Alibaba tells Trump we ‘support American brands’
BBC News :Alibaba has moved to ease tensions with Donald Trump, as the US president continues to threaten Chinese firms.Chief executive Daniel Zhang said the...
International
UK tourists face new quarantine deadline race
BBC News :British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days’ quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules...
Kim Jong-un gives sister Yo-jong ‘more responsibilities’
BBC News :North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has delegated more responsibilities to his aides, including his sister Kim Yo-jong, South Korea’s spy agency claims.Mr Kim...
Mali’s coup is cheered at home but upsets neighbours
BBC News :Negotiations are rumoured to be under way for the exile of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, deposed as president of Mali in a military putsch...
Haiti’s schools re-open but many parents now can’t afford them
Reuters, Port-Au-Prince :Haiti’s school children missed class this year first due to months of violent unrest, then the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as schools are finally...
Obama assails Trump as unfit, says Biden will preserve US democracy
Reuters :Former US President Barack Obama on Wednesday assailed his successor, Donald Trump, as deeply unfit for the office he occupies and argued that voting...
Floods in Delhi as South Asia monsoon toll rises to nearly 1,300
AFP :Heavy monsoon rains lashed New Delhi on Wednesday, inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters in the chaotic Indian capital, as the death...
Human rights leader killed in Philippine `war against dissent`
Al Jazeera News :A human rights leader has been killed in the central Philippines in what observers and rights defenders have said is a continuing...
Mali’s President resigns after he was arrested in a military coup
CNN :Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his immediate resignation on state television late Tuesday, hours after he and the Prime Minister were arrested by...
Taiwan says China behind cyberattacks on govt agencies, emails
Reuters, Taipei :Taiwan said on Wednesday hacking groups linked to the Chinese government had attacked at least 10 government agencies and some 6,000 email accounts...
‘Justice delayed’: Hariri trial verdict to increase tension
Al Jazeera News, Beirut :Years after former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated, a large billboard was put up at a main Beirut intersection....
Death Valley hits 54.4 degrees Celsius, hottest in US since 1913
Xinhua, Los Angeles :Temperatures in Death Valley, located between the U.S. states of California and Nevada, reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) on Sunday...