VIDEO: A Chinese police patrol orders people to delete content on their smartphones on Urumqi street in downtown Shanghai.
Demonstrators gathered in the area at the weekend to protest against Covid-19 lockdowns and call for greater political freedoms
China under watch.
#AFPGraphics on the estimated number of CCTV cameras in Chinese cities compared with other cities around the world
China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai are blanketed with security Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns
VIDEO: Police and barriers at Shanghai protest site on the intersection of Anfu road and Wulumuqi street.
The location saw demonstrations over the weekend calling for an end to Covid lockdowns and demanding political freedoms
#BREAKING China's top security body says 'necessary to crack down' on 'hostile forces' after protests opposing Covid lockdowns, demanding political freedoms
#UPDATE China's top security body said on Tuesday it was time to "crack down" on what it described as "hostile forces", after a weekend of protests in major cities opposing Covid lockdowns and demanding greater political freedoms ▶️ u.afp.com/iGMn
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub