Category: Politics
HK democracy supporters snap up Apple Daily copies amid anger at police crackdown
HONG KONG — Hong Kong democracy supporters flocked to buy copies of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Friday, citing anger over a police raid of its newsroom as part…
Pacific undersea cable project sinks after US warns against Chinese participation
SYDNEY/BEIJING — A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded US warnings that participation of a Chinese…
Global COVID-19 death toll exceeds 4 mln — Reuters tally
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines…
US issues new guidance to ease COVID-19 assistance to countries hit by sanctions
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday issued guidance easing the way for delivery of products such as face masks, ventilators, and vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic…
Biden talks down Russia in bid to back Putin into a corner
US PRESIDENT Joseph R. Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meet for the US-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16. —…
Australia limits use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60
REUTERS SYDNEY/CANBERRA — Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the country’s minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following…
Apple Daily newsroom raided by 500 HK police
HONG KONG — Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Thursday, the first case…
China disease expert says COVID-19 origins probe should shift to US
SHANGHAI — A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of coronavirus…
China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
JIUQUAN – China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in…
Far apart at first summit, Biden and Putin agree to steps on cybersecurity, arms control
GENEVA – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks at a summit that…
Sizzling heat wave blankets U.S. Southwest for third day
LOS ANGELES – Much of the western United States baked for a third day on Wednesday under a punishing heat wave that has set temperature…
Travel curbs may be eased for fully vaccinated Britons – The Telegraph
STOCK PHOTO Fully vaccinated Britons could be allowed to travel to countries on the government’s ‘amber list’ without quarantining when they return home, The Daily…
Fed signals higher rates in 2023, bond-buying taper talks as virus fades
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday began closing the door on its pandemic-driven monetary policy as officials projected an accelerated timetable for interest rate…
After 28 planes fly near Taiwan, China says must respond to ‘collusion’
Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. — REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATION BEIJING/TAIPEI — China does not…
Tourist hotspot Phuket reopening offers model for Asia as travel bubbles burst
TATNEWS.ORG THAILAND’s plan to reopen the tourist haven of Phuket could become a model for other vacation hotspots in Asia to prise open their borders…
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7B in latest round of charitable giving
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday that she has donated $2.7 billion to nearly 300 organizations focused on what she described as “categories and communities that…
China says no leak at nuclear plant, no change to detection standards
BEIJING – China said on Wednesday that there was no radiation leak at the Taishan nuclear power station and it had not raised acceptable limits…
Singapore records slowest decade of population growth since independence
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s population rose by about 1.1% each year over the past decade, the slowest rate since independence in 1965, the latest census showed…
India’s famed Taj Mahal re-opens for tourists as COVID-19 curbs ease
BENGALURU – India’s iconic Taj Mahal re-opened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic,…
NATO adopts tough line on China
NATO leaders pose for a family photo, during a summit in Brussels, Belgium. — COURTESY OF NATO BRUSSELS — NATO leaders warned on Monday that…