SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected typhoon-hit farmlands, state media said on Friday, after tropical storm Khanun swept over the Korean Peninsula last week amid mounting concerns over a food crisis in the reclusive country. Kim praised the military’s efforts to salvage crops and said the troops were […]
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TAIPEI: The leading candidate to be Taiwan’s new president, Vice President William Lai, said in an interview today that he has no plans to change the island’s formal name, but reiterated that Taiwan is “not subordinate” to China. Beijing dislikes of Lai for previous comments saying he is a “practical […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden may be headed for a criminal trial, US Special Counsel David Weiss said shortly after promotion into that role yesterday, in a sign that courtroom drama could play an outsized role in the 2024 presidential election. A potential trial raises the possibility of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament is due to be dissolved today, ushering in a technocrat-led interim government to oversee an election that will not include the country’s most popular politician, Imran Khan. The country has been in political turmoil since the former international cricket star was booted from power in April last […]
GRAND CANYON: Joe Biden used the backdrop of the Grand Canyon yesterday to champion the climate fight — and distinguish himself from the Republican right — by designating large swathes of surrounding sacred land with protective status. The US president, kicking off a three-day tour of the American southwest, pumped […]
WASHINGTON: Two tech groups yesterday backed TikTok in its lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of a Montana state ban on use of the short video sharing app before it takes effect on Jan. 1. NetChoice, a national trade association that includes major tech platforms, and Chamber of Progress, a tech-industry […]
BEIJING: China’s imports from Russia dropped in July, the first monthly decline since February 2021 when imports of oil and other goods began steadily rising after the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, Chinese customs data showed on Tuesday (Aug 8). China’s imports from Russia shrank 8 per cent to US$9.2 […]
NEW YORK: New York wants to introduce car-loving America’s first congestion charge, but the move faces fierce opposition – including from the city’s famous yellow taxis. The plan, similar to pricing long in place in London and Singapore, aims to improve air quality in the Big Apple by easing Manhattan’s […]
DEMNATE (Morocco): A minibus plunged into a ravine in Morocco yesterday, killing all 24 people on board in one of the North African country’s worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market in the town of Demnate, in the central province of […]
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday (Aug 4), dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty”. Trump, who is facing sweeping conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn […]