BEIJING: China faced growing international pressure on Friday (May 29) over its move to impose a security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city’s autonomy, with the United States and Britain placing the issue before the UN Security Council. The US, Britain, Canada and Australia led […]
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NEW YORK: Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that the world is still battling the coronavirus pandemic. The Memorial Day weekend that signals the start of the US summer is normally […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s security chief said “terrorism” was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday (May 25) behind Beijing’s plans to introduce national security laws and after thousands took to the streets to protest against the move. Police said they arrested more than 180 people on […]
LONDON: Britain, Australia and Canada on Friday (May 22) said they were “deeply concerned” at China’s plans for a new security law in Hong Kong. The foreign ministers of the three countries joined growing global opposition to the move by Beijing to reduce Hong Kong’s separate legal status. They pointed […]
TOKYO: Japan’s central bank on Friday (May 22) offered hundreds of billions of dollars in additional lending to help small firms in the world’s third-largest economy struggling with the economic devastation wrought by coronavirus. The Bank of Japan expanded its loan programme by 30 trillion yen (US$279 billion), bringing its […]
Military delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after a meeting ahead of National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s annual session of parliament, in Beijing, China, on Mar 4, 2019. BEIJING: China’s defence spending this year will rise 6.6 per cent from 2019, according to a report issued at the […]
BEIJING: China refrained from setting a 2020 gross domestic product growth target and pledged to step up spending and financing to support its economy, according to Premier Li Keqiang’s work report released on Friday (May 22) at the start of the annual parliament meeting. Given “great uncertainty” caused by the […]
The former site of Bedok North Secondary School. SINGAPORE: The former Hong Kah Secondary School and Bedok North Secondary School sites are among “a number” of Ministry of Education (MOE) sites that will be used as temporary facilities to house migrant workers “who are well”, said the ministry on […]
KOLKATA/DHAKA: The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 84 people, officials said, as rescue teams scoured devastated coastal villages, hampered by torn down power lines and flooding over large tracts of land. Mass evacuations organised by authorities before Cyclone Amphan […]
WASHINGTON, DC: US doctors and others in the scientific community are calling for the release of data that convinced health regulators to authorise emergency use of Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19, so they can direct limited supplies on the right patients. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc Chief Executive […]