Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory
By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON:More than a month after the election, top Republicans finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the next U.S. president on Tuesday, a collapse in GOP resistance to the millions of voters who decisively chose the Democrat. Foreign leaders joined the parade, too, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Speaking from the floor of the U.S. […]
Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU:Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said on Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s tallest peak that straddles their shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing had differed over its exact height but after each sent an expedition of surveyors to the summit they have […]
Mirae Asset wins U.S. lawsuit against China’s Anbang on scrapped $5.8 billion hotel deal
By Joyce Lee SEOUL:South Korean investment bank Mirae Asset Daewoo Co Ltd and affiliates won a U.S. court case against Anbang Insurance Group, a court document showed, after Mirae scrapped a $5.8 billion deal after the start of the pandemic to buy 15 U.S. hotels from Anbang. The case in Delaware, where many companies are […]
Pharma firm in India to make Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW:Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero will manufacture over 100 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine per year under the terms of a deal unveiled on Friday between it and Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund. The move, which RDIF cast as another step in its efforts to scale up international manufacturing of its flagship […]
Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
By Luc Cohen, Marianna Parraga Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Chinese state companies China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and PetroChina – long among […]
China successfully launches its first spacecraft to moon to collect samples, return to earth
By K J M Varma BEIJING/ WENCHANG: China successfully launched its first unmanned space mission on Tuesday to collect samples from the moon’s surface and return to earth, the country’s maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body. China has successfully launched the Chang’e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the […]
China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama: US
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama, according to a top US diplomat, asserting that the Tibetan Buddhists have successfully picked their spiritual leader for hundreds of years. I travelled to Dharamshala, India to speak to the Tibetan community that were assembled there in exile and […]
Vladimir Putin says India, China may start making Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the BRICS countries on the development of the Covid-19 vaccines as he suggested that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 could be produced in India and China. “We believe it is important to speed up the establishment of the centre for development and […]
China finally congratulates Joe Biden, Harris for their victory in US election
BEIJING:China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people. “We have been following reactions on the US elections from both within the US and the international community,” Chinese […]
China successfully launches 13 satellites into orbit with a single rocket
NEW DELHI: China on Friday successfully sent 13 satellites, including 10 from Argentina, into the orbit in what was stated to be the biggest launch of foreign satellites by the country that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars to the communist nation. The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentinian company […]
Any attempt to unilaterally change LAC status quo unacceptable: EAM on border row with China
NEW DELHI: In the midst of Sino-India border row, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo of the Line of Actual Control is “unacceptable” and that the agreements between two countries must be respected “scrupulously” in their entirety to restore normalcy in ties. The external affairs […]
China, Russia and India spewing stuff into air: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has blamed countries like China, Russia and India for adding to the global air pollution and asserted that his country has the best environmental numbers. Speaking to his cheering supporters at an elections rally in the key battleground State of North Carolina on Thursday, Trump said […]
Nokia has best chance to revive in Huawei’s absence: Report
NEW DELHI: Whereas all vendors should benefit from the absence of Huawei, particularly in Europe and the US, Nokia should benefit more as it is an end-to-end supplier like Huawei, according to a new report. Nokia is one of the pioneers of the mobile industry but it has been struggling in recent years. The company’s […]
China’s BRI promised prosperity, gave debt trap
NEW DELHI: Several countries like Sri Lanka, Zambia, Djibouti, Laos, Maldives, Republic of Congo, Tonga, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, among others, where China has invested through its much-hyped Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have run into serious financial threat and debt trap, contrary to the expectation that the infrastructure exercise would help in their economic growth. […]
Time to accept that talks won’t make China change aggressive stance: US NSA
NEW DELHI: China has attempted to “seize” control of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India by force as part of its territorial aggression, US’ national security advisor has said, underlining that time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will not persuade Beijing to change. India and China are locked in a […]
China has deployed 60,000 soldiers on India’s northern border: Mike Pompeo
WASHINGTON: China has amassed more than 60,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control with India, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and the threats it poses to the Quad countries. The Foreign Ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group […]