BEIJING: China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday (May 29), a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own. Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of […]
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special US status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs. The statement came as US President Donald Trump is due to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference on Friday (May 29) on China amid spiraling US-Chinese tensions over Hong Kong and the coronavirus fallout. “We’ll be announcing tomorrow what we’re doing with respect to China,” he told reporters at an Oval Office meeting on Thursday, […]
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 […]
SHANGHAI: China reported no new confirmed coronavirus cases as of the end of May 28, down from two a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Friday (May 29). The National Health Commission also confirmed five new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on May 28, down from 23 a day earlier.
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks ended lower on Thursday (May 28) following a late-afternoon retreat on growing US-China tensions, as markets digested more bad economic data following coronavirus shutdowns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 25,400.64, down 0.58 per cent and ending a three-day winning streak. The broad-based S&P […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has denied rumours that he was in Singapore for medical treatment. “I wish to state that that rumour is altogether untrue. For everyone’s information, I am (under) quarantine at my home in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur,” Mr Muhyiddin said in a Facebook post […]
FILE PHOTO: A Renault logo is seen outside the Renault factory in Choisy-le-Roi near Paris, France. PARIS: French auto giant Renault plans to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in France, as part of a two billion euro (US$2.2 billion) cost-cutting plan over three years, sources said on […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state on Monday (May 25) deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing on public transport amid an expected commuter surge as schools and offices reopened and coronavirus cases fell. Australia has reported just over 7,100 COVID-19 infections, including 102 deaths, well below figures […]
DOHA: Privacy concerns over Qatar’s coronavirus contact tracing app, a tool that is mandatory on pain of prison, have prompted a rare backlash and forced officials to offer reassurance and concessions. Like other governments around the world, Qatar has turned to mobile phones to trace people’s movements and track who […]