A major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. More than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was able to identify more details of the “genetic impact” the trade has had on present-day […]
Coronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES/AFP A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China, the latest incident in a growing stand-off between Washington and Beijing. Jun Wei Yeo was charged with using his political consultancy in America as a front to collect information for Chinese intelligence, US officials […]
The book, Finding Freedom – which is being serialised in the Times – has claimed the Sussexes and Cambridges were barely speaking by March. It also says friends of Prince Harry and Meghan referred to some Palace officials as “vipers”. A spokesman for the Sussexes, who now live in California, said they had not been interviewed for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cate Cadell, David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has told China to close its consulate in Houston in a dramatic worsening of ties between the world’s two biggest economies, and a source said Beijing was considering shutting the U.S. consulate in Wuhan in retaliation. Washington “abruptly demanded” closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday, […]