Several hundred flights were canceled at the Pudong International Airport in China's Shanghai after several staffers in the cargo area tested positive for COVID-19, Chinese media reported on Tuesday

The source of recent COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai could be traced back to a transport container that returned from North America in late October, a Chinese public health official said during a press conference on Monday

Russia's plans to hold consultations in the so-called Moscow format to help facilitate a political settlement in Afghanistan should be welcomed by all sides as the framework accounts for all Afghan parties and stakeholders, Sehar Kamran, a member of Pakistan's Senate Forum for Policy Research,told Sputnik on Wednesday