TAIPEI: Taiwan will step up scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and seek to move to the island to ensure they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts, the government said today. Taiwan has offered to welcome Hong Kong people who wish to […]
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a Tokyo hospital today for an examination but a detailed reason for the visit was not immediately known, local media reported. Government sources said it was not a worrying situation, Nippon TV reported, while Kyodo News cited people near to the prime minister […]
MULWAUKEE: As Democrats today open an unprecedented virtual convention, the party’s disparate factions are projecting a united front behind Joe Biden, brought together by their common determination to defeat Donald Trump in November’s election. “It is absolutely imperative that Donald Trump be defeated,” Bernie Sanders, a former Biden rival and […]
US Elections 2020: Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US, there was a record drop in unemployment rate of Indian-Americans under the Trump administration, his Indian-American supporters said. Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit the right chord with India by standing up to China and never intervening in the […]
Cross-border attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces have escalated since late May, when a truce prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired. In late June, missiles reached the Saudi capital Riyadh. Dubai: The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Sunday in a statement carried by state news agency […]
LONDON: The British government was criticised by lawmakers in its own party today after a mounting row over English exam grades awarded during the pandemic intensified, in the latest hit to its reputation. With a nationwide lockdown forcing exams to be cancelled, the government used an algorithm to assess grade […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called today for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling “political class” after the vast explosion in Beirut’s port threw the nation into turmoil. The now-caretaker cabinet resigned amid angry protests over the Aug. 4 blast that […]
Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, such as by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok. Asked at a […]
BANGKOK: Protesters were set to rally in Bangkok today against the government as tensions rose in the kingdom after the arrest of three activists leading the pro-democracy movement. Thailand has seen near-daily demonstrations for the past month by student-led groups denouncing Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha — a former military chief who […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House’s disfavour toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app. Triller is one of several TikTok alternatives that have experienced a surge of downloads since Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 6 that […]