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US, Russia to resume arms control talks
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday agreed at their first summit to resume arms control talks and to return ambassadors to each other’s capitals after they were withdrawn earlier this year.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Wide disagreements, low expectations as Biden, Putin meet
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin square up on Wednesday for their first meeting since Biden took office with deep disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs.
16 June 2021, 09:41 AM
Drug war: Duterte will not cooperate with ICC probe
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will “never cooperate” with an International Criminal Court probe into the country’s deadly drug war, his spokesman said yesterday, branding the process “legally erroneous”.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
AstraZeneca hits snag in Covid drug development
Covid vaccine-maker AstraZeneca yesterday revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for the coronavirus.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Irreversible warming tipping point may have been triggered
The tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic warned yesterday.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
China minorities targeted in forced organ harvesting
UN rights experts have said they had “credible information” that detainees from minority communities in China may be being subjected to forced organ harvesting, a claim fiercely rejected by Beijing.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
China threat to int’l order
Nato leaders has declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order, a message in sync with President Joe Biden’s efforts to get allies to speak out with a more unified voice against China’s trade, military and human rights practices.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
5 Afghan polio vaccinators shot dead
At least five polio workers were shot dead in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, in the area’s second attacks on vaccinators in less than three months.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 vaccine doses mostly prevent hospitalization
Two doses of Covid-19 vaccines are “highly effective” in preventing hospital admission with the Delta variant, Public Health England said on Monday.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden: Putin ‘a worthy adversary’
US President Joe Biden on Monday assured his Nato allies that he would lay down “red lines” to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at their meeting today.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Attack on Canadian Muslims: suspect charged with terrorism
Canada is pressing terrorism charges against a man accused of mowing down a Muslim family with a pickup truck, prosecutors said Monday, in an attack denounced as “terrorist” by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden arrives in Geneva ahead of tense summit with Putin
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Geneva on Tuesday a day ahead of his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Reuters witness said.
15 June 2021, 14:46 PM
NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge
NATO leaders on Monday declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order, a message in sync with President Joe Biden’s efforts to get allies to speak out with a more unified voice against China’s trade, military and human rights practices.
14 June 2021, 19:55 PM
Bodies of 25 migrants recovered off Yemen
The bodies of 25 migrants were recovered off Yemen yesterday after the boat that was carrying them capsized with up to 200 people on board, a provincial official told AFP.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Head of ‘world’s largest family’ dies in India
A polygamist and sect leader who had 39 wives and at least 127 children and grandchildren has died in northeastern India aged 76, officials said.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin denies Russia cyberattacks on US
President Vladimir Putin dismissed as “farcical” accusations that Russia was behind cyberattacks against the United States in an interview with NBC broadcast yesterday ahead of his summit with President Joe Biden.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pak police detain 19 after being denied free burgers
A group of police officers in Pakistan flipped out when a takeaway joint refused to hand over free burgers, detaining all 19 staff at the branch.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
NZ’s Ardern pans mosque attacks film amid backlash
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday criticised a planned movie about her response to the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks as poorly timed and focussed on the wrong subject.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
China slams G7 ‘manipulation’
China yesterday accused the G7 of “political manipulation” after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Trial of Suu Kyi begins
The trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi got underway yesterday, more than four months after a military coup, with junta witnesses testifying the Nobel laureate flouted coronavirus restrictions and illegally imported walkie-talkies.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM