The UN rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday ( Mar 3 ) over Donald Trump’s “fundamental shift” in direction and decried the “unchecked power” of “unelected tech oligarchs.” Volker Turk addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, expressing the country’s most vehement condemnation of the new upheaval inContinue Reading
New Zealand and Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership late on Wednesday ( Feb 26 ), promising to boost engagement in areas like education and defense, according to a statement from the two nations. The joint declaration said Hanoi and Wellington had over the next year develop a shared planContinue Reading
SYDNEY: Rights organizations on Monday ( Feb. 17 ) denounced an Australian plan to relocate three violent foreign criminals, including a murderer, to Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation. Canberra announced on Sunday that it had paid an undisclosed amount to Nauru’s population of about 13, 000 people in exchangeContinue Reading
Based on data from the World Trade Organization, India’s easy average tariff level is 17 per share, compared to approximately 3.3 per share for the US. On a trade-weighted base, India’s level is about 12 per share, vs the US price of 2.2 per share. Hassett told CNBC that TrumpContinue Reading
The bargain being negotiated anticipates involvement from , some of , ByteDance’s recent US traders, according to the sources. Jeff Yass’s Susquehanna International Group, General Atlantic, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR ) and Sequoia Capital are among ByteDance’s US backers. Representatives for , TikTok, ByteDance owners General Atlantic, KKR, Sequoia and Susquehanna was notContinue Reading
Even taking to X to denounce Hegseth, former Democrat US Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell said:” Hegseth didn’t name one nation that’s part of ASEAN and he doesn’t know any of the US global surveillance contracts. America, if you want peace and security, this ain’t it”! One of the most contentious nomineesContinue Reading
In response to a debate over H-1B visas, which President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters Elon Musk recently made comments, New Delhi reported on Friday ( January 3 ) that the movement of skilled professionals benefits both countries. India, known for its large share of IT specialists, many of whomContinue Reading
PODGORICA, Montenegro:  , Montenegro , on Tuesday ( Dec 31 ) extradited to the United States the South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon, who is also wanted by Seoul over his firm’s multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy, officials said. Do Kwon was “hand over to the competent law enforcement of the United States ofContinue Reading
An Indonesian minister told AFP on Saturday ( Dec. 28 ) that France has officially requested the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in jail. A Filipina mother on death row and the last five people of the so-called” Bali Nine” drug circleContinue Reading
The US Department of Defense announced the repatriation of two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Malaysia on Wednesday ( Dec. 18 ), with the statement that the country was preparing to implement a reintegration program for the two men. According to a declaration from the defense office, Mohammed Farik al AminContinue Reading