China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will now be its key negotiator with India on the vexed border issue after Beijing promoted him to the post of State Councillor, the country’s top diplomat, it was announced on Monday. Wang succeeds Yang Jiechi, China’s senior-most diplomat, who until now was the country’s Special Representative on border talks […]
Key Republicans have warned President Donald Trump not to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller and his team’s on going probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the media reported. The warnings came after Trump on Sunday morning criticised Mueller on Twitter, one day after his lawyer John Dowd issued a statement […]
President Vladimir Putin was leading in the Russian presidential election with 76.65 per cent of the votes after 99 per cent of the ballots were counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday. Almost 55.5 million of voters supported his candidacy in the election that took place on Sunday paving the way for Putin, […]
Premier Gladys Berejiklian praised the contribution of migrants from South East Asian nations as she welcomed business and political leaders attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney. Around 3000 delegates from 10 ASEAN nations have arrived for this weekend’s special summit to discuss business and counter-terrorism. Delivering the keynote speech at an official welcome event […]
To help parents control their children’s screen addiction touted as a “growing public health crisis”, Apple has introduced a new page called “Families” on its website. The page has features like “Ask To Buy” tool that lets parents approve or decline app purchases from their device. “Find My Friends” feature lets parents keep track of […]
Vanessa Trump, the wife of President Donald Trump’s older son — Donald Trump Jr — has filed for divorce in a New York court after 12 years of marriage. The couple have five children and have been struggling with domestic problems, apparently because of the prolonged absences of Trump Jr, from home. The New York […]
British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta has revealed plans to build the world’s biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said that the battery would benefit the broader community, Xinhua news agency reported. “We know that more renewable energy means cheaper power, and that’s why we have increased our renewable energy target […]
The UN Security Council has called on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow and facilitate safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access to all affected areas. In a statement on Thursday, the council expressed concern over the impact that access restrictions on commercial and humanitarian imports have on the humanitarian situation, Xinhua news […]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to the ongoing probe into the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the media reported. The order is the first known instance of Mueller demanding records directly related to Donald Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to […]
The death toll in a suicide blast that hit a police check post in the Pakistan city here late last night has risen to nine, a police officer said. Deputy Inspector General of Lahore Police Haider Ashraf said that the toll rose after two of the injured succumbed to injuries, adding that five policemen and […]