SYDNEY: Australian public broadcaster SBS said it would stop using content from Chinese state-run television today, pending a review of serious human rights concerns. The Australian television, radio and web outlet — which specialises in multilingual, multicultural content — said it was investigating CGTN and CCTV’s airing of dozens of […]
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NEW YORK: Britain has requested a new United Nations Security Council meeting on coup-hit Myanmar for Friday, diplomatic sources told AFP yesterday, as security forces have stepped up their use of violence against demonstrators in the Southeast Asian nation. The meeting would be behind closed doors at 1500 GMT, according […]
WASHINGTON: A US House of Representatives panel has reissued a subpoena seeking Donald Trump’s tax and financial records, saying in a memo made public yesterday it needs the documents to address “conflicts of interest” by future presidents. In a court filing yesterday, House lawyers told a judge that the House […]
HOUSTON: Texas governor Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any US state yesterday, lifting a mask mandate and saying most businesses may open at full capacity next week. Abbott’s executive order comes as many US states and major cities seeing a sharp decline in coronavirus […]
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has faced growing criticism, including from within his own Democratic Party, for suggesting the two ex-aides had ‘misinterpreted’ him. NEW YORK: New York governor Andrew Cuomo was fighting for his political life yesterday after a third woman accused him of sexual harassment. The Democrat […]
YANGON: The Myanmar junta warned anti-coup protesters they could die but thousands of people took to the streets again today, with tensions soaring over the deaths of four demonstrators. Much of Myanmar has been in uproar over the generals ousting and detaining civillian leader Aung San Suu Kyi three weeks […]
SEOUL: Donald Trump offered North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a ride home on Air Force One after a summit in Hanoi two years ago, according to a new BBC documentary. Kim and Trump first engaged in a war of words and mutual threats, before an extraordinary diplomatic bromance that featured […]
YANGON: Members of Myanmar ethnic groups protested today in a show of opposition to the coup that ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, despite some misgivings about her commitment to their aspirations for autonomy, community representatives said. Protests against the February 1 coup that overthrew the elected government […]
VANCOUVER: Canadian government lawyers said in court documents obtained yesterday that Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s allegations that former US president Donald Trump “poisoned” her extradition trial are “moot” now that he has left office. And they have asked a Canadian judge not to even hear those arguments about Trump when […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden today planned to draw a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his much-derided predecessor, Donald Trump, vowing to end transactional diplomacy and promote democracy over autocracies. The Democratic president, sworn in a month ago, used his first big appearance on the global stage – […]