The coronavirus, COVID-19, which originated in China and is responsible for the global pandemic, has a unique structural feature that none of its closest viral relatives yet identified have, a furin polybasic cleavage site.

How China could have made COVID-19 while hiding its origin

Avian (bird) influenza virus and avian infectious bronchitis virus are coronaviruses, which elicit similar symptoms, are major pathogens long-circulating in Chinese poultry populations and have resulted in great economic losses for China due to respiratory disease and reduced egg production.

COVID-19 has a unique feature pointing to its origin

In order for COVID-19 to infect humans, the virus must attach to the target human cell, fuse with the cell membrane in order to inject the virus’ genetic material and then use the cell’s own biochemical mechanisms to replicate the virus.

Why China may have manufactured COVID-19

Identifying the unique characteristics of COVID-19, understanding the techniques that have been used to study coronaviruses and analysing the scientific publications going back two decades or more will all be key in determining the origin of the Wuhan pandemic.

COVID-19 could be man-made

China has the knowledge and the techniques to manufacture new viruses and animal models to test the ability of those new viruses to infect humans. The question remains – is the Chinese virus, COVID-19, the cause of the global pandemic, a naturally-occurring coronavirus that 'jumped' from bats to humans within the Wuhan Seafood Market as China claims or did it 'leak' from a Chinese laboratory either as a yet unknown bat viral isolate stored there or as a man-made virus?

China, coronavirus and the weaponisation of medical science

Let’s be clear, although there have been many attempts to do so by scientists worldwide, so far, no one knows the origin of COVID19, the coronavirus strain responsible for the global pandemic.

Coronavirus spread: China must allow global probe to ascertain origin of COVID-19

US President Donald Trump’s brief, but substantive, visit to India heralds a renewed US-India partnership designed to address the challenges of the 21st century.

A new era of India-US relations has begun

American and Indian national interests are clearly converging. President Donald Trump will, therefore, strive to enhance US - India bilateral relations with the context of a multilateral environment.

What to expect from US President Donald Trump’s visit to India

According to the latest news reports, a US airstrike at Baghdad International Airport killed the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force unit, General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a Shia paramilitary force made up of former militias with close ties to Iran.

The killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and its consequences

Since independence, there has been no more accurate barometer of the malfeasance of Pakistan’s government or the volatility of its political system than the frequent fate of the country’s leaders – assassination, execution, prison or disgrace.

From US perspective, Pervez Musharraf gets a well-earned sentence

President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with the Taliban “are dead” and indicated that he had no further interest in meeting with the group over an end to the Afghanistan war.

The now dead US-Taliban talks lacked strategic vision

There is a tyrannical alliance between totalitarian Pakistan and authoritarian China, which is based on a shared rejection of democracy and who are both determined to extinguish liberty and subjugate the individual, either to sharia or the state.

A global battle for democracy is being fought in Jammu and Kashmir

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