Earlier this afternoon, Biden said, he had a long discussion with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about Ukraine and their alliances in Europe and the EU.

WHO says received the data from China after a very long reporting gap

On the day of the attack, the police claimed that the two deceased officers belonged to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the provincial police.

The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the UN agency is concerned about the risk to life in China and has reiterated the importance of vaccination, including booster doses

Hong Kong`s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years under China`s "zero-Covid" strategy, which has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks.

The top election body last month initiated the process to remove 70-year-old Khan as chairman of his party following its verdict in the Toshakhana (national depository) case.

Khan had been at loggerheads with Bajwa ever since his ouster from power in April by a no-confidence motion

The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on the economy and prompted street protests not seen since the late 1980s.

The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.