Chinese mainland reports 1,383 new local Covid-19 cases

April 6, 2022, 7:38 am Beijing, April 6 ( /Xinhua) The Chinese mainland reported 1,383 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Of the local confirmed cases reported Tuesday, 973 were in Jilin, 311 in Shanghai, and 17 in Zhejiang. Besides, a total of 32 new imported Covid-19 cases were … Read more

5.1-magnitude quake hits SW China’s Sichuan: CENC

April 6, 2022, 7:00 am Beijing, April 6 ( /Xinhua) A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Xingwen County of Yibin City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 7:50 am Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 28.22 degrees north latitude and 105.03 degrees east longitude, at a depth of … Read more

New SL Finance Minister resigns

April 5, 2022, 2:14 pm Colombo, April 5 : A day after he was appointed Sri Lanka’s new Finance Minister to battle the country’s worst economic meltdown, Ali Sabry resigned from the post on Tuesday, saying the government needed to take “proactive and unconventional steps … to navigate this unprecedented crisis”. Sabry was part of … Read more