China warns move will 'sabotage relations' between the two countries; State Department says Washington will not tolerate 'violations of our sovereignty' or intimidation

Indictment of two Chinese nationals comes amidst rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, with President Trump blaming the People's Republic for coronavirus pandemic

Controversial 'pre-testing' move by SinoPharm raises ethical questions, coming before vaccine had government approval for trials in people

UAE's Mars orbiter due to lift off on Friday after launch postponed by bad weather, while US and China are also sending unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet

Unspecified 'corresponding sanctions' imposed on key critics of Beijing's policies of detainment for Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities in ideological re-education camps

China threatens 'reciprocal measures' after Washington targets senior officials in Chinese Communist Party

Beijing's plan to let mainland authorities operate openly in region, bypassing local government, unanimously approved in major anti-freedom step

Governments struggle to contain outbreaks as US announces over 40,000 cases in a day while India confirms record 20,000, with others hit including South Korea and Australia

5,477,859 have recovered from virus, 4,126,094 still infected, with 57,841 seriously ill; countries continue to grapple with pandemic as they release economies from lockdown

India considers new measures; cases increase in south and west of US; resurgence in Australia, China and South Korea despite earlier success