BEIJING: China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in Moscow. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met in Moscow yesterday and reached a […]
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AMBALA: India’s defence minister hailed the formal commissioning yesterday of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a “strong message” to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China. The first five of a US$9.4 billion (RM29.2 billion) order for 36 Rafale aircraft formally entered service following a […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan denounced China yesterday over large-scale air and naval drills off its southwestern coast, calling them a serious provocation and a threat to international air traffic. It urged Beijing to rein in its armed forces. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own, has stepped up military exercises near […]
AMBALA: India’s defence minister hailed the formal commissioning yesterday of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a “strong message” to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China. The first five of a US$9.4 billion (RM29.2 billion) order for 36 Rafale aircraft formally entered service following a […]
WASHINGTON: The cat-and-mouse campaigning by Donald Trump and Joe Biden has led the president and his Democratic challenger to the same locations, sometimes on the same day, while displaying radically different styles as they court American voters. As the candidates criss-cross the battleground states likely to determine the outcome of […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump acknowledged to a journalist early in the coronavirus pandemic that he played down the danger of the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on Mar 19, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday (Sep 9). The acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said yesterday. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement today on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days. During a meeting […]
NEW YORK: The US Justice Department asked yesterday to defend Donald Trump against a lawsuit by a prominent American columnist who says the president raped her, a move that will likely delay the case. E. Jean Carroll, 76, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in the changing room at the […]
TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed, as debate kicks off later today among the three candidates vying to succeed long-time leader Shinzo Abe. Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, has support to become […]