BALI: A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali and Thailand’s first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to South-east Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries. Plans to reopen Bali to foreign tourists from September have been postponed indefinitely, while Thailand’s proposal […]
Year: 2020
HONG KONG: Twelve people from Hong Kong arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum will “have to be dealt with” by mainland China, but the city government would try to provide assistance, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said today. Chinese authorities arrested the 12 people on August 23 […]
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic has pleaded for compassion for the line judge he struck in the throat with a ball at the US Open on Monday (Sep 7) after the female official faced a backlash from fans of the world number one on social media. The Serb was disqualified in […]
A three-day heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to much of the state during Labor Day weekend. Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the US Forest Service announced Monday it was closing all eight national forests […]
Greece, which emerged from its third international bailout in 2018 and has been struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, wants to spend part of its multi-billion euro cash reserves on its defence sector. Greece plans to acquire arms, boost its armed forces and revamp its defence industry, […]
Trump, who long touted friendly ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he sought to make good on promises to rebalance a massive trade deficit, has made getting tough on China a key part of his campaign for re-election on November 3. With the US election approaching, President Donald Trump […]
SYDNEY: Two Australian media firms have rushed two of their China-based reporters from the country after police there demanded interviews with both journalists, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported today. An ABC correspondent based in Beijing and the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) correspondent based in Shanghai boarded a flight to […]
NEW YORK: Second seed Sofia Kenin of the United States was sent crashing out of the US Open on Monday, beaten in straight sets by Elise Mertens of Belgium. Kenin, the highest seeded player left in the tournament and winner of the 2020 Australian Open, was bundled out of the […]
SEOUL: Thousands of trainee doctors in South Korea returned to work today after ending a more than two-week strike as the country continued to post three-digit rises in new daily coronavirus infections. The Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 136 new cases as of midnight Monday, after […]
SALEM: Police broke up scuffles between supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter activists and arrested at least two people in Salem, Oregon, yesterday as protests in the region turn increasingly violent. More than 100 Trump supporters, including members of the all-male, alt-right group the Proud Boys, came […]