BEIJING: China said Friday (Jul 24) it had revoked the license for the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, days after Washington ordered the closure of China’s Houston consulate. The tit-for-tat move is a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”, the foreign […]
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday (Jul 23) and said the United States and its allies must use “more creative and assertive ways” to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways, calling it the “mission of our time.” Speaking at […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (Jul 23) that he was scrapping next month’s Republican Party nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Trump, speaking at a White House press conference, said it was not the right time to do a “big, crowded convention”. “The […]
WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has interviewed visa holders in more than 25 US cities suspected of hiding their Chinese military memberships, the Justice Department said on Thursday (Jul 23). It is part of what experts called the biggest known crackdown on the theft of US know-how in […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Jul 23) that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said. Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries’ nuclear […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has divulged details of a cognitive test he “aced” – including a five-word memory challenge he said proved he had the “mental stamina” to lead the US. “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV,” the US president recited as he revealed details of the much-discussed test to Fox TV […]
WENCHANG: China launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday (Jul 23) in its first independent mission to another planet, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars […]
NEW YORK: Celebrities, brands, leaders and ordinary people are all falling foul of “cancel culture”, a movement that seeks to call out offensive behavior but that critics denounce as excessive and contributing to increased political polarisation. Whether it’s a controversial tweet or video clip, social media users are quick to […]
MEXICO CITY: China plans to provide a US$1 billion loan to make its coronavirus vaccine accessible for countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, the Mexican foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Jul 22). In a statement, the ministry said China had made the pledge at a virtual meeting of ministers […]
SHANGHAI: A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with China’s internal affairs, China’s embassy in London said on Thursday (Jul 23). British Interior Minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday that Hong Kong people with British National Overseas […]