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Factbox: rifts that divide NATO allies Turkey and United States
Joe Biden holds his first meeting as US president with Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, ending a five-month wait for the Turkish leader which underlines the cooler relations between Ankara and Washington since Biden took office in January.
14 June 2021, 10:01 AM
Ardern says New Zealand mosque attack film should focus on Muslim community not her
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that New Zealand's Muslim community should be the focus of any film about the Christchurch mosque attacks after some people raised objections to a movie focusing on her response to the bloodshed.
14 June 2021, 09:35 AM
American father and son plead guilty to helping former Nissan Chairman Ghosn flee Japan
An American father and son on Monday in a Tokyo court admitted to charges they illegally helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan at the end of 2019 hidden in a box and on a private jet, Kyodo newswire reported.
14 June 2021, 06:49 AM
G7 vows action on vaccines, climate change
G7 leaders yesterday vowed to start delivering one billion doses of Covid vaccines and to step up action on climate change.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Abandon it if alternatives are available
A top official in the European Medicines Agency said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all age groups where alternatives are available, in an interview published yesterday.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
G7 demands action from Russia
The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations yesterday demanded Russia take action against those conducting cyber attacks and using ransomware from within its borders.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Israel ‘change’ coalition poised to end ‘King Bibi’ era
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday faced the likely end of his 12-year rule as a fragile alliance of his political enemies hoped to oust him in a parliament vote and form a new government.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran nuke talks resume
Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed in Vienna as the European Union said negotiations
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
13 killed as artillery hits Syria hospital
At least 13 people were killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks on the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Saturday, local medical
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Gas pipe explosion kills 12 in China
A gas pipe explosion in a residential community in a central Chinese city killed 12 people and injured 138, state media CCTV reported yesterday.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Trip to space with Bezos sells for $28 million
A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire’s company Blue Origin next month.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
G7 unites to confront China
Group of Seven leaders yesterday scolded China over human rights in Xinjiang, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of autonomy and demanded a full and thorough investigation of the origins of the novel coronavirus in China.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Erdogan says Turkey has raised forex swap deal with China to $6 bln
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey's central bank had agreed with China to increase an existing currency swap facility to $6 billion from $2.4 billion, in a move that could boost foreign reserves.
13 June 2021, 17:13 PM
Biden suggests 'autocrat' Putin's Russia might be weaker than it seems
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that "autocrat" Vladimir Putin was right to say that relations were at their lowest point in years though he suggested that Russia might be weaker than it seemed and that Moscow had overreached in the Middle East.
13 June 2021, 15:52 PM
G7 split on reallocating $100 bln IMF funds to COVID-hit nations
Group of Seven leaders were trying to resolve differences over a proposal to reallocate $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries struggling to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
13 June 2021, 13:02 PM
EU and UK's 'sausage war' sizzles at G7 as Macron and Johnson spar
Tensions between Britain and the European Union over their Brexit trade deal exploded into an open war of words on Sunday, with both sides accusing the other of sowing disharmony at the Group of Seven summit.
13 June 2021, 12:54 PM
Erdogan says he and Biden must leave troubles behind at NATO meeting
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said that he and U.S. President Joe Biden must use a Monday meeting to move on from past troubles, including a bitter dispute over Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missiles.
13 June 2021, 12:28 PM
As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate
The Group of Seven leaders aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises Sunday, including vaccinating the world against coronavirus, making huge corporations pay their fair share of taxes and tackling climate change with a blend of technology and money.
13 June 2021, 12:26 PM
Putin says Russia would accept conditional handover of cyber criminals to US
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would be ready to hand over cyber criminals to the United States if Washington did the same for Moscow and the two powers reached an agreement to that effect.
13 June 2021, 12:04 PM
G7 agrees 1 billion COVID vaccine donation
Group of Seven countries will provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next year and work with the private sector, the G20 and other countries to increase the contribution over months to come, according to an almost finalised draft of the communique.
13 June 2021, 09:24 AM