Rubio tells Panama to end China’s influence of canal or face US action
Panama City, Panama Reuters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures necessary” if Panama does not immediately take steps to end what President Donald Trump sees as China’s influence and control over the Panama Canal. Mulino, after the talks with the top US […]
Trump says Americans could feel “pain” in trade war with Mexico, Canada, China
Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause “some pain” for Americans, as Wall Street and the largest US trading partners signalled hope that the trade war would not last long. Trump, who began his second term as president […]
Snapshot: Ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral, Macau, China
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France, Germany, others urge EU Commission to protect elections in Europe from foreign interference
Brussels, Belgium Reuters France, Germany and 10 other European Union countries want the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference, a letter signed by the 12 countries showed. In the letter, European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, […]
StrangeSights: ‘Canada is not for sale’ hats; pineapple on a pizza?; and, a comic approach to maritime rights
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
CIA now says COVID-19 “more likely” to have come from lab
New York, US Reuters The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or it originated […]
Human trafficking: China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
LARISSA LIAO, KEVIN KROLICKI AND POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on the people being kidnapped and trafficked into Myanmar to work in online scam centres…
Essay: Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100 days
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at how the Trump administration will approach foreign policy…
Trump vows again to take back Panama Canal, talks of “Manifest Destiny” in space
Washington DC, US Reuters Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of “Manifest Destiny.” Doubling down on his pre-inauguration threat to reimpose US control over the canal, Trump again […]
TikTok is restoring service in US after brief shut-down; thanks Trump
Washington DC, US Reuters TikTok said on Sunday it was restoring its service after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app’s access in the US when he returns to power on Monday. “As a result of president Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the US,” the platform said in a message to users. […]