Australia has formally rejected China’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, aligning itself more closely with the US as tensions rise. In a declaration to the United Nations, Australia said the claims, which take in the majority of the sea, had “no legal basis”. China has not reacted. It comes after the […]
Children’s programme Paw Patrol has not been cancelled, its makers have said, after the White House press secretary appeared to fall for rumours it had. Kayleigh McEnany said the show featuring cartoon dogs who run a police department was among programmes and games axed due to “cancel culture”. But the series swiftly reassured fans that […]
Nupur Anand, Manoj Kumar MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian exporters have been hit hard by new tax regulations, forcing some to close as doing business becomes more difficult. New Delhi said in June it had identified thousands of exporters that had claimed tax rebates based on bogus invoices and would require them to submit […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese researcher who took refuge from U.S. authorities at China’s consulate in San Francisco is now in American custody and is expected to appear in court on Friday, a senior U.S. Justice Department official said. According to court filings in U.S. District Court in San Francisco this week, Juan Tang, who […]
Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Friday, pressured by tensions between the United States and China, but some supportive economic data in Europe tempered losses. Brent crude futures fell 13 cents to $43.18 a barrel by 11:19 a.m. EDT (1519 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 5 […]
Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese diplomats agreed on Friday to a fast pull back of troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border in the western Himalayas where 20 Indian soldiers died in a clash last month, the Indian government said. There were no shots fired during the June 15 fighting […]
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Cipla Ltd has received Indian regulatory approval to sell anti-viral drug favipiravir to treat COVID-19, the drugmaker said on Friday, as coronavirus infections in the world’s third worst-hit nation show no sign of abating. The Drug Controller General of India granted Cipla accelerated approval to make and sell favipiravir in an effort […]
A sign warning about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Zachary Fagenson/Files (Reuters) – Florida reported a record one-day increase in deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday with 173 lives lost, according to the state health department. Florida also reported that cases rose by 10,249, bringing […]
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The United States joined Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday in opposing any Russian attempts to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had consented to their 1940 annexation by the Soviet Union. “We stand firmly against any attempts by Russia to rewrite history in order to justify the […]
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kolkata, India, July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri MUMBAI (Reuters) – India reported a record jump of 45,720 in coronavirus infections on Wednesday taking its total number of cases to 1.24 million, the health […]