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China says black box from crashed plane is a cockpit recorder

China's aviation authority said on Wednesday the black box retrieved from the site of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash is a cockpit voice recorder according to an early assessment.

Reuters

Covid-19: Indian medical students keen to return to China

Hundreds grounded at home due to COVID-19 travel restrictions

The Hindu

At China plane crash site, relatives wait in grim vigil

As recovery teams searched mountainous terrain for victims of Monday's plane crash in southern China, a man surnamed Zhang whose nephew was among the 132 people aboard the Boeing 737-800 said his biggest hope, of finding him alive, was unrealistic.

Reuters

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Putin still wants to attend G20 in Indonesia and ‘has China’s backing’

Moscow’s presence at the event has the potential to trigger boycott by other countries

The Independent UK

Nickel Rises On LME As Buyers Return After Squeeze

Nickel volumes surged as prices traded within the London Metal Exchange’s daily limits for the first time since reopening last week, Bloomberg reported. Prices climbed to a high of $29,700 a ton and remained within a 15% intraday limit set by the bourse. Nickel prices jumped 250% in early March touching a…

Benzinga

China-Europe Rail Lines, The Latest Supply-Chain Issue: Bloomberg

Million-plus containers set to ride railway linking Western Europe to Eastern China via Russia now have to find new routes by sea, adding to costs and threatening to worsen the global supply chain chaos,

Benzinga

US, UK Announce Trade Accord To Remove Tariffs On British Steel, American Whiskey: WSJ

The U.S. and U.K. have announced a trade deal to remove tariffs on British steel & aluminum and American whiskey, motorcycles, and tobacco, the Wall Street Journal reported. Biden administration officials said the agreement would allow the U.K to ship “historically-based sustainable volumes” of steel and aluminum products to the U.S. without…

Benzinga

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China’s Securities Watchdog Mulls Move to Break Audit Deadlock With U.S.

Interpretation of the Securities Law would tell firms the conditions they need to meet prior to handing over papers to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Caixin Global

Explainer-How black boxes of crashed Chinese jet will be handled

Chinese authorities on Sunday recovered the second black box from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into a mountainside last Monday with 132 people on board, state media reported. [nL2N2VU011]

Reuters

Pressure grows for deal to save nature at crunch talks in Geneva

Campaigners warn time running out for governments to halt and reverse the destruction of wildlife and ecosystems that support the planet

The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan antagonizes Pak army, faces ouster

A drowning man will catch a straw, as the proverb goes.

Dynamite News

China limits concerns on Ukraine to self-interest

While China will help Russia get around sanctions, it is more focused on problems closer to home.

Al Jazeera

Black box from crashed China Eastern plane found

China says one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash has been found in a severely damaged condition.

Evening Standard

Taiwan considers extending 4-month military conscription

Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng says the government is considering extending its four-month compulsory military service amid concerns about the self-governing island democracy’s tensions with China, which have been underscored by Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

One 'Black Box' Found in China Plane Crash

China said Wednesday one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found in severely damaged condition. The recorder is so damaged that they are not able to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder. Mao Yanfeng, the director of the…

Reuters

Black box found from crashed China Eastern Jet - Chinese aviation regulator

China has found one of the two black boxes belonging to the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed on Monday, an official of the aviation regulator told reporters on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Sets Green Hydrogen Target for 2025, Eyes Widespread Use

China's top economic planner announced a target on Wednesday to produce up to 200,000 tons per year of green hydrogen, a zero-carbon fuel generated from renewable energy sources, by 2025, but envisions a more widespread industry over the long term. The country aims to produce 100,000 tons to 200,000 tons…

Caixin Global

Tencent Music’s Profit Cut in Half Amid Crackdown on Monopolies, Tax Evasion

The operator of China’s largest online music platform blames declining revenue on increasing competition and ‘changing macro environment’

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Italy's Draghi urges China to support peace efforts in Ukraine

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi urged China on Wednesday not to support Russia after its invasion of Ukraine and to throw its weight behind efforts to bring peace to the country.

The Times of India

China builds more than 60 makeshift hospitals to check Covid

BEIJING: China’s provinces should set up at least two to three temporary hospitals each to treat Covid-19 patients, Beijing said Tuesday, a potential sign the country is anticipating an increase in cases as it battles an omicron outbreak and ponders how to exit its isolationist virus strategy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lanvin Group, Owned by China’s Fosun, Plans New York Listing via SPAC

Lanvin Group, the luxury fashion company owned by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd, said on Wednesday it plans to list in New York by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and aims to raise up to $544 million to fund its global expansion ambitions. Lanvin Group, which manages…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Finishing Top the Target for Saudi Arabia Coach Renard

Saudi Arabia can secure qualification for the World Cup finals with victory over China on Thursday but coach Herve Renard says they will not be satisfied unless they finish the preliminaries top of the group. Renard's side lead Group B by a point from Japan, with Australia three points further…

The News Lens

China’s Women ‘Hold Up Half the Sky’

Entrenched gender inequality and the heavy hand of censors can no longer silence female voices in China.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.34% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.73%

ABC News

Solomon Islands police show off fake guns given to them by Chinese government after 'secret' delivery

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force denies that replica rifles from China were smuggled into the country, with the nation's opposition demanding to know why the "fake guns" were unloaded "secretly" at a private wharf instead of at a public facility.

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