PITTSBURGH: Joe Biden on Monday (Aug 31) accused President Donald Trump of stoking violence after a week of deadly unrest catapulted law and order to the top of the political agenda barely two months before the US election. The stakes for Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh, in the swing state of […]
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BANGKOK: Thai police arrested a student leader today as part of a continued crackdown against political activists who helped organise an anti-government protest in July, a police officer told Reuters. Jutatip Sirikhan, 21, the president of the Student Union of Thailand, was arrested by a plain-cloth police officer while she […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Monday (Aug 31) it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling the group the video violated its policy against “sensational” content. A company spokesman cited an “enforcement error” and said Facebook was approving the […]
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told US President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations’ alliance would be maintained even after Abe’s departure from office, a Japanese government spokesman said today. Abe announced on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, his long-running battle with ulcerative […]
Shinzo Abe announced on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, his long-running battle with ulcerative colitis ending his tenure as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations’ alliance would be maintained even after […]
The International Labour Organisation said that the reform “effectively dismantles the “kafala” sponsorship system and marks the beginning of a new era for the Qatari labour market.” Geneva: The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their […]
President Trump to visit Kenosha on tuesday, meet with law enforcement officers and survey damage done during protests. One person was shot dead late on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of US President Donald Trump’s supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets. It wasn’t […]
The string of messages enlivened criticism from Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, that Trump is looking to inflame unrest in US cities because he believes it will help his re-election campaign. President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm early Sunday about Portland, Oregon, hours after a man was killed there […]
The nation has been wracked by sporadic racial justice protests since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police. Most of the protests have been peaceful, but there have been instances of property damage and clashes with law enforcement. […]
LONDON: British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country’s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over […]