hospital doctors said in a statement.

China has moved to shore up ties in Central Asia through pledges for vaccines and connectivity under its Belt and Road Initiative, amid growing criticism in the West of Beijing’s repression in the neighbouring Xinjiang region.

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou will open another front in her marathon extradition battle next month, when they seek to admit new evidence from HSBC that they believe will bolster their contention that the Huawei Technologies executive is the victim of an abuse of process.

 

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