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By Jitendra JOSHI France and Britain offered wildly differing accounts after their leaders met Sunday to resolve a row over post-Brexit fishing rights that threatens to turn into a full-blown trade war. President Emmanuel Macron’s office was optimistic after the French leader met Prime Minister Boris Johnson one-on-one, without aides, for about half an hour […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed Friday to defend UK interests in a worsening dispute with France over fishing rights, while emphasising the historical strength of cross-Channel ties. “We will do whatever is necessary to ensure UK interests,” he told reporters on board his plane to Rome for a G20 leaders@ summit, adding that Britain […]

By Jitendra JOSHI Queen Elizabeth II is in good spirits, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed on Saturday after doctors advised the 95-year-old monarch to rest for at least another fortnight. The Queen, who spent a night in hospital last week for “preliminary investigations”, has since been following medical advice to recuperate and been conducting […]

Myanmar remains an “integral part” of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc, member Brunei insisted Thursday, despite the coup-hit country boycotting annual talks in protest at a ban on its junta chief. The crisis in Myanmar, which is still in chaos following February’s military takeover and subsequent deadly crackdown, dominated this week’s virtual summit of the Association […]

By Ella IDE When world leaders finally got together for the G20 summit in Rome after over two years apart, the mood was festive, with formalities temporarily ditched in favour of fist-pumping and football quips.”It is great to see all of you here, after a difficult few years for the global community. The pandemic has […]

US-China – Beijing said Thursday it opposed military ties between Washington and Taiwan, after President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed a small number of US troops are present on the island. Authoritarian China regards self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if needed, and has ramped up its […]

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI Tensions have soared in recent weeks over Taiwan, the self-governing democracy claimed by China — and allied with the United States. How far the tensions will accelerate — and what the US response will be — is hotly debated among experts. What is each side’s position? China’s communist government considers Taiwan a […]

    Celebrity couple Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik’s romance is over,  after six years of on-off dating and a daughter, say media reports including People. Tabloid journalism site TMZ reported that according to sources, Gigi’s mother Yolanda claimed that Zayn “struck” her. But in a statement to TMZ on Thursday, Zayn “adamantly” denied the […]

As tensions spike between mainland Taiwan-China, here are key dates in decades of fraught relations: Taiwan-China relations – 1949 separation Mao Zedong’s communists take power in Beijing in October 1949 after defeating Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT) nationalists in a civil war. The KMT flee to the island of Taiwan and form their own government in […]

By Peter HUTCHISON Britain’s Prince Andrew insisted his sexual assault accuser was out to profit from a “baseless lawsuit” against him as he asked a New York court to dismiss the case Friday. In a filing in Manhattan, the Duke of York’s lawyers accused Virginia Giuffre of suing the prince “to achieve another payday” from […]

By Sonny Tumbelaka An American woman convicted with her boyfriend of killing her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel was freed from prison on Friday.In the notorious case, then teenager Heather Mack was handed a 10-year jail term in 2015 while her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer got 18 years […]

Taiwan will not bow to pressure by Beijing and will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday on China-Taiwan Conflict, following a spike in incursions by Chinese warplanes into its air defence zone. Self-governed Taiwan’s 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, which views the […]

By Sean CHANG President Tsai Ing-wen has confirmed a small number of US troops are present in Taiwan to help with training, adding she had “faith” that the American military would defend the island in the event of a Chinese attack. The remarks sparked a strident, albeit familiar, rebuke on Thursday from China which accused […]

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday criticised Beijing’s “coercive” actions across the Taiwan Strait in an address to a summit of Asia-Pacific nations also attended by China’s premier. Tensions have soared as Beijing steps up air incursions near Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that China considers to be a province awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. […]

China insisted Wednesday that Taiwan has no right to join the United Nations as Washington urged the island’s greater involvement in the world body, sparking tensions that could grow following US President Joe Biden’s latest criticism of Beijing. Biden rebuked China at an online East Asia Summit, telling regional leaders including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang […]