Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said China was spreading slander and “creating terror”. China has opened a new front in its pressure campaign against Taiwan with a series of spying allegations and confessions aired on state television, denounced on the democratic island as entrapment and another reason for people to fear […]
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President Donald Trump today will travel to Pennsylvania for his second campaign rally since his bout with Covid-19, while Democratic rival Joe Biden is heading to Florida as the fight for the White House focuses on two of the biggest battleground states. Trump returned to the campaign trail last night […]
SYDNEY: The premier of Australia’s most populous state told a corruption inquiry today that she had had a secret “close personal relationship” with a politician under investigation for monetising his position through business dealings with China. New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the relationship to the NSW Independent […]
MONTREAL: One of the two Canadians that Ottawa says are held arbitrarily in China was “relieved” to get outside news via a virtual diplomatic visit and remains determined to come home, his wife said yesterday. Canada announced Saturday its first contact since January with Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who […]
MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year’s 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The request to allow the texts to be exhibited in Mexico was made in […]
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump discussed on the phone the issue of two Canadian citizens detained in China since late 2018 and to whom China granted rare consular access on Friday (Oct 9) and Saturday, the Canadian government said. Dominic Barton, Canada’s Ambassador […]
ERIE: Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday “the only way” he could lose to President Donald Trump was through “chicanery,” before clarifying that he will accept the election result. Biden encouraged potential voters at a campaign stop in the must-win battleground of Pennsylvania, telling them “make sure to […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s doctor said on Saturday (Oct 10) the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus. In a memo, Dr Sean Conley says Trump meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for safely discontinuing isolation and that by “currently recognised standards” he is […]
SEOUL: North Korea unveiled previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented predawn military parade yesterday that showcased the country’s long-range weapons for the first time in two years. Analysts said the missile, which was shown on a transporter vehicle with 11 axles, would be one of the largest road-mobile […]
ERIE, Pennsylvania: With the backdrop of a union facility in a key battleground county of Pennsylvania, Joe Biden on Saturday (Oct 10) blistered President Donald Trump as only pretending to care about the working-class voters who helped flip the Rust Belt to the Republican column four years ago. “Anyone who […]