Covid origins

Peter Ben Embarek was the lead WHO representative on a trip to China in 2021 that aimed to investigate where COVID-19 came from.

National Health Commission Vice Minister Zeng Yixin dismissed the lab leak theory as a rumour running counter to common sense.

Washington's frustration has mounted in recent weeks over what it sees as insufficient cooperation from China into the investigation.

The final report spelled out how the joint team of Chinese scientists and international experts thrashed out the hierarchy of probability.

The mission has come under fire, with critics accusing the WHO of relying too much on politically compromised Chinese fieldwork and data.

The team which worked via videoconference while in quarantine is expected to remain in China for two more weeks.

The team will be interviewing people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market in Wuhan.

The official message: The "heroic city" is back to normal and back in business, its schools and tourist sites reopened and its enterprises running at full capacity.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.