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Naval drills with China response to 'aggressive' U.S.: Russian army chief

Russia's army chief on Thursday called joint naval drills between Russian and Chinese warships a response to increasingly aggressive US military posturing in the Asia-Pacific region. "This cooperation is a natural reaction to the aggressive build-up of US military potential in the region... The exercises we are conducting are in strict accordance with international law," Valery Gerasimov said in a briefing. Russia announced it was dispatching several warships to join war games between December 21 and 27 off the coast of China to strengthen naval cooperation. "The purpose of these events is to increase the combat readiness of the troops and forces of the two countries and the ability to withstand new challenges and threats," Mr. Gerasimov said in a briefing with foreign military representatives. The defence ministry said the exercises would include live fire drill with missiles and artillery and include practising measures to counter submarines. "We are not ...
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China Is Likely Registering 1 Million Covid Cases, 5,000 Deaths A Day: Report

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China is likely experiencing 1 million Covid infections and 5,000 virus deaths every day as it grapples with what is expected to be the biggest outbreak the world has ever seen, according to a new analysis. The situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million in January, according to Airfinity Ltd., a London-based research firm that focuses on predictive health analytics and has been tracking the pandemic since it first emerged. There'll likely then be another surge of infections that will push the daily peak to 4.2 million in March, the group estimated. Its modeling of the scale and toll of China's outbreak, which uses provincial data, shows the impact of the country's abrupt pivot away from Covid Zero far exceeds the government's tally. Officially, China reported 2,966 new cases for Wednesday and there have been fewer than 10 Covid deaths since the beginning of December. But that co...
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