WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday (Aug 11), a landmark pick that puts the senator in contention to become America’s first female, and first black vice-president. The daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, Harris is also the first […]
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The protesters said their politicians should resign and be punished for negligence they say led to Tuesday’s blast, the biggest ever to hit Beirut, that killed 158 people and injured more than 6,000. Lebanese protesters stormed government ministries in Beirut and trashed the offices of the Association of Lebanese Banks […]
Negotiations broke down this week between the White House and top Democrats in Congress over how best to help Americans cope with the heavy human and economic toll of the crisis. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of […]
MANILA: The Philippines will soon be sending a chartered flight to Lebanon to bring back Filipinos impacted by a massive explosion at the port of Beirut as early as next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday. “The DFA is paying P15,000,000 ($305,643) from its funds for […]
In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping new security law on the territory, Washington on Friday sanctioned a group of Chinese and Hong Kong officials — including the city’s leader Carrie Lam. China on Saturday slammed the United States for imposing “barbarous” sanctions in […]
President Donald Trump, asked at a news conference in New Jersey how he would respond to interference in the November 3 vote, said: “We’re going to watch all of them, we have to be very careful.” The top US counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia, China and Iran will […]
BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers met today to decide on how to deal with the legislative vacuum left by postponing Hong Kong elections. The Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6 have been postponed for a year due the coronavirus pandemic. The top decision-making body of China’s parliament convened a four-day session […]
HONG KONG: Beijing’s top representative office in Hong Kong said today that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were “clowning actions” that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people. The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Luo Huining, the head of China’s Liaison Office, as […]
The move criminalizes any US financial transactions with the 11 officials, who include Hong Kong’s police commissioner, its security secretary and China’s top official in the international financial hub. Washington: The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong’s leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to […]
Hong Kong Sanctions: In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping new security law on the territory, Washington on Friday sanctioned a group of Chinese and Hong Kong officials — including the city’s leader Carrie Lam. Hong Kong, China: China on Saturday slammed the United […]