ZURICH: Switzerland has summoned the Chinese ambassador to express concern about the human rights situation in the western region of Xinjiang, the foreign ministry in Bern said on Thursday (Sep 8). “Switzerland is convinced that the best way to safeguard its interests and the respect of fundamental rights is toContinue Reading
BEIJING: Beijing on Monday (Sep 5) accused the United States of launching “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data, including from a public research university. Washington has accused Beijing of cyberattacks against US businesses and government agencies, one of the issues over which tiesContinue Reading
SYDNEY: The particular Solomon Islands government has told the United States that it will create a moratorium on navy blue vessels entering the ports, the US charge in Canberra mentioned on Tuesday (Aug 30). The notice comes after an incident last Wednesday any time an US Coast Guard vessel, theContinue Reading
Earlier, the United States embassy in Canberra, the Australian capital, had said the Solomon Islands had notified it of a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports. “On Aug 29, the United States received formal notification from the government of Solomon Islands regarding a moratorium on all naval visits, pendingContinue Reading
TUNIS: Japan will cooperate carefully with African countries to promote “more resilient” economies, Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday (Aug 28). He also promised Japan would certainly use its place on the United Nations Security Council next year inContinue Reading
SEOUL: Two South Korean companies have got signed an US$5. 76 billion contract with Poland to export tanks and howitzers, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said on Saturday, after Warsaw agreed to ramp up arms imports among tensions with Russian federation. The particular contract, signed within Poland on Friday (Aug 26),Continue Reading
LIMA: LGBT active supporters and workers in Peru kept a protest upon Friday (Aug 26) questioning how their particular government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this particular month who was held at the airport upon arriving to commemorate his honeymoon. Rodrigo Ventosilla, a PeruvianContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Tech giants Tweets and Meta within recent weeks removed social media accounts promoting pro-Western narratives that will supported the United States and it is allies while opposition countries like Tiongkok and Russia, according to a report released on Wednesday (Aug 24). The joint research by the Stanford InternetContinue Reading
Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg News on Thursday (Aug 18). “Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come,” Jokowi, as he is popularly known, told theContinue Reading
OTTAWA: A delegation of Canadian lawmakers programs to visit Taiwan within October to seek economic opportunities in the Asian countries Pacific region, Generous Member of Parliament Judy Sgro said on Wednesday (Aug 17), a move which could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China andContinue Reading