投稿者: Reuters in Washington
Atomic scientists push clock to 89 seconds before midnight, citing nuclear risk, AI and climate crisis as a ‘warning’A panel of international scientists has moved their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nucle…
Censorship, data harvesting and purchases of foreign news outlets could lead to ‘sharp contraction’ of freedom of expressionChina is manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets, according t…
Pacific nation plagued by environmental effects of 67 bomb tests between 1946 and 1958, including Castle Bravo detonation in 1954The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands has called for more US compensation over the legacy of massive US nuclear test…
Facility would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from US but Cuba dismisses report as ‘unfounded’China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160km) from Fl…
Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy, also criticises Vatican over failure to hold China to account over human rights abusesThe British son of the jailed Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has criticised Britain and the Vatican for failing to speak out stro…
US aircraft forced to take evasive maneuvers during latest incident over contested shipping, fishing and gas field-rich regionA Chinese military plane came within 10ft (three meters) of a US air force aircraft over the contested South China Sea last we…
Japan’s foreign minister tells Washington audience world at ‘historical crossroads’ and that Russian invasion of Ukraine must not succeedJapan’s foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, has sounded the alarm about China’s behaviour in the Indo-Pacific duri…
Japan’s foreign minister tells Washington audience world at ‘historical crossroads’ and that Russian invasion of Ukraine must not succeedJapan’s foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, has sounded the alarm about China’s behaviour in the Indo-Pacific duri…
Award-winning founder of green development centre was arrested on tax evasion charges in FebruaryThe US government has said it is “deeply concerned” by the sentencing of the Vietnamese environmental advocate and activist Nguy Thi Khanh and called on Vi…
Letters to and meetings with business community have left some fearful of being seen as violating law on foreign agentsChina has been pushing US executives, companies and business groups in recent weeks to fight against China-related bills in the US Co…
Pentagon says Afghan-based group and al-Qaida have intention to attack US and Taliban’s ability to fight them is ‘to be determined’The US intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability of attacking the U…
Administration official plays down president’s comment comparing Taiwan commitments to those in Nato, saying US policy has not shiftedA senior Biden administration official said US policy on Taiwan had not changed after President Joe Biden appeared to …
• White House says visa applicants are ‘courageous individuals’• US forces to withdraw from Afghanistan by 31 AugustThe US will this month begin evacuating from Afghanistan special immigration visa applicants whose lives are at risk because they worked…
Antony Blinken: China aggression would be ‘serious mistake’China’s failure to provide experts access made pandemic worseOpinion: China v Russia v America – has Orwell’s 1984 arrived?Joe Biden’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Sunday the US …
Biden administration requests data from early days of outbreakChina’s Washington embassy rejects accusations of interferenceChina has fired back at the US over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronaviru…