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China is lashing out at American lawmakers who are seeking to have the country face accountability in U.S. courts for the coronavirus, according to a government-controlled newspaper that reported that Beijing is ready to “hit back” with its own sanctions. The communist government is hefting the power of the country’s massive economy, suggesting it could…

China's National Health Commission has said COVID-19 vaccines could complete their second-phase clinical trials as early as July.Speaking at a news conference on Friday, its vice minister said the trials so far had been successful.(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION VICE MINISTER, ZENG YIXIN, SAYING:"During the clinical trials of these projects, as of now, we haven't…

President Trump’s re-election team has launched a long-promised barrage of negative ads against Joseph R. Biden Jr., focusing on his age and his past comments on China.President Trump often ridicules Joseph R. Biden Jr. on his Twitter account, but now his campaign is taking up the attack with television and Facebook ads.Credit...Al Drago for The…

Chinese government deception regarding the coronavirus outbreak is raising new fears about Beijing’s biological weapons activities, including population-specific research on germ weapons capable of attacking ethnic groups, according to current and former U.S. officials. A senior Trump administration official told The Washington Times that China is known to be engaged in a covert program that…

In a worrying sign that coronavirus may not be done sweeping through nations that are beginning to emerge from lockdown, recent studies in Spain and France indicate that only a small fraction of these countries' populations had been infected with the virus.Meanwhile in China, where the outbreak began late last year, health officials said they…