US President Donald Trump has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial coronavirus outbreak in central China late last year. WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (May 20) again lashed out at China over the coronavirus pandemic, blaming Beijing for […]
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The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone. Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people as it lashed coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. Many of Kolkata’s 14 million people are without electricity and communications […]
TAIPEI: The US government has notified Congress of a possible sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan worth around US$180 million, a move likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and Beijing, which claims Taiwan as Chinese territory. The United States, like most countries, has no official diplomatic ties […]
An Italian woman has won a painting by Pablo Picasso, worth about €1m (£900,000; $1.1m), in a raffle after being given the ticket as a gift. The winning ticket was pulled out during a live draw at Christie’s auction house in Paris. The event, which was fundraising for Care charity, […]
The US Senate has passed a bill that could block some Chinese companies from selling shares on American stock exchanges. Chinese online retail giant Alibaba made its New York Stock Exchange debut in 2014 It would require overseas firms to follow US standards for audits and other financial regulations. […]
Which sector of the economy do you think is being hardest hit by the coronavirus – construction, retail, transport or catering? Well, you are all wrong, and need to do some more homework. The answer is – education. Many people probably don’t even think of education as part of the […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (May 21) accused China of employing border clashes with India to try to shift the status quo, and encouraged New Delhi to resist. Alice Wells, the top US diplomat for South Asia, drew parallels between the growing skirmishes in the Himalayas and Beijing’s years […]
Search interest in online casinos has hit an all-time high in the UK since lockdown began, data shows. Google Trends shows gambling has moved online amid the closure of physical gambling venues and cancellation of sports events. Watchdog the Gambling Commission said there had been a rise in online gambling, […]
I spent a recent evening following a handful of South African policemen as they patrolled the dark, narrow streets of Alexandra township on the edge of Johannesburg. It was an unsettling experience. Every minute or so, the police would stop their van, jump out and – as people around them […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is a long way from being over amid the largest daily rise in global cases. The WHO said 106,000 new cases had been reported to them in the last 24 hours. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has […]