HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Friday (Jul 10) seized computers at the office of a prominent opinion pollster that was helping the city’s opposition to conduct a primary election planned for the weekend. The move came days after China imposed a sweeping new national security law on the financial […]
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PARIS: The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on Friday (Jul 10) held their first talks in 18 months on resolving one of Europe’s most intractable territorial disputes, agreeing to a face-to-face meeting next week on the “very difficult” process. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held […]
BEIJING: China on Friday (Jul 10) rejected a new US invitation to join arms control talks with Russia, complaining that Washington had continued to “pester” Beijing over the issue. President Donald Trump’s administration has demanded that China take part in talks on a successor to the New START treaty, which […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Friday (Jul 10) that a possible decision by the United Kingdom not to join an EU scheme to secure potential COVID-19 vaccines up front would not affect talks the bloc is conducting with several drugmakers. On Thursday, the British Telegraph newspaper reported that the […]
BANGKOK: US Army Chief of Staff General James McConville met with Thailand’s prime minister and its army chief on Friday (Jul 10), in the first high-level visit by a foreign delegation to Thailand since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted international travel. McConville met with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and also Thai […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Jul 9) took its first major action to stop “horrific” abuses against China’s Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims, slapping sanctions on several senior officials. Three officials will be refused US visas and see any US-based assets frozen including Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party […]
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday (Jul 9) announced measures to assist Hong Kong citizens start a new life in Australia, including extending visas by five years, after Beijing imposed a new security law on the Asian financial hub. Morrison also suspended an extradition agreement with Hong Kong. […]
BEIJING: Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday (Jul 9) that China and US relations face the most serious challenges since diplomatic ties were established in 1979 but the two countries can return to the right track. China and the United States should jointly explore ways for peaceful coexistence […]
WASHINGTON: George Floyd said he could not breathe more than 20 times, called out for his children and late mother and said officers would “kill” him before he died in Minneapolis police custody, new evidence showed. Floyd, a black man, died on May 25 when a white police officer knelt […]
SYDNEY: Australia warned its citizens and residents in Hong Kong that they were at “increased risk of detention” there and urged them to reconsider their need to remain in the Chinese territory. In an updated travel advisory issued on Thursday (Jul 9), the government said Hong Kong’s new national security […]