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, […]
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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 […]
HANOI: US-China rivalry is set to dominate discussions as the foreign ministers of 10 South-east Asian countries begin an online summit today, with Washington’s top diplomat ready to take aim at Beijing’s “bullying” in the South China Sea. The summit comes just days after China launched ballistic missiles in the […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called today for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait as major threats to regional stability. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own, has ramped up its […]
Greece, which emerged from its third international bailout in 2018 and has been struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, wants to spend part of its multi-billion euro cash reserves on its defence sector. Greece plans to acquire arms, boost its armed forces and revamp its defence industry, […]
Trump, who long touted friendly ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he sought to make good on promises to rebalance a massive trade deficit, has made getting tough on China a key part of his campaign for re-election on November 3. With the US election approaching, President Donald Trump […]
SYDNEY: Two Australian media firms have rushed two of their China-based reporters from the country after police there demanded interviews with both journalists, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported today. An ABC correspondent based in Beijing and the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) correspondent based in Shanghai boarded a flight to […]