BEIJING: China is forcing Tibetan farmers and herders into labour programmes similar to those used in troubled Xinjiang, a US research institute alleged today. The moves risk a “loss of cultural heritage” in the politically sensitive region, the group’s report warned. Authorities in Tibet, a predominantly Buddhist area in China’s […]
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NEW YORK: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed yesterday that the next US leader must accept Tehran’s demands, ruling out compromise as Donald Trump vies for reelection. “We are not a bargaining chip in US elections and domestic policy,” Rouhani said in a virtual address to the UN General Assembly. “Any […]
WASHINGTON: The United States registered its 200,000th death from the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday (Sep 22), the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. According to a rolling tally by Johns Hopkins University, 200,182 Americans have died and […]
WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to boost his country’s Paris climate accord target yesterday and called for a green revolution, just minutes after US President Donald Trump blasted China for “rampant pollution.” Addressing the UN General Assembly, Xi said China would achieve a peak in carbon dioxide emissions […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British people yesterday to work from home where possible and ordered restaurants and bars to close early to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of Covid-19, with new restrictions lasting probably six months. After scientific warnings that deaths could soar without urgent action, Johnson […]
NEW YORK: Facebook said on Tuesday (Sep 22) it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering in Asian and American politics, including some that posted material supporting and opposing US President Donald Trump. The social networking company said it suspended 155 accounts on its main platform […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested today that coronavirus infections were higher in Britain than in Italy or Germany because it was a “freedom-loving country”. He was responding to criticism that the UK’s contact tracing and testing programme is not working well enough in the face of a surge in […]
WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans today have their first formal gathering since liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death gave them a chance to cement a 6-3 conservative majority at the court ahead of the November election. President Donald Trump has urged a quick Senate vote on a Supreme Court […]
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russian efforts to look into the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned, were encountering problems because his allies had removed evidence from the country. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was airlifted to Germany last month […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported on Tuesday its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths with 160 fatalities, data from the country’s Covid-19 task force showed. Indonesia has reported 9,837 deaths overall, the highest death toll in Asia outside India. It also reported 4,071 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases […]