WASHINGTON: Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday (Jul 21), with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a US$1 trillion relief bill. In a meeting on Monday at the White House, Republican […]
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BEIJING: China warned Monday (Jul 20) that Britain was heading down “a wrong path” as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was expected to announce the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, raising tensions between the countries. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, told a regular press briefing that […]
LONDON: Britain will on Monday (Jul 20) suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of “gross” human rights […]
LONDON: Britain will on Monday (Jul 20) suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of “gross” human rights […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to King Faisal Specialist hospital in the capital Riyadh for medical checks, the state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday (Jul 20). It said the king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and the close […]
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 […]
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 […]