Melania Trump’s statue set on fire in Sloveniaon July 9, 2020ROZNO: A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia was set on fire on the night of July Fourth, according to the artist who commissioned the piece. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police informed him on […]
What is the new US policy for international students?on July 9, 2020WASHINGTON: The US government’s new rules for international students studying in the country will force tens of thousands of students to leave the country if their classes move online amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the country’s most elite universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sued to try to stop the rule, and the […]
Afghanistan to release 600 Taliban prisoners in bid to push for peace talkson July 9, 2020KABUL: Afghan authorities on Thursday said it will release 600 prisoners it had deemed “too dangerous” in the hope of getting peace talks going, a day after they had refused to release the captives. Disagreement over about 600 prisoners from a total of 5,000 the Taliban want released has prevented the launch of US-brokered peace […]
China to build 6 to 8 nuclear reactors a year from 2020 to 2025: Reporton July 9, 2020China will build six to eight nuclear reactors a year between 2020 and 2025 and raise total capacity to 70 gigawatts (GW), up 43.5 per cent compared to the end of May, the official China Daily said on Thursday (Jul 9), citing the country’s nuclear association. The China Nuclear Energy Association said the country’s total […]
China says will join arms control negotiations if US cuts nuclear arsenalon July 8, 2020BEIJING: A senior Chinese diplomat has said Beijing would be happy to participate in trilateral arms control negotiations with Washington and Moscow if the United States was willing to cut down its nuclear arsenal to China’s level. Washington has repeatedly called for China to join in trilateral negotiations to extend New START, a flagship nuclear […]
US ‘certainly looking at’ banning Chinese social media apps, including Tik Tok: Pompeoon July 7, 2020Tensions between the United States and China continue to simmer with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying Monday that Washington was “certainly looking at” banning Chinese social media apps including Tik Tok. “I don’t want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it’s something we’re looking at,” Pompeo said in an interview […]
Tik Tok announces closure of operations in Hong Kongon July 7, 2020Chinese social media app Tik Tok has revealed on Tuesday that it is stopping operations in Hong Kong owing to a new security law in the region, as other technology companies stop processing government requests for user data in the region. The short form video app owned by China-based ByteDance has made the decision to […]
Eight casualties feared as two planes collide mid-air in USon July 6, 2020Two bodies were recovered and six other people are believed to have been killed when two planes collided in the air and crashed into the Coeur d’Alene Lake in United States’ Idaho, local police said late on Sunday. “Initial reports are, there were a total of eight passengers and crew on the two planes, but […]
China begins pulling back troops near site of India border clash, Indian sources sayon July 6, 2020NEW DELHI/BEIJING: China began pulling back troops from along its contested border with India on Monday, Indian government sources said, following a clash between the two countries last month in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. Troops fought for hours with rods and clubs on the night of June 15, with some falling to their […]
US hits new global record as 55,000 contract COVID-19 in single dayon July 3, 2020The United States broke a new record on Friday after an estimated 55,000 contracted coronavirus in a single day, as various states across the country report COVID-19 infections. A surge in coronavirus cases over the past week has put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope and led several governors to halt […]