WASHINGTON: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi met in Vienna this week, Washington and Beijing announced on Thursday (May 11), as the two powers seek to maintain communication amid soaring tensions, especially over Taiwan. The two held eight hours of talks stretching over WednesdayContinue Reading
NEW YORK: The United States returned two looted antiquities to China, the latest in a wave of repatriations of artefacts stolen from more than a dozen countries, New York authorities announced on Tuesday (May 9). The two 7th-century stone carvings, currently valued at US$3.5 million, had been sawn off aContinue Reading
“GAMBLE” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced growing pressure to take a hard line with Beijing following revelations in recent months that it sought to sway Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections. The latest allegations were used by his critics to further accuse him of inertia in the face ofContinue Reading
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers will meet at the Arab League in Cairo on Sunday (May 4) to discuss Syria, a League spokesman said, amid a regional push to normalise ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a decade of estrangement. The foreign ministers will hold a separate meeting on SundayContinue Reading
OTTAWA: Canada’s spy agency withheld information about Chinese threats against a Canadian lawmaker and his family in 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday (May 3), adding that he had told the agency that in the future such threats must be revealed immediately. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) hadContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday (May 3) he would launch a new effort to address competition with China, planning a new package of legislation to boost the United States’ ability to compete with the Asian powerhouse. After passing a Bill last year to boost competitionContinue Reading
US Senate Democrats launched a renewed effort to address competition with China on Wednesday (May 3), planning legislation to boost the country’s ability to face up to the Asian powerhouse on issues from technology to security and threats to Taiwan. After passing a Bill last year to boost competition withContinue Reading
Cappa cautioned that” at current pace, we might have to wait 300 years to abolish child marriage ,” adding that the majority of these unions involve girls between the ages of 12 and 17. Sometimes that precarious progress is in jeopardy, according to UNICEF, who also worries that the COVID-19Continue Reading
DUBAI: In order to punish women who refuse to don the required Muslim dress, Iran’s rulers are turning to original, less intrusive methods out of concern that they will reignite the country of its worst political unrest in years. The techniques, which were implemented in response to widespread anti-government demonstrationsContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Nicholas Burns, the US ambassador to China, stated on Tuesday, May 2, that China’s recent” punitive” actions against some US companies have caused Washington great concern, as well as the fact that international agencies are delaying projects in the nation because of concerns about its economic openness. Businesses haveContinue Reading