UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Myanmar on Tuesday (Feb 2) but was unable to agree on a statement about the country’s military coup, with diplomats saying negotiations will continue. “China and Russia have asked for more time,” one diplomat told AFP following the behind-closed-doors […]
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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden reaffirmed yesterday the United States’ commitment to defend Japan in his first phone call with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, striking a note of reassurance after the Trump era. During Donald Trump’s administration, America’s Asian allies often questioned whether Washington would uphold long-standing promises to defend them […]
WASHINGTON: Here is how world leaders are reacting to US President Joe Biden’s inauguration today, replacing Donald Trump. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Twitter: “The India-US partnership is based on shared values. We have a substantial and multifaceted bilateral agenda, growing economic engagement and vibrant people to people linkages. […]
WASHINGTON: China’s move to sanction former Trump administration officials was “unproductive and cynical”, a spokeswoman for President Joe Biden’s National Security Council said today, urging Americans from both parties to condemn the action. Around the time Biden was sworn in as president today China announced sanctions against “lying and cheating” […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed an order yesterday requiring masks and physical distancing in all federal buildings and the development of a testing programme for federal employees for Covid-19, in a first step to combat a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 Americans. Biden’s order, the […]
SAN FRANCISCO: As US President Joe Biden took office on Wednesday (Jan 20), Twitter handed him the reins of an official @POTUS account as part of the transfer of power. The one-to-many messaging service gave Biden’s team control of all the official White House accounts, and activated a new @SecondGentleman […]
NEW CASTLE, Delaware: US President-elect Joe Biden became emotional during a brief farewell ceremony in Delaware on Tuesday (Jan 19) before heading to Washington for his inauguration, choking back tears as he reflected on his long journey to the White House and remembered his son. Biden thanked friends and family […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Political instability was among the reasons that contributed towards the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government announcing the state of Emergency last week, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa was reported saying. In an interview with Utusan Malaysia’s Sunday edition Mingguan Malaysia, the recently-ousted Barisan Nasional secretary-general said this […]
WASHINGTON: Ten days after rioters breached the US Capitol in a deadly attack that stunned the world, cities nationwide were girding for a potential new wave of violent protests over the weekend, erecting barriers and deploying thousands of National Guard troops. The FBI warned police agencies of possible armed demonstrations […]
WASHINGTON: In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday (Jan 16). The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz […]