TORONTO: Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne confirmed in a tweet on Sunday (Jul 19) that the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board in January had arrived in Paris, ending a months-long standoff. The black boxes are expected to be brought to France’s […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday (Jul 19), saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South. The Republican president was asked on “Fox News Sunday,” if the flag, considered a […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland, Oregon, and violence in “Democrat-run” cities on Sunday (Jul 19) as his Republican administration prepared to intervene in urban centres he says have lost control of anti-racism demonstrations. Federal law enforcement officers, armed with a new executive order aimed at protecting […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest’s best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his institute said on Sunday (Jul 19). Raoni, a chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalised since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, […]
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday (Jul 19) he was “absolutely confident” in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting COVID-19 research, branding the behaviour “outrageous and reprehensible”. Britain, the United States and Canada on Thursday accused a hacking group called APT29 […]
PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday (Jul 18) threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged “all foreign […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday (Jul 18) as protests mounted against him over alleged corruption and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Hit by high unemployment, a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and reimposed coronavirus curbs, Israelis have […]
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday (Jul 18) accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a more equal, sustainable world. Delivering the annual lecture for the Nelson Mandela Foundation via internet, Guterres pushed for […]
WASHINGTON: Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences – but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory. US President Donald Trump’s administration has increasingly gone global against China, pushing other nations […]
PORTLAND: Federal law enforcement officers are cracking down on protesters in Portland, Oregon, under the Trump administration’s new executive order to protect US monuments in what the state’s Democratic governor has called “political theatre”. Multiple videos posted online show camouflage-clad officers without clear identification badges using force and unmarked vehicles […]