WASHINGTON, Jan 14 — The United States (US) has banned imports from another tranche of companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs in China, targeting 37 textile, mining and solar entities, a federal government notice published on Tuesday said.

BEIJING, Feb 23 — An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8.37am (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.

KUALA LUMPUR,  March 19 — Xinjiang, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), is looking forward to work with Malaysia in the field of agriculture, textile, halal food production, medicine and tourism, said Chairman of the Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Shohrat Zakir.