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Over 2,400 prosecuted for epidemic-related crimes in China

China's procuratorial organs prosecuted 2,416 suspects in 1,980 criminal cases related to the COVID-19 epidemic by Thursday, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) s

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Chinese sportswear firm loses Michael Jordan trademark lawsuit

A Chinese sportswear company being sued for using NBA legend Michael Jordan's Chinese name as its trademark lost the case on Wednesday. China's Supreme People's Court ruled that Qiaodan Sportswear lo

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Former vice governor in central China province arrested for graft

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) announced Thursday it has decided to arrest Xu Guang, former vice governor of central China's Henan Province, for suspected br

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Iran's top commander says to empty public place over COVID-19 "soon"

Chief of Staff of Iran Armed Forces Hossein Baqeri said on Friday that public places across the country will be emptied of people's unnecessary presence soon amid the

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Iran's top leader orders armed forces to form headquarters fighting COVID-19

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday ordered the Iranian armed forces to form the "Health and Medical Headquarters" to enhance efforts fighting aga

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China clarifies handling procedures of maritime criminal cases

China has released a circular making explicit the standard procedure for the handling of maritime criminal cases by competent authorities. Jointly released by the Supr

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Chinese central authorities to probe virus outbreak in prison

The Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has sent a team to Shandong Province to launch a comprehensive investi

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Iran's judiciary sentences "CIA spy" to death: spokesman

Iran's Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaili said Tuesday that the country's Supreme Court has approved the death sentence of an Iranian who was spying for the Un

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Huawei CFO's extradition hearing starts in Vancouver

The extradition hearing of China's Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou begins here Monday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Meng was arrested on Dec. 1, 2018 at Vancouver Internation

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Iran's top leader hails Iranian "resistance" against U.S. policies

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran's refusal to submitting to the U.S. coercive policies has angered the United States, state TV rep

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China handles 69,000 public interest lawsuits involving environment, resources protection

Chinese procuratorates handled 69,000 public interest cases involving the protection of the environment and resources in 2019, up 16.6 percent year on year, Procurator

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Urgent: Iran's top leader says U.S. assassination of Soleimani "cowardice" act

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday said that the U.S. assassination of Iran's Quds commander, Qassem Soleimani, was a "furtive and cowardice act" which hurts its superpower presti

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Iran's supreme leader urges U.S. exit from region

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called on the United States to pull its forces out of region, hours after Iran launched missile attacks on tw

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CPC leadership hears work reports

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday held a meeting to hear a series of work reports. The

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Iran's supreme leader appoints new chief of IRGC's Quds Force

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Esmail Ghaani as the new commander of the Quds Force of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), accord

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DPRK marks anniversary of Kim Jong Un's assumption of supreme commandership

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a national meeting Monday to mark the third anniversary of Kim Jong Un's assumption of supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the official KCNA news agency reported.