SEOUL: South Korea today expanded the search for a missing fisheries official killed by North Korean troops at sea last week, a day after North Korea accused the South of raising tension by intruding into its territorial waters. South Korea’s military has accused North Korean soldiers of killing the man, […]
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BERLIN: Europe and the United States need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic ties told AFP. With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government’s coordinator for […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan expressed satisfaction on Monday (Sep 28) and said the European Union had stepped in to help after a global alliance of mayors stopped referring to Taiwanese cities as part of China, in a rare win for the island amid growing Chinese pressure. China has ramped up efforts to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump paid just US$750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the election, The New York Times reported on Sunday (Sep 27), citing tax return data extending more than 20 years. It added that he also paid only US$750 in his first year […]
NEW YORK: With just over a month before the US presidential election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to take the debate stage tomorrow, the first show pitting the rivals against each other that’s sure to have millions of Americans glued to their screens. But in an ultra-polarised climate […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump paid just US$750 (RM3,640) in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the election, The New York Times reported yesterday, citing tax return data extending more than 20 years. It added that he also paid only US$750 in his first year in the […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump demanded today that his Democratic rival Joe Biden take a drug test either before or after the pair’s first debate today, in his latest salvo against his opponent’s mental acuity. “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or […]
WASHINGTON: Democrats are urging US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from any election-related cases because of President Donald Trump’s comments that he expects the justices to potentially decide the outcome, but there is no way to force her to do so. Although US law requires justices […]
ANKARA: Turkey today vowed complete support for Baku and called on Armenia to give up its “aggression” after heavy fighting erupted in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh. The worst clashes since 2016 broke out today between arch-foes Azerbaijan and Armenia who have been locked for decades in a territorial […]
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s top diplomat today condemned US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “blatant ignorance” for suggesting President Donald Trump was trampling on democracy as if he were in Turkey. Trump sparked outrage in Washington by indicating on Wednesday he might not honour the results of the November 3 US presidential election. […]