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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges China to make data sets about the coronavirus outbreak "available to the whole world," as "an imperative to keep people safe." Pompeo was speaking at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's spokesman calls for all sides to "refrain from acts that could escalate tensions in the region" amid China's military drills around Taiwan. "On China, I can tell you that we're of course following the developments in the Taiwan Straits closely. We urge the relevant parties to refrain from acts that could escalate tensions in the region," Stephane Dujarric tells a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that a ceasefire voted by the United Nations can "only" be implemented once Hamas begins releasing hostages it still holds. SOUNDBITE
Speaking to MEPs in Brussels, Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says his country's war with Hamas is "not just the war of the state of Israel," but concerns the "free world". Cohen's address comes more than a month after Hamas' deadly attack on Israel, in which at least 1,400 people were killed. In retribution for the attack, Israeli forces have been conducting air and ground raids in Gaza, where the Hamas-run health ministry says more than 10,500 people have died. SOUNDBITE
India will overtake China as the world's most populous country this week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations says. "India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous country during the current month - April of 2023," says John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "Projections indicate that the size of the Chinese population could drop below 1 billion before the end of the century. In India, by contrast the population is expected to continue growing for several decades," he adds. SOUNDBITE