UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Britain on Friday (May 29) defied China’s anger by raising Hong Kong’s autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing. Western criticism of China has escalated after it moved ahead this week on a security law that […]
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special US status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs. The statement came as US President Donald Trump is due to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference on Friday (May 29) on China amid spiraling US-Chinese tensions over Hong Kong and the coronavirus fallout. “We’ll be announcing tomorrow what we’re doing with respect to China,” he told reporters at an Oval Office meeting on Thursday, […]
LONDON: Britain, Australia and Canada on Friday (May 22) said they were “deeply concerned” at China’s plans for a new security law in Hong Kong. The foreign ministers of the three countries joined growing global opposition to the move by Beijing to reduce Hong Kong’s separate legal status. They pointed […]
BEIJING: China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the island’s independence and promoting China’s “reunification”, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday (May 22), a move likely to worsen Beijing’s poor relations with Taipei. China describes Taiwan as its most sensitive and important territorial issue, […]
Pedestrians walk under a television screen in Hong Kong showing a news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping. WASHINGTON, DC: The United States on Thursday (May 21) urged China to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy, warning that its proposed national security law for the city would be “highly destabilising” and […]
The court also observed that the presence of the Municipal Commissioner would be beneficial for adjudication and directed the petitioner to add the BMC commissioner as a party to the case. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought response from the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on […]
BEIJING: China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization (WHO) after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday (May 18). Xi’s comments, made during a video speech to the […]
According to the deal, Ghani will stay as the President while Abdullah will helm the High Council of National Reconciliation with executive authority, and his team will have a 50 per cent share in the cabinet. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right and political rival Abdullah Abdullah sign a power-sharing agreement […]
The government launched the Aarogya Setu application more than six weeks ago. With the use of a phone‘s bluetooth and location data, it lets users know if they were near a person with Covid-19 after scanning a database of reported cases of infection. Aarogya Setu remains out of bounds for […]