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Australia's decision to block the $7.7 billion sale of the country's biggest energy grid to Chinese bidders has prompted a warning from China about the impact on investment. Britain is facing a similar dilemma and Ivor Bennett looks at why.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is hopeful of securing a quick deal to get fighter jets from Western partners, after meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Chequers. Zelensky confirms the pair talked about the issue during a meeting at the prime minister's official country retreat northwest of London, adding that he was "very positive" about the prospect of creating a "jets coalition" for the war against Russia. SOUNDBITE
The International Olympic Committee would support an inquiry into the allegations made by Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai -- if she wants one, its president Thomas Bach said on Thursday. IMAGES
Beijing, May 11 (EFE / EPA) .- China continues to soften restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and on Monday, high school students began to go back to school.The Chinese National Health Commission reported on Monday that it detected 17 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on Sunday, five of them in Hubei province, the birthplace of the outbreak.According to the provincial health authorities, these are asymptomatic infected people located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, who have begun to show symptoms of the COVID-19 disease. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).FOOTAGE SHOWS CHINESE STUDENTS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Day breaks in Hong Kong where the security presence at the Beijing Liaison office is beefed up as China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy. Hong Kong pro-democracy protests to mark the event communist will be "very, very dangerous", police in the city warned on Monday. IMAGES
After a defiant show to the city's leaders that their movement still pulls wide public support, Hong Kong protesters stay on the main highway outside the government headquarters after nightfall. IMAGES