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US slaps sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
The United States has imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on 14 Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification last month of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong.
7 December 2020, 18:31 PM
Decision time nears as Brexit hit the wall
Post-Brexit trade talks between the EU and UK neared a decisive point yesterday as Europe pushed a leaders summit later in the week as the final chance for a deal.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan boosts AI funding to match lonely hearts
Japan is seeking to boost its flagging birthrate by funding the use of artificial intelligence to help match lonely hearts, an official said yesterday.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
China calls for new talks with US after Biden win
China’s top diplomat yesterday called for the resumption of talks with the incoming US administration of president-elect Joe Biden, as relations
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Pro-Maduro candidates win control of Venezuela congress
Candidates supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have secured control of the national congress, the electoral board said yesterday, after a
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Australian surfer survives great white shark attack
An Australian surfer told yesterday how he managed to paddle back to shore and walk hundreds of meters to get help after being attacked by a great
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Iran ministry dismisses Saudi call
Iran yesterday flatly dismissed a call by Saudi Arabia for Gulf states to be consulted on any potential negotiations with the Islamic republic on its
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ethiopia scorns guerrilla war fears
Ethiopia’s government yesterday denied that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while diplomats said a United Nations team was shot at while trying to visit a refugee camp.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Police in northern India arrest 10 men
Police in northern India have arrested 10 men for allegedly compelling women to change their religion after getting married, using a new anti-conversion law popularly called the “Love Jihad” law, officials said yesterday.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US, China dominated arms market in 2019
US and Chinese companies dominated the global arms market in 2019, while the Middle East made its first appearance among the 25 biggest weapons manufacturers, a report by the SIPRI research institute said yesterday.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Macron says France will sell arms to Egypt irrespective of rights
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would not condition the sale of weapons to Egypt on human rights because he did not want to weaken Cairo’s ability to counter terrorism in the region, a comment likely to draw the ire of critics.
7 December 2020, 17:39 PM
G7 finance officials back need to regulate digital currencies - Treasury
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies on Monday strongly supported the need to regulate digital currencies, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement after a virtual meeting of the officials.
7 December 2020, 15:51 PM
Covid-19: German Chancellor Merkel says lockdown not enough to get country through winter
Chancellor Angela Merkel told party colleagues on Monday that existing lockdown measures in place in Germany would not be sufficient to get the country through the winter, participants at the meeting said.
7 December 2020, 15:37 PM
EU rejects result of disputed Venezuela congress election
The European Union said on Monday it did not consider Venezuela’s parliamentary election on Sunday free or fair, rejecting the result and calling on President Nicolas Maduro to chart a path towards national reconciliation.
7 December 2020, 15:36 PM
Manchester bomber’s brother admits “full part” in planning attack, UK inquiry told
The brother of a man who detonated a suicide bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in the English city of Manchester more than three years ago has admitted to playing a full part in planning the attack.
7 December 2020, 15:17 PM
Fauci’s plea ‘Wear a mask’ tops list of US' 2020 notable quotes
A plea from Dr Anthony Fauci for people to “wear a mask” to slow the spread of the coronavirus tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2020.
7 December 2020, 12:49 PM
Maduro allies win majority in Venezuelan congress in disputed election
Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday won a majority of seats in parliament after scant participation in an election that the opposition boycotted, saying it was a farce meant to consolidate a dictatorship.
7 December 2020, 12:27 PM
Chinese probe orbiting moon with Earth-bound samples
A Chinese probe was orbiting the moon on Monday in preparation for the returning of samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years.
7 December 2020, 12:01 PM
European powers rebuke Iran after uranium enrichment announcement
France, Germany and Britain said on Monday they were alarmed by an Iranian announcement that it intended to install additional, advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges and by legislation that could expand its nuclear programme.
7 December 2020, 10:37 AM
UK bluffing on breaking Brexit treaty
Britain’s plan to press ahead today with legislation that would break an earlier Brexit deal is a “negotiating tactic” which should not distract EU negotiators, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday.
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM