US Democrat women call out abusive treatment by men
AP, Washington :Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and...
International
India and China agree to speed border troop pullback, says New Delhi
Reuters :Indian and Chinese diplomats agreed on Friday to a fast pullback of troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border in the western Himalayas...
Singapore PM flags retirement delay over virus as he unveils cabinet
Reuters :Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named a largely unchanged cabinet on Saturday following an election win this month, and flagged a possible delay,...
Singapore man admits being Chinese spy in US
BBC Online :A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China, the latest incident in a growing stand-off...
Hungary`s Index journalists walk out over sacking
BBC Online :More than 70 journalists and staff at Hungary’s top news site Index have resigned, accusing the government of launching a bid to destroy...
Somalia`s parliament votes to remove PM Hassan Ali Khaire
Al Jazeera News :Somalia’s parliament has removed Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire by a vote of no confidence, the speaker of the house told the...
India, China set for more talks to de-escalate Himalayan standoff
Reuters :Indian and Chinese diplomats will hold another round of talks to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops eye-balling each other across a...
Passengers injured as US fighter jet comes close to Iranian plane
Al Jazeera and news agencies :Several passengers on an Iranian airline have been injured over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with...
No reform? No aid
Al Jazeera News :Beirut, Lebanon – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said Lebanese politicians are preventing the disbursal of much-needed aid to the...
Johnson: We will be past coronavirus by mid-2021
Reuters :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he thought the country would be through the coronavirus crisis by mid-2021 but feared there may...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has successful gallbladder surgery
Reuters :Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, is recovering after a successful operation to remove his gallbladder, state news agency SPA has reported,...
Trump scraps Republican convention in virus `flare-up`
BBC News :President Donald Trump has cancelled the pre-election Republican party convention in Florida, blaming the coronavirus “flare-up”.“It’s not the right time for that,” he...