Some countries have announced new measures for travelers from China, including increased tracking and surveillance and PCR testing..

Russia has rejected Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula as a basis for negotiations.

In Taiwan, mandatory military service would be extended from four months to one year  to bolster Taiwan's defence.

Russia will ban oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed to by Western countries. 

 China will practically abandon its three-year-old zero covid policy and its international isolation from January 8.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan.