
CHINA is leading calls on behalf of 26 nations for the US and its allies to immediately lift punitive sanctions on other countries in order to help defeat coronavirus.
Beijing’s UN ambassador Zhang Jun said “unilateral coercive measures” violate the UN Charter, multilateralism and undermine the right to health.
The United States has intensified sanctions against Venezuela and Iran since the pandemic started and tightened its illegal blockade of Cuba.

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers