Vietnam reports new virus death
Hanoi (Vietnam): Vietnam has reported another virus death and 10 new infections. The Health Ministry said a 62-year-old woman with kidney disease died Tuesday. The woman tested positive for the virus while having treatment at Da Nang hospital, one of three hospitals where a majority of new cases have been found recently. According to the […]
Trump faces rare rebuke from GOP for floating election delay
New York: President Donald Trump repeatedly tests the Republican Party’s limits on issues including race, trade and immigration. On Thursday, he struck a boundary. GOP officials from New Hampshire to Mississippi to Iowa quickly pushed back against Trump’s suggestion that it might be necessary to delay the November election — which he cannot do without […]
Lujan Grisham builds profile as Biden looks to make VP pick
Santa Fe (US): Michelle Lujan Grisham has not received the attention of many higher-profile candidates under consideration to be Joe Biden’s running mate. But she has a resume that few of them can match. The New Mexico governor has executive experience and served in the US House and as her state’s health secretary. Tested by […]
Japan court recognises atomic bomb ‘black rain’ victims
Tokyo: A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognised people exposed to radioactive “black rain” that fell after the 1945 US atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors. The Hiroshima District Court said all […]
US, Oregon in talks about pulling agents in Portland
Portland (US): The Trump administration has started talks with the Oregon governor’s office and indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents sent to quell two months of chaotic protests in Portland if the state stepped up its own enforcement, a senior White House official said on Tuesday. The official […]
US-China spats rattle world, prompting calls for unity
Beijing: Antagonisms between the US and China are rattling governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of “Cold War 2.0” and Kenya’s president to appeal for unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Global trade already was depressed by two years of tariff warring between the world’s two biggest economies. That rancour has […]
Mayors want US agents blocked from Portland, other cities
Portland (US): The mayors of Portland, Oregon, and five other major US cities appealed Monday to Congress to make it illegal for the federal government to deploy militarised agents to cities that don’t want them. “This administration’s egregious use of federal force on cities over the objections of local authorities should never happen,” the mayors […]
Iran fires missile at mock aircraft carrier amid US tensions
Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, state television reported, an exercise aimed at threatening the U.S. amid tensions between Tehran and Washington. Iranian commandos also fast-roped down from a helicopter onto the replica in the footage from […]
UN report: North Korean officials abused repatriated women
Geneva: The UN human rights office reported Tuesday that scores of North Korean women who had travelled abroad in a desperate search for work were abused by security officials and police through beatings, detention in unsanitary conditions, undernourishment and invasive body searches after being sent back home. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner […]
Trade, technology at risk in US-China feud
Beijing: They have the largest economies in the world. They spend more than anyone else on their militaries. From high-tech chips to control of the high seas, their interests are closely intertwined. The ongoing sharp deterioration in US-China ties poses risks to both countries and the rest of the world. In the latest escalation, a […]