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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]