Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that “foreign forces” could not decide the future of the democratic island, days after US President Donald Trump suggested arms sales to Taiwan could be used as leverage in talks with China. Beijing c…
Pakistan’s claim of hitting 2 Indian airbases falls apart over one detail: The locations don’t exist
Pakistan has made a bizarre claim of hitting two non-existent airbases, Rajouri and Mamun, during their counter-action “Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos.” This follows India’s strong retaliatory action last year, where all Pakistani missiles and drone swarm…
WHO Chief Concerned Over ‘Scale And Speed’ Of Ebola Outbreak As Congo Reports 134 Dead
Ebola is a highly contagious virus and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is rare but severe and often fatal.
Over 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers set to strike as wage talks break down, sending shares lower
More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers will begin a strike on Thursday after wage negotiations between the company and its union broke down.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing days after Trump visit – The Guardian
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing days after Trump visit The GuardianXi and Putin meet in Beijing days after Trump’s visit – follow live BBCHow Xi and Putin are trying to shape a polycentric world. Here’s the takeaways…
Trump’s Greenland envoy faces uphill battle on mission to make ‘friends’
Jeff Landry’s visit to the territory, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark, has touched a nerve among some Greenlanders.
‘How are we going to survive this?’ Wellington faces six-month wait to halt sewage spill
Millions of litres of sewage have been spilling into the capital city’s waters since February after the catastrophic failure of a Moa Point wastewater plantA fix to stop millions of litres of sewage continuing to pour into the waters off the coast of N…
Tankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal prospects – Reuters
Tankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal prospects ReutersSouth Korean, Chinese Supertankers Attempt Strait of Hormuz Exit Bloomberg.comEuropean Countries Begin Talks With Iran Over Strait Of Hormuz Ship Passage …
US Pledges Major Ebola Aid Surge, Slams WHO Over Delayed Alert In Africa Outbreak
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Pledging a major surge in assistance to contain a fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, the Trump Administration sharply criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for what American officials described as a delay
China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing
Xi and Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China.