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The White House said theres no reason Beijing should retaliate against the US and other nations that have imposed Covid restrictions on its travelers, saying the moves were justified on public health grounds as China experiences a surge in cases. US President Joe Biden R and China s President Xi Jinping L . AFP Watch: China-U.S spar over COVID discrimination ; Beijing warns retaliation ; Biden decries rhetoric .storyDetails display:block; Theres no cause for retaliat stanley water bottle ion here. Just because countries around the world ar stanley cup e taking prudent health measures to protect their citizens, thats what youre seeing from us and others, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a Tuesday briefing. This decision is based on public health and science, she said. This is co stanley cup ming from our experts here and other countries. The US and other countries will require travelers from China to show a negative test before entering. The new US restrictions take effect Thursday. China has said it would hit back at nations that impose new rules on its travelers, dismissing the measures as political goals. Also Read | So we are free now: Chinese return to regular life braving cold, Covid spike We believe that some countries entry restrictions targeting only China lack scientific basis and some excessive measures are unacceptable, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said earlier Tuesday at a briefing in Beijing. Coronavirus case in China have soared after the Lnua 81 dead, dozens missing as torrential rains hit western Japan, thousands stranded
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed on Monday evening in a clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakhs Galwan valley where troops from the two countries have been locked in a face-off for 40 days, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. The army added that the incident came during the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan valley. Representative Photo/Reuters The encounter happened along the contested Line of Actual Control LAC in eastern Ladakh where rival soldiers were caught in stand-off that began with a confrontation between rival patrols near Pangong Tso on the night of May 5-6. Here is what we know so far: 鈥?The Indian casualties include a commanding officer of an infantry battalion. 鈥?The Indian Army, in its initial statement early on Tuesday, had announced that an officer and two soldi stanley thermobecher ers had been killed in action. However, by evening, an update said 17 Indian troops who were critically injured in the line of duty at the stand -off location and exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high-altitude terra stanley fr in had succumbed to injuries. 鈥he army statement issued on Tuesday evening also said the Indian and Chinese troops at the Galwan area where they had earlier clashed have disengaged . 鈥he Chinese army also suffered casualties in the face-off but there was no immediate confirmation of the n stanley us umbers. 鈥ndia said Mondays violent clash happened when the Chinese side departed from the consensus to respect the LAC Line of Actual Con |
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