Tag Archives: United States

• US red cards China over Xinjiang, Tibet and repression in Hong Kong 26 July 2021 | Shishir Gupta This post has no comments yet

  US Deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi talked past each other with US raising all the red flag issues with China. Sherman raised the issue of genocide in Xinjiang, human right abuse in Tibet. ...

• China calls US policy ‘misguided’ in high-level talks | Ken Moritsugu and Ng Han Guan This post has one comment

  China came out swinging at high-level face-to-face talks with the United States on Monday, blaming the US for a “stalemate” in bilateral relations and calling on America to change “its highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy.” ...

• Blinken to discuss ways to ‘deepen’ ties with India during visit, says US 24 July 2021 | Yashwant Raj This post has no comments yet

  The United States said Friday it expects to discuss ways to “further deepen” bilateral ties, the Quad, Afghanistan and the Covid-19 pandemic during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming visit to India starting 27 July. ...

• Afghanistan troop pullout a “mistake”: Former US President Bush 14 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Former US president George W Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be "slaughtered" by the Taliban. ...

• China says it chased US warship out of disputed sea 12 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  China’s military said it chased a U.S. warship out of a disputed area of the South China Sea on Monday after Washington warned an attack on the Philippines might activate a mutual defence treaty. ...

• Birthday greetings to Dalai Lama a futile attempt to show attitude to China 8 July 2021 | Hu Xijin This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday conveyed their greetings to the Dalai Lama on his birthday. ...

• Scores dead as record-breaking heat wave grips Canada, US 30 June 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave, authorities said Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific Northwest. ...

• Derek Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death 26 June 2021 | Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski This post has no comments yet

  Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the US. ...

• Edward Snowden says Julian Assange ‘could be next’ after John McAfee dies by suicide in jail 25 June 2021 | Azmi Haroun This post has no comments yet

  Former NSA consultant and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden tweeted on Wednesday that Julian Assange "could be next," after antivirus mogul John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison cell. ...

• US withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Biden to meet with Ghani 21 June 2021 | Lalit K Jha This post has no comments yet

  President Joe Biden would meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief peacemaker Dr Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday for the first face-to-face interaction ahead of the withdrawal of the remaining US and NATO forces. ...