Russia's ministry of defense is accusing the United States Pentagon, CDC for Ukrainian Biolabs, as well as Hunter Biden and liberal philanthropist George Soros.
At Beijing’s insistence last October, Hong Kong’s Bishop-elect Stephen Chow and 15 senior Catholic priests met with the mainland’s state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
Proponents of accord argue it's crucial to fight pandemics; critics counter such a measure will lead to coercive, one-size-fits-all rules and undermine national sovereignty.