A Bangladeshi army soldier distributes relief material to flood affected people in Sylhet, Bangladesh on June 22, 2022. (MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU / AP) DHAKA/GUWAHATI – Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of water-borne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people stranded in their homes by flooding across a quarter of the […]
Russia is likely to take full control of Severodonetsk in a couple of days, which will be a blow to the United States and its allies which have been pumping money and arms to their proxy in Ukraine. They may have to consider whether they need to shift their focus from providing military support for […]
In this Nov 15, 2021 photo, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks to media during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. (PHOTO / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran urged the United States on Monday to return to the nuclear talks in Vienna for "signing an agreement" on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, official […]
On March 30, 2022, when the president of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, Lord (Robert) Reed, resigned as a nonpermanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA), together with his deputy, Lord (Patrick) Hodge, he left in a blaze of publicity. Having originally been appointed in 2017 for a three-year term, he […]
Before The Launch of The GULF Exchange, GULF Cryptocurrency Will be Listed on Bitmart and Lbank. Dubai, UAE, June 15, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – The GulfCoin Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which was run by GULF software and technology, has successfully completed its run as of today, the 15th of June. GulfCoin is a BEP20 Cryptocurrency that was developed […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) Once again, COVID-19 is rampaging unchecked through the US population, because there are no longer any public health measures in place to protect adequately against infection. I myself have taken extraordinary precautions to avoid infection for the last two and a half years, because I met three of the qualifications […]
A man stands amidst the rubble of a building, destroyed during years of fighting, in Yemen's Taez, on May 20, 2022. (AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP) ADEN, Yemen – Yemen's government announced on Monday that five soldiers were killed and 15 others wounded by the Houthi militia during the UN-brokered truce in the war-ravaged Arab country. […]
A customer shows his health code to a waitress before entering a restaurant in a shopping mall in Chaoyang district of Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) There is no doubt the mobility controls the country has put in place have helped to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus whenever […]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a press conference with French President following their meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace on Dec 7, 2020 in Paris. (PHOTO / AFP) CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday called for a peaceful solution to the Yemeni crisis, expressing his country's support for the legitimate government […]
Repercussions of the Joe Biden administration's insistence on not inviting the leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to the Ninth Summit of the Americas, in session in Los Angeles, are so strong and broad that it has been a challenge for the administration to even make sure the invited leaders show up. That multiple regional […]
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which is also a center of activities and logistics hub of the Belt and Road Initiative, has seen unprecedented development and progress, and people of all ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds in the region enjoy equality and equal rights, and live with dignity. Xinjiang’s cotton output accounts for about a […]
A girl has fun with birds at an amusement park in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, at 7:20 pm Dec 21, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which is also a center of activities and logistics hub of the Belt and Road Initiative, has seen unprecedented development and […]
BANGKOK, May 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Srinanaporn Marketing PCL (SET: SNNP) Senior Executive Vice President Business Division I, Mr. Wiroj Wachiradechkul gave an impressive interview about his marketing strategy and company vision which have been the key factor driving SNNP a fast-growing FMCG company in Thailand and soon the region. Mr. Wiroj Wachiradechkul 1. What was the […]
This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on May 18 shows a doctor promoting pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) PYONGYANG / MANILA / NEW DELHI – More than 78 percent of the […]
“There may be times,” said Elie Wiesel, the Jewish philosopher and Holocaust survivor, “when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” In Europe, Russophobia, involving animosity toward Russia, Russians and Russian culture, is as old as the hills. It was used as cover for […]
Employees work on the production line of a foreign-funded electronics company in Hai'an, Jiangsu province. (ZHAI HUIYONG/FOR CHINA DAILY) Vietnam's outstanding foreign trade performance in the first quarter of this year has sparked discussions on whether the Southeast Asian country has been snatching away overseas orders from China due to the sporadic outbreaks of the […]
People wearing protective masks walk around the famed Shibuya scramble crossing in a shopping and entertainment district on Oct 25, 2021 in Tokyo. (KIICHIRO SATO / AP) TOKYO – Japan's Cabinet will likely approve Tuesday a draft extra budget for fiscal 2022 to the tune of 2.7 trillion yen ($20.88 billion) to help mitigate surging […]
The Washington National Cathedral rang its mourning bell 1,000 times on Monday last week, once for every 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the United States. That is the highest number of deaths in the world, while the total number of infections in the country exceeds 80 million, which is also the highest number worldwide. These […]
Teenage footballer Jake Daniels has become the first professional in the UK men’s game in more than 30 years to come out as gay while still playing. The 17-year-old Blackpool forward made the announcement in a statement on the Championship club’s website. “Off the pitch I’ve been hiding the real me and who I really […]
The rule of law remains the cornerstone of Hong Kong’s status as an international financial, trade and logistics center as well as a center for international legal and dispute-resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region. In the full implementation of “one country, two systems” and the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s rule-of-law ranking has always been at […]
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for COVID-19 in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Shanghai’s response to the city’s surge in COVID-19 infections has been a continuation of China’s strong yet dynamic response […]
On April 27, when the secretary for security, Chris Tang Ping-keung, answered legislative councilors’ questions on law-and-order issues, he provided some important insights, particularly regarding the processing of protest-related and national security cases. As always, the latest statistics were instructive. Although, as of Feb 28, 10,277 people had been arrested for crimes resulting from the […]
The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September has been postponed until 2023 because of the prevailing Covid-19 situation, Randhir Singh, the acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), told Reuters on Friday. The 19th edition of the multi-sports Games, second in size only to the […]
Rescuers work at the collapse site of a self-constructed residential building in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, May 1, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The collapse of a private building in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, on Friday, leaving more than 60 people trapped or missing, once again reminds people what a heavy price may be […]
The shirt that Argentina football legend Diego Maradona wore when scoring twice against England in the 1986 World Cup, including the infamous “hand of God” goal, was auctioned for US$9.3 million, a record for any item of sports memorabilia, Sotheby’s said on Wednesday. Seven bidders vied for the garment in an auction that began April […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry’s modern-day record of seven snooker World Championship titles by stopping a Judd Trump rally in its tracks with an 18-13 win in the final on Monday. The showpiece match at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre was in the balance when the evening session started, with O’Sullivan leading 14-11 in the best of […]
Passengers and loved ones reunite at the arrivals hall on the first day of New Zealanders returning from Australia after the border reopened for travelers observing home self-isolation rules, at the Auckland international airport on Feb 28, 2022. (DAVID ROWLAND / AFP) WELLINGTON / SEOUL ? KUALA LUMPUR – New Zealand reported its first case […]
A man looks out a window while in quarantine at the Ramada Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, March 30, 2020. (BRETT PHIBBS / NEW ZEALAND HERALD VIA AP) ISTANBUL / ANKARA / NEW DELHI / HANOI / JERUSALEM / WELLINGTON / TOKYO – New Zealand's once lauded COVID-19 response took a hit on Wednesday, when a High Court […]
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for COVID-19 in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Beijing announced 22 new novel coronavirus infections on Tuesday, raising the total number to 92 since the virus was […]
Police inspect a site around damaged vehicles following a suicide bombing at a university in Karachi on April 26, 2022. (RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Four people were killed and several others injured in a blast at a university in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, local reports said. The explosion occurred […]