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Antony Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng on sidelines of UN General Assembly (File) Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Monday with China’s vice president, the latest top-level dialogue in days between the rival powers. The State Department said on its public schedule that Blinken will meet Vice President Han Zheng…
The UN warned on September 18 that disease outbreaks could bring “a second devastating crisis” to Libya a week after a huge flash flood shattered the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization “are concerned about the risk of disease outbreak, particularly from contaminated…
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called President Xi Jinping a “dictator” Beijing: Beijing summoned the German ambassador to China after Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called President Xi Jinping a “dictator”, Berlin said Monday, in the latest flare-up of tensions between the countries. While they are major trade partners, Berlin-Beijing ties have been fraying as some…
Hunter Biden is the first child of a sitting US president to have been criminally indicted Washington: President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden sued the US Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistleblowers who work for the US tax agency. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the…
Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry (File) Washington: The United States on Monday confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said that President Joe Biden had granted clemency to five Iranians jailed or awaiting trial for non-violent crimes. A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane…
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No civilians were injured. Two pilots were killed after their planes collided during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada region of the US, CNN reported. Reno Air Racing Association officials say the planes collided at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold Race Sunday. The two pilots have been identified as Nick Macy…
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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on September 18, alleging that two agents who claimed interference into the case against him wrongly shared his personal tax information amid escalating legal and political struggles as the 2024 election looms. The suit…
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China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning attends a press conference in Beijing. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China on September 18 dismissed the existence of a “median line” in the volatile Taiwan Strait after Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected a record 103 Chinese warplanes flying around the self-ruled island in a 24-hour period. “First…
Heads of State and Governments, world leaders and foreign ministers have arrived at the UN headquarters for the annual high-level week described as the ‘Oscars of Diplomacy’, with agendas of Sustainable Development Goals, financing for development, climate action and pandemic response taking centrestage as global priorities at the session. At the high-level 78th session of…
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Thousands are dead and thousands more missing in the floods in Libya (File) Derna, Libya: “I lost my daughter. Her mother is convinced that she is still alive. I am convinced that she is dead,” says Ahmed Ashour, 62. “The girl left me with a 3-month-old baby.” A week after the flood that swept the…
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