The US is rallying around a strategy of decoupling but will face pushback from China and affected countries, says Mohamed A El-Erian. LAGUNA BEACH, Californa: Not a day seems to pass without further evidence of the mounting economic tensions between China and the United States, the world’s two largest economies. […]
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WASHINGTON: The closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston is the latest salvo in a battle between the United States and China for economic and technological supremacy that is shaping up as a new Cold War and includes a high-stakes race for a COVID-19 vaccine. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS The United […]
LONDON: Britain’s route to citizenship for almost three million people in Hong Kong will open in January 2021, and applicants will not need a job to come to the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday (Jul 22). “We are planning to open the Hong Kong BN(O) (British National […]
COPENHAGEN: The US State Department said on Wednesday (Jul 22) that the closing of China’s consulate in Houston was to protect Americans’ intellectual property and private information, a move that has further strained the already tense relations between the world powers. Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said that under the Vienna Convention, […]
BEIJING: The United States has ordered China to close its Houston consulate, Beijing said Wednesday (Jul 22), in what it called a “political provocation” that will further harm diplomatic relations. “China urges the US to immediately withdraw its wrong decision, or China will definitely take a proper and necessary response,” […]
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Tuesday (Jul 21) indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defence contractors, COVID-19 researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide. US authorities said Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi stole terabytes of weapons […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern dismissed Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway on Wednesday (Jul 22) over allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a former staff member. “The minister has shown a lack of judgment over a period of 12 months. In undertaking this relationship he has opened himself […]
A couple dressed with the colours of the U.S. flag ride their motorcycle in front of the U.S. Capitol Building Washington, U.S., July 4, 2020. WASHINGTON: US Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday (Jul 21) on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday (Jul 21) that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when US congressional voting districts are next redrawn, triggering swift rebukes from Democrats and threats of litigation. US census experts and lawyers say the action […]
PARIS: Paris on Tuesday (Jul 21) said the imprisonment of ethnic and religious minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region is “unacceptable” and demanded that Beijing let independent human rights observers visit the area. Rights groups and experts estimate that more than one million ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking minorities have […]