Brazil deploys troops to fight Amazon fires
PORTO VELHO: President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorised the deployment of Brazil’s armed forces to help combat fires raging in…
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Trump lashes out at Beijing in trade war
WASHINGTON: The United States and China exchanged blows Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a…
North Korea fires ‘short-range ballistic missiles’ into sea: Seoul
SEOUL: North Korea Saturday fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea after vowing to remain…
China to impose new tariffs on $75 bn of US imports
China announced Friday it will hit US soybeans, lobsters, peanut butter and other imports worth $75 billion with new tariffs…
Hong Kong protesters form human chain 30 years after ‘Baltic Way’
Thousands of people held hands across Hong Kong late Friday in a dazzling, neon-framed recreation of a pro-democracy “Baltic Way”…
Bolsonaro mulls deploying army to combat Amazon fires
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he is considering deploying the army to help combat fires in the Amazon rainforest,…
Australia urges ‘sovereignty’ as S. China Sea tensions rise
HANOI: Australia’s prime minister yesterday urged nations in Asia to stand up for their ‘independence and sovereignty’, with tensions high in…
HK braces for more anti-govt demonstrations
HONG KONG: Hong Kong braced for multiple anti-government demonstrations yesterday and a ‘stress test’ of the airport this weekend, as…