On Jan 8, congressional Democrats introduced legislation calling for a universal background check before firearms can be purchased. The bill would require background checks for all gun sales and most gun transfers. Currently, federally licensed gun sellers are required to conduct background checks on those who buy guns, but private sellers who aren't federally licensed are not required to do so.
On Saturday, suicide bombers cornered by security forces in a hideout in eastern Sri Lanka blew themselves up killing 15 people, including six children, police said.
On June 1, China released a master plan for the Hainan free trade port, aiming to build the province into a globally influential high-level free trade port by the middle of the century.
On November 19, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) released the findings of an inquiry that heard testimonies from more than 400 witnesses. The inquiry found that "credible evidence" proved that special-forces soldiers murdered 39 prisoners, farmers and civilians during the war in Afghanistan.
On July 15, EMVCo, an association facilitating standards in worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions, released QR code specification for payment systems, providing one of the first globally interoperable technical solution for QR code payment.
On Saturday, Xi also visited the People's Liberation Army Beijing Garrison Command where he extended festive greetings to soldiers and officers of the PLA, armed police, militia and reserve forces.
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On Singles' Day, the shopping festival on Nov 11, consumers bought nearly a million avocados through Tmall, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba.
On May 12, 2008, a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan County in southwestern China, leaving 87,150 people dead or missing and nearly 5 million homeless.
On Thursday NSW reported six new locally acquired infections, which followed 11 local transmissions the day before.
On May 2 in Iowa, Biden had downplayed the notion of China as an economic threat to the US.