A group of over 60 prominent Australians have opposed the upcoming visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in protest of his policies towards Palestine, a media report said on Monday. Netanyahu will begin his five-day trip to Australia on Wednesday, marking the first visit to the country by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister. “It […]
At least 30 people were killed in a huge car bomb blast at a busy market in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia on Sunday, officials said. The Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) confirmed the incident at Kawo-Gudey area in Wadajir district, saying the casualties included both soldiers and civilians, Xinhua news agency […]
Malaysia on Monday summoned North Korea’s ambassador Kang Chol to seek an explanation over a statement he made on the police probe of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the Communist nation’s top leader Kim Jong Un. Kang in a statement on Friday accused the Malaysian government of having “something to conceal” in its probe, […]
South Korea’s largest shipping company, Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, was officially declared bankrupt by a local court on Friday, a media report said. This ended its 40 years of operations after its financial woes shook the international freight markets in September 2016, Efe news reported. Hanjin, the world’s seventh largest shipping company, declared the suspension […]
The US could avert a significant amount of financial regulation to expand the real economic activity, said a former American Federal Reserve chairman. Economic vigour depends on free capital investment and willingness of corporations to leverage their balance sheets, which have been hurdled by regulation like the Dodd-Frank Act, Alan Greenspan said on Thursday in […]
Ministers from China and New Zealand met here on Friday to discuss climate change, and experience and expertise in the field, a media report said. After the bilateral talks, New Zealand Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett said : “China is a key player in the global response to climate change and the implementation of China’s […]
Nearly 200 people demonstrated in front of the White House as part of the “Day without Immigrants” movement against the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump, a media report said. In an effort to show Trump that the work of immigrants is necessary for the “prosperity” of the country, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans and Colombians, […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would resign if Senator Antonio Trillanes IV can prove that he had, at one time, $40.06 million worth of bank deposits, a media report said on Friday. “If Trillanes can prove his allegation that I have amassed pesos illegally or if that bank account under my name has […]
US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary condemnation of his critics, complaining he inherited a “mess” and slamming media reports that his campaign was constantly in contact with Russia as “fake news”. Trump held a news conference on Thursday that lasted an hour and 15 minutes, where he displayed a sense of anger and grievance […]
Two new protests in France against alleged police brutality and impunity for law enforcement officials resulted in disturbances and dozens of arrests, the French media has reported. Both demonstrations on Wednesday — one in Paris and the other in Rouen — were sparked after two incidents one in February and the other in 2016, came […]