GENEVA: Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin kicked off their summit on Wednesday (Jun 16) with a handshake outside the Geneva villa where the two presidents plan to confront each other over the worst US-Russia tensions in years. Following an introduction by their host, Swiss President Guy Parmelin, Biden extended his […]
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NATO allies joined the United States on Monday in formally scolding Beijing as a “constant security challenge.” The Chinese mission to the European Union on Tuesday denounced a NATO statement that declared Beijing a “security challenge,” saying China is actually a force for peace but will defend itself if threatened. […]
BEIJING: China on Monday (Jun 14) accused the G7 of “political manipulation” after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. In a communique after a three-day summit in England, G7 leaders slammed China over abuses against minorities in the Xinjiang region and activists in […]
BRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden will seek to restore bonds of trust at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) first post-Trump summit on Monday (Jun 14), as leaders push to revitalise the alliance despite differences over dangers ahead. The allies will agree a statement stressing common ground on securing their […]
The four victims, spanning three generations, were killed when Nathaniel Veltman, 20, ran into them while they were out for an evening walk near their home. Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck […]
BEIJING: China’s government said today that it welcomed Taiwanese to come and get vaccinated against Covid-19 and called on Taiwan to remove obstacles and allow its people to receive the “highly effective” Chinese shots. China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has repeatedly offered to send vaccines […]
WASHINGTON: In 2017 the president of the United States shocked Washington’s Western allies during his first European trip, scolding them for failing to pay their “fair share” on defence, physically shoving aside one prime minister, and white-knuckling another leader in a public handshake. After four tumultuous years for the transatlantic […]
ST IVES: US President Joe Biden will announce plans on Thursday to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their part to help end the deadly pandemic, the White House said. Biden will […]
BEIJING: Beijing today accused Washington of “paranoid delusion” after the US Senate passed a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering the surging economic threat from China. America’s political parties overcame partisan divisions to support pumping more than US$170 billion into research and development, one of the most significant achievements […]
JERUSALEM: Israel could face another week of political suspense after its parliament speaker declined today to schedule a pivotal vote on a coalition aiming to oust veteran premier Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 straight years in power. Politicians swapped bitter accusations of undermining the political process after Netanyahu accused his foes […]