NEW DELHI: The United States and India must work together to confront the threat posed by China to security and freedom, US Secretary Mike Pompeo said toay as he prepared for talks with Indian leaders. Pompeo arrived in New Delhi yesterday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper for an annual […]
Year: 2020
SINGAPORE: A new task force has been set up to help vulnerable professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), particularly those who are aged 40 to 60. This was announced by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (SNEF) on Tuesday (Oct 27), and comes two months […]
HANOI: Vietnam was rushing to ensure more than half a million people were out of harm’s way today, ahead of the arrival of a powerful typhoon set to dump more heavy rain on a central region devastated by weeks of intense weather. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and schools closed […]
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, today condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Muhammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo calls by other Muslim states for action against images being displayed in France of the Prophet. A foreign ministry official also said in a statement […]
COLOMBO: China has raised objections to what it called US bullying of Sri Lanka after Washington said the Indian Ocean island must make “difficult but necessary choices” regarding its ties with China. The comments by the Chinese embassy in Colombo came shortly before the arrival today of US Secretary of […]
PESHAWAR: A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospital officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb in the northwestern city, near the border with Afghanistan, which […]
WASHINGTON: With just a week to go until the November 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country today in an intense day of campaigning that will also see former President Barack Obama back on the stump. Trailing Biden in national opinion polls, Trump will […]
Emily Ratajkowski, who didn’t disclose when she was due, said she doesn’t want to reveal her baby’s sex. Supermodel-actor Emily Ratajkowski is expecting her first child with actor and producer Sebastian Bear-McClard. The Gone Girl star made the announcement in an essay for Vogue magazine on Monday. Ratajkowski, who didn’t […]
TOKYO: Tumbling numbers of pregnancies and marriages in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic are likely to intensify a demographic crisis in the rapidly ageing nation. Japan has the most aged society in the world, with more than 35 per cent of its population expected to be 65 and over by […]
LONDON: The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc produces a robust immune response in elderly people, the group at highest risk, the Financial Times said today, citing early results. The vaccine triggers protective antibodies and T-cells in older age groups, the FT said, citing […]