US Announces New Sanctions On Iran Defence Ministry And Others
The Trump administration yesterday announced new sanctions against Iran's defence ministry and others involved in the country's nuclear and weapons programme to
ByteDance's Bid To Keep Most Of TikTok Faces Major Hurdles
China's ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the Unite
US Charges Five Chinese, Two Malaysians Over Hacking
The US Justice Department said yesterday that it's charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen over a wide-ranging hacking effort. Federal pros
Bill Gates Sr., Father Of Microsoft Co-Founder Dies At 94
Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and the father of Microsoft's co-founder, who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started wh
Opinion Of US, Trump Plummets In Europe, Asia
A new study shows that global positive perception of the United States has suffered a steep decline, with most saying America has mishandled the Covid-19 pandem
18 Films Chasing Top Prize At Venice Film Festival
Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijani actress Rana Asgarova and Azerbaijani actor Orkhan Iskandarli attend a photocall for the film "Sepelenmis oluml
US-China Showdown Over Big Data To Leave Decades-long Impact
TikTok, WeChat and Huawei Technologies are just the beginning. What comes next has the potential to reshape the global economy for decades to come. President Do
AstraZeneca Vaccine Tests Face Delay After Patient Falls Ill
AstraZeneca Plc stopped giving shots of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after a person participating in one of the company's studies got sick, a potential
AstraZeneca's Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Begins Late-stage US Study
AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday (Aug 31) it's begun enrolling adults for a US-funded, 30,000-subject late-stage study of its high profile Covid-19 vaccine candid
Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Patents Under Probe By US Defence Department: Media
Moderna's patents that were filed or awarded are being probed by the US Department of Defence's research arm, the Financial Times reported, saying the company f
Abe's Resignation: Trump Pays His 'highest Respect' To Japan's Abe
TOKYOUnited States President Donald Trump has paid his "highest respect" to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who resigned due to deteriorating health on Frid
Abe's Resignation: Trump Says He Pays His Highest Respect To Japan's Abe
TOKYO/US President Donald Trump offered praise on Friday (Aug 29) for outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and both leaders may speak by phone next week
US To Hold High-level Talks With Australia, Japan And India
The United States plans high-level talks with its "Quad" security partners from India, Australia and Japan in September and October, President Donald
Breaking: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Resigns
Japan's longest serving prime minister Shinzo Abe has resigned.He quit today over health concerns. The 65 year-old Prime Minister is said to be suffering from a
Theatrics Aside, Kamala Harris May Help Build On Trump's India Policy
Placards lining the road into Kamala Harris's ancestral family village in southern India display her photograph with the caption "Singa Pennae," or &q
Coronavirus: Japan To Let Resident Foreigners Return On Humanitarian Grounds
TOKYO • Japan will allow some resident foreigners to re-enter the country on humanitarian grounds, after facing criticism that its policies made their return
Ultra Hawk Steve Bannon Forecasts Beijing's Hegemony If Democracies Do Not Stand Up
WASHINGTONChina can't allow Hong Kong or Taiwan to be successful democracies in its plan to turn a vast swath of the globe essentially into tributary states thr
Japan To Allow Foreigners' Re-entry For Humanitarian Reasons
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG)Japan will allow some resident foreigners to re-enter the country on humanitarian grounds after facing criticism its policies made their return
Trump Says It's 'common Sense' To Include Russia In G-7
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 3) said it was "common sense" to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to rejoin the Group of Seven, sa
As Asia's Tropical Storm Season Arrives, Grounded Airplanes At Risk Of Damage
SYDNEY/TAIPEI (REUTERS)Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season b