ANCHORAGE, Alaska: China’s actions “threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (Mar 18) at the opening of a two-day meeting with Chinese counterparts in Alaska. The US side will “discuss our deep concerns with actions by China, including Xinjiang”, where […]
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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin today mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat. Speaking at an event marking seven years since Russia’s takeover of Crimea, Putin said Moscow would continue working with Washington but aimed […]
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Mar 17) that China was acting aggressively and repressively, citing its actions in the East and South China Seas where it has territorial disputes with Japan and other Asian nations. Speaking to a roundtable of Japanese journalists in Tokyo, Blinken […]
People from Myanmar living in Taiwan protest against the military coup in their home country at National Taiwan University in Taipei on Feb 28, 2021. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Myanmar has advised Taiwanese companies operating in the country to fly the island’s flag and hang signs stating they […]
PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial tomorrow over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. On March 1, the 66-year-old became France’s first post-war president to be sentenced to prison when he was given a three-year […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will meet today with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, a group central to his efforts to counter China’s growing military and economic power. The White House has said the virtual meeting of the countries known as the Quad would show the importance Biden […]
YANGON: Seven people were killed when security forces opened fire on anti-junta protests in Myanmar today, witnesses and local media said, as rights group Amnesty International accused the military of adopting battle tactics against demonstrators. Six people were killed in the central town of Myaing when forces fired on a […]
US President Joe Biden speaks during International Women’s Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 8, 2021. WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks on Friday (Mar 12) with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging […]
BEIJING: China will speed up lawmaking aimed at countering foreign sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction”, its parliament said today, amid increasing pressure from Western countries over issues ranging from Xinjiang to Hong Kong. Reading its annual work report at a parliamentary session, parliament chief Li Zhanshu said China will in the […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden believes that authorisations for the use of military force that have been used to justify US attacks on overseas targets should be re-examined, the White House said yesterday. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Senator Todd Young introduced legislation this week to repeal the 1991 […]