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China’s Xi to take spotlight at Asia-Pacific summit in Trump’s absence
Fresh from the success of creating the world’s largest free trade region, China’s President Xi Jinping will be among the speakers on Thursday heralding a Asia-Pacific virtual summit that US President Donald Trump has decided to skip.
18 November 2020, 12:29 PM
Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks
Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf Tuesday, chasing tens of thousands of people from their homes along the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful hurricane just two weeks ago.
18 November 2020, 08:06 AM
Japan, Australia agree defence pact
Japan and Australia agreed a breakthrough defence pact yesterday facilitating reciprocal visits for training and operations.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘In the hands of God’
Hurricane Iota sent zinc roofing flying into the streets, toppled electricity poles and flayed palm trees as it battered northeastern Nicaragua yesterday, the second giant storm to strike Central America this month.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week: NYT
Any attack by the United States against Iran would face a “crushing” response, an Iranian government spokesman has said, following a report that President Donald Trump last week asked for options for attacking Iran’s main nuclear site.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
UK PM: Devolving powers to Scotland was ‘a disaster’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the devolution of powers to Scotland “a disaster”, a comment that played into the hands of Scottish nationalists pushing for an independence referendum that opinion polls suggest they could win.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Islamists say Pakistan agrees to French boycott, end protest
A Pakistani Islamist group called off protests over defamatory cartoons to Muslims yesterday saying the government had agreed to their demand for a boycott of French products, the group’s spokesman said.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Putin approves naval facility in Sudan
President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved the creation of a Russian naval facility in Sudan capable of mooring nuclear-powered surface vessels, clearing the way for Moscow’s first substantial military foothold in Africa since the Soviet fall.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Europe, US need to work together on Turkey: Pompeo
The US administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
US, Europe plan vaccination schemes
Plans for vaccination programmes began taking shape in Europe and the United States following recent breakthroughs, as surging coronavirus caseloads prompted gruelling new restrictions, with Austria taking the unpopular step yesterday of closing schools and shops.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
18 hurt as cops fire tear gas, water cannon
Thai police fired water cannon and teargas at protesters marching on parliament yesterday, and at least 18 people were hurt in the most violent confrontation since a youth-led protest movement emerged in July.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Peru’s Congress selects centrist lawmaker to be new leader
Peru’s political crisis appeared on the verge of resolution Monday as Congress cleared the way for an elder statesman and consensus candidate to become the country’s third president in a week.
17 November 2020, 07:39 AM
Pompeo says Europe, US need to work together to address Turkey
The US administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro.
17 November 2020, 07:09 AM
Dangerous Hurricane Iota makes landfall on Nicaragua coast
Powerful Hurricane Iota made landfall on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast late Monday, threatening catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by equally strong Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago.
17 November 2020, 05:46 AM
EU eyes tax as tool in climate change fight
Taxation will not escape the European Union’s plans to curb planet-warming emissions, and levies should be revamped to reflect climate and environmental costs, the head of EU climate policy said yesterday.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Marie-Antoinette’s silk slipper fetches $50,000
A white shoe made of silk and goat leather that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, France’s last queen before the 1789 revolution, sold for 43,750 euros ($51,780) on Sunday, the auctioneers said.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Pakistan’s ‘university of jihad’
Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taliban leaders, revelling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan’s battlefields after graduating from Pakistan’s “university of jihad”.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Syria’s FM Muallem dies
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, a stalwart of Bashar al-Assad’s regime who held his job through a decade of conflict and several reshuffles, died Monday at the age of 79.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar has been sworn-in as the chief minister of Indian state of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term yesterday in the presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Biden focuses on economy as Trump remains defiant
President-elect Joe Biden yesterday was to focus on reviving a pandemic-battered US economy as he prepares to take office, while outgoing President Donald Trump has promised more lawsuits of the type that so far have failed to alter his election defeat.
16 November 2020, 18:00 PM