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US, China grant trade concessions ahead of talks
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump yesterday welcomed China’s decision to exempt some of US’ anti-cancer drugs and other goods from its tariffs and announced a delay to scheduled tariff hikes on billions worth of Chinese goods. Beijing’s exemptions and Washington’s
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Hong Kong protesters sing and boo China anthem
Hong Kong’s protest movement made its presence felt in a sports stadium and shopping malls yesterday. Fans attending an Iran v China football match drowned out the pre-game Chinese national anthem with loud booing. Protesters have also staged flash events
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Kashmir: Indian police kills militant
NEW DELHI: Security forces in Indian Kashmir shot dead today a suspected member of a Pakistan-based militant group who was accused of attacking the family of a fruit trader, the state police chief said. Tension is running high in Jammu
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India-China spat delays global trade matters
NEW DELHI: A spat between the world’s most populous countries is holding up a pan-Asian trade agreement encompassing nearly a third of all global trade. Trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries this week hailed a “critical milestone” after seven years
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Pakistan warns of genocide in Kashmir
GENEVA: Pakistan’s foreign minister told the United Nations human rights forum yesterday that India’s military presence in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of Kashmir raised the spectre of genocide. India, which stripped Kashmir of its autonomy on Aug 5, in response
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Japan’s Abe, headed for longest premiership
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely pick a former Olympic speed skater to prepare for the 2020 Games and keep allies in key posts in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday as he readies a tax rise and aims
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Typhoon Lingling: Five dead three injured in North Korea
SEOUL: One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Korean Peninsula has left five people dead and three injured in North Korea, state media reported Sunday, in its first public announcement of casualties since the storm made landfall
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Violence escalation won’t solve Hong Kong’s social issues
HONG KONG: An escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in Hong Kong, the leader of the Chinese-ruled city, Carrie Lam, said on Tuesday, adding that she deeply regretted interference by foreign parliaments in the Asian financial hub’s matters. Lam
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“Hong Kong is the new Cold War’s Berlin”
BERLIN: Comparing the struggle of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters to the role of Berlin during the Cold War, activist Joshua Wong told an audience in the German capital that his city was now a bulwark between the free world and
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US should back Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Mattis
NEW YORK: Former US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were “not an internal” Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators. The retired US Marine
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