カテゴリー: US politics
Mike Pompeo says move is part of efforts to push back against ‘propaganda efforts’; Chinese state media says Beijing will retaliateThe state department is designating the US operations of six more China-based media companies as foreign missions, US sec…
Tweet calling for troops’ return by Christmas puts peace negotiations in jeopardy and was greeted enthusiastically by the TalibanDonald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that…
Telecoms group to claim abuse of process, saying US government has provided partial evidenceThe legal battle between Washington and Huawei resumes this week when a Canada-based senior executive at the Chinese state-backed telecommunications firm reappe…
Boris Johnson to call for more powers for health body in coronavirus fight as Trump pulls outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson will announce a 30% increase in the UK’s funding of the World Health Organization, ma…
US president uses speech to denounce China, UN and WHOBeijing has ‘no intention to fight a cold war’ – Chinese leaderDonald Trump and Xi Jinping offered starkly contrasting responses to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, with the US president blaming…
Democrats write to secretary of state over claims Beijing is helping to develop yellowcake factory Congressional Democrats have asked the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to provide information about China’s alleged role in building a uranium proces…
Trump described NZ’s ‘terrible’ surge, despite 90 active cases in country; Ibiza to ban pool parties, as Spain infections surge. Follow the latestTrump calls out NZ’s Covid surge, on day it records nine new casesAlarm over Covid case rates in 19 Europe…
Alex Azar is the most senior US official to visit Taipei in 40 years, threatening to escalate US-China tensionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US health secretary, Alex Azar, has met with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen…
Daniel Snowman interviewed the former US president in 1963 and reveals what he was told. Frank Jackson thinks the bombing of Nagasaki was even more of a war crimeClifton Daniel is right about his grandfather’s bombing of Hiroshima (‘He felt he had to d…
Beijing hits back after claims that Trump administration is considering blocking travel to US by ruling party cadres China has accused the Trump administration of being “very pathetic” amid reports that Washington is considering a sweeping visa ban on …
Beijing says US move to rescind Hong Kong’ preferential economic treatment over new security laws is a ‘mistake’ China has vowed to retaliate after Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for wh…
WHO bows to pressure from scientists about risk from aerosol transmission; Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive; Israel health chief resignsCoronavirus latest updatesUS still ‘knee-deep’ in pandemic says FauciBrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests posit…
Bill could go before Donald Trump as early as Thursday, amid calls for a strong action against China over Hong Kong crackdownThe US House of Representatives on Wednesday joined the Senate in approving a bill to rebuke China over its crackdown in Hong …
Washington legislation allows US to freeze assets of Chinese officials it deems responsible for arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang regionBeijing has criticised a new US law that would sanction Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighurs and …
China reimposes partial lockdown in capital to tackle new cluster; US authorities revoke emergency use of hydroxychloroquine; two imported cases in NZ. Follow the latest updatesNew Zealand ends Covid-free run with two cases from UKBeijing lockdown tigh…