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Legal experts are calling for the mutual development of the long and short video industries in tandem with copyright protection, suggesting courts play a bigger role in seeking to balance copyright protection and industry growth.   They raised the proposals after reports that a number of short-video producers had become anxious following recent complaints by filmmakers and frequent arguments between the two sides.   In early April, 15 film associations, five long-video platforms and 53 film c...

The Ever Given container ship which blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March began its journey out of the canal on Wednesday, said Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie.   The SCA has held the giant ship in a lake between two stretches of the waterway since it was re-floated on March 29, as the dispute over requested compensation by the SCA was not settled.   "The Japanese-owned Ever Given has signed the settlement contract with the SCA and the cargo vessel started to sail ...

-- Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide have passed a grim milestone of 4 million, according to the World Health Organization on Wednesday.    The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that it has recorded over four million COVID-19-related deaths globally, but the organizations Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, added that the overall death toll is likely underestimated.   "Compounded by fast moving variants and shocking inequity in vaccination, far too many countries...

The European economy is recovering better than previously expected, thanks to the roll-out of vaccination campaigns and effective containment measures, said European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni on Wednesday.   The economic growth in the European Union (EU) and in the eurozone would expand by 4.8 percent this year, and by 4.5 percent in 2022, according to the Summer 2021 Economic Forecast, presented by Gentiloni at a press conference.   The projections have been revised upwards co...

China will accelerate efforts to recycle new energy vehicle batteries in line with a five-year plan for developing circular economy unveiled on Wednesday, experts said.     According to the plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic regulator, China will step up building the traceability management system for new energy vehicle or NEV batteries.   More measures will be taken to promote NEV manufacturers to set up recycling service networks by themselves...

An ecological protection forum in Guiyang, Guizhou province, on Monday and Tuesday will focus on low-carbon transition.   With the theme "Low-carbon Transition, Eco-Development－Building A Life Community of Human and the Natural World Together", the forum will revolve around topics including the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Chinas goals of achieving peak carbon in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060, and the national development strategy for the Yangtze River Economic Be...

Last Updated: 2021-07-08 11:49 | Gwadar Pro

Antibodies against the novel coronavirus can last for at least 12 months in more than 70 percent of recovered COVID-19 patients, a study published by Chinese researchers on Tuesday shows.   The finding adds to growing evidence that vaccination, which elicits an immune response in a way similar to how a live virus triggers human bodies to generate antibodies, can "effectively restrict the spread of SARS-CoV-2", the study said.   The study, published online by Nature Communications, was conduct...

Analysts say the chance of holding the Libyan national elections in December 2021 has begun to shrink significantly after the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) talks in Geneva failed.   On Saturday, the United Nations announced the LPDF meeting aiming to reach a final agreement on the constitutional basis regulating the upcoming elections failed after a strenuous five-day negotiation in Geneva.   "The LPDF has demonstrated beyond any doubt that the Libyan settlement issue is very complex...

  A statutory instrument dubbed Public Health (Control of COVID-19) rules 2021, signed by Health Minister Ruth Aceng, said that if one is found guilty of not wearing a facial mask while in public places, he or she will face a jail term of two months.   "Every person shall, at all times, while outside his or her place of residence, wear a facial mask," the instrument issued on Friday said.   The instrument also said that any COVID-19 positive individual who escapes from a designated isolation...