China calls for the imideatly realese of a Chinese soldier who got arrested this morning by Indian troops in the disputed Ladakh area both countries claim. The soldier lost contact/ comunication to his troop and was arrested by Indian soldiers.
The PRC how ever confirmed now the arrest of a soldier. The Indian side how ever waits for the comand to return the soldier. China informed India as soon as the incident occurred, and sought help from the Indian side.
After two hours of searching, the soldier was found, said the frontier force. China sayed that the imideatly realese would leade to a de-escalation. Indian media reported that a Chinese soldier was apprehended by
Indian troops near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh on Friday. Due to darkness and complicated geography in the mountainous area, the Chinese soldier went missing on the China-India border.
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Two Taiwanese radiological organizations have been forced to change their names to "Chinese Taipei" in an international medical society following pressure from the World Health Organization
as the global death toll from the coronavirus approaches 2 million (WHO). "The International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) has compelled the Taiwan Society of Radiological Technologists (TWSRT, 中華民國醫事放射學)
and the Taiwan Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (TAMRT, 中華民國醫事放射師公會全國聯合會 ) to incorporate "Chinese Taipei" into their membership names. The WHO's pressure to follow its "policies and procedures." was the reason the ISRRT gave for the name change.
On Monday, Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Former Ex Peace Nobel price winner Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister, both of whom expressed their willingness to improve cooperation, Xinhua said.
Wang said China strongly supports the smooth administration of the government of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and supports Myanmar in safeguarding the interests of national sovereignty, stability and development.
In principle, the two sides have reached consensus on an action plan to jointly create a society between China and Myanmar with a common future.
North Korea state controlled KCNA state media realesed following PROPAGANDA report, Titel (Korean/한굴/조선어): "조선로동당 총비서 김정은동지의 지도밑에 조선로동당 중앙위원회 제8기 제1차전원회의 진행"/
English /영어: "1st Plenary Meeting of 8th WPK Central Committee Held under Guidance of General Secretary of WPK Kim Jong Un"
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"Attending the meeting were members and alternate members of the Party Central Committee who were elected at the 8th Congress of the Party."(1)
"Elected at the meeting were the Central Military Commission of the Party and there took place an election of the Central Auditing Commission of the Party according to the Party rules that had been amended." (2)
The federal government wants to introduce two additional levels of risk areas for travelers returning. This was announced by the government's tourism officer, Thomas Bareiß (CDU), on RTL / ntv "Frühstart".
Countries and regions with more than 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in 7 days should be classified as high-risk areas. In addition to the quarantine, an obligation to test on return is introduced here.
A third level applies to regions in which dangerous virus mutations are rampant. In addition, exception rules for travelers are to be "greatly reduced".
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 1,921,695. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities that I have evaluated, 15,812 new cases were added.
The number of deaths related to infection rose 425 to 40,794. Around 337,900 people are currently infected. Two federal states report more than 3000 new corona infections: North Rhine-Westphalia recorded an increase of 3219 cases, followed by Bavaria with 3060 cases.
Lower Saxony (1748), Baden-Württemberg (1488), Hesse (1366) and Saxony (1107) are also in the four-digit range. The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 1.52 (previous day: 1.46).
The Nigerian millitary eliminated 28 Boko Haram terrorists in the dangerouse north eastern Area as they tryed to invade the town of Gujba on January 9th. This was part of a ongoing military operation in the area against
Daesh (ISIS) and Boko Haram. There are reports of sole escapes but according to the military most of the escapers are injured threw gunshoots as the military outolayed the terrorists. One soldier ded and one got wounded.