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China cautions G7: 'small' groups don't rule the world
China on Sunday pointedly cautioned Group of Seven leaders that the days when "small" groups of countries decided the fate of the world was long gone, hitting back at the world's richest democracies which have sought a unified position over Beijing.
13 June 2021, 06:52 AM
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
Leaders of the world’s largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China’s global initiatives, but there was no immediate consensus on how forcefully to call out Beijing over human rights abuses.
12 June 2021, 18:27 PM
Socialism to marry Mamata
Even little Marxism won’t miss out when Socialism gets married in southern India this weekend with his big brothers Communism and Leninism in attendance.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Blasts kill at least 7 in Kabul
Blasts hit two buses in western Kabul yesterday, killing at least seven people, according to police.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Junta accuses ethnic armies
Myanmar’s junta yesterday accused some of the country’s two dozen ethnic armed groups of providing training to its opponents to carry out a wave of bombings that it said had targeted public buildings including schools.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
UK PM voices ‘serious concern’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterdayexpressed “serious concern” about rising infections of the Delta variant of coronavirus, reinforcing suggestions that he is set to delay lifting England’s last remaining lockdown curbs.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus surge: Moscow mayor announces ‘non-working week’
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin yesterday announced a “non-working” week in the Russian capital, with non-essential workers told to stay home, as Covid-19 cases hit a six-month high.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow released
Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow described prison as “agony” yesterday after she was released on the second anniversary of the city’s huge
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka seeks $40m in damages over ship fire
Sri Lanka is seeking $40 million in damages from the operator of a ship that left massive pollution when it caught fire off the country’s west coast,
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill 53 villagers in northern Nigeria
Armed cattle thieves have killed 53 people in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police and local residents said yesterday, the latest violence to hit the
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin hopes Biden less impulsive than Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Friday that US President Joe Biden will be less impulsive than his predecessor Donald Trump, ahead of his first summit with the new US leader.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Lawmakers propose antitrust overhaul
US lawmakers unveiled sweeping antitrust measures Friday aimed at tempering the dominance of Big Tech firms including Apple and Facebook, in
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Allegation sparks abuse of power claims against Trump
Democrats erupted in outrage Friday over news that Donald Trump’s Justice Department secretly surveilled lawmakers probing possible collusion with Russia, reaping the phone records of top political foes in what they called an unprecedented abuse of power.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pulitzer Board honors teen who filmed Floyd murder
The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a “special citation” on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Whatever it takes’
Britain will do “whatever it takes” to protect its territorial integrity in a trade dispute with the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday, threatening emergency measures if no solution was found.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
G7 outlines pandemic pact
Britain yesterday acclaimed a “historic” action plan by G7 nations to prevent future pandemics, as the elite group showcased US-led unity against China and Russia at its first in-person summit in almost two years.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Macron offers UK's Johnson 'Le reset' if he keeps his Brexit word
French President Emmanuel Macron offered on Saturday to reset relations with Britain as long as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union.
12 June 2021, 11:27 AM
Rebeca Grynspan new Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new Secretary-General of UNCTAD, the trade and development body of the United Nations.
12 June 2021, 11:19 AM
President, PM greet Queen Elizabeth II on her 95th birthday
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have conveyed their heartfelt felicitations and warmest greetings on the 95th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II today.
12 June 2021, 11:14 AM
Thousands march in support of Muslim family killed in truck attack in Canada
Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime.
12 June 2021, 07:35 AM