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Tech talent in Asia Pacific see more challenges

Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched a five-year US$50 million budget to develop 500,000 information and communication technology (ICT) talents in the Asia Pacific region.

3 years ago
World premium

With G20 presidency in hand, Jokowi turns focus to COP26

The President flew to Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday evening after symbolically receiving the G20 presidency from Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Indonesia begins its year-long leadership role in December. ...

3 years ago
World premium

Jokowi pushes G20 leaders to reduce vaccine inequality

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has encouraged global cooperation to address ongoing and future health crises and end global vaccine inequality at the Group of 20 summit, as Indonesia receives the year-long rotating presidency of the club, whose members consist of the world’s largest economies. ...

3 years ago

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Global

New York 'worst apartment ever' video bewilders TikTok

Its exact address is a mystery, and you won't find it listed on any rental sites, but that hasn't stopped a video of the tiny studio from being viewed 21 million times.

4 years ago
Global

First US warship transits Taiwan Strait since Biden inauguration

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer conducted a routine transit through the waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement.

4 years ago
Global

In uneasy truce, US Republicans fail to punish Greene or Cheney

The twin actions, taken in a closed-door meeting, amounted to an uneasy truce for a party that has faced internal strife following Trump's tumultuous presidency.

4 years ago
Global

Europe warms to Russian jab after positive trial results

Sputnik V, which has already been rolled out in Russia and several other countries, was found to be 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19 cases in trial results published by The Lancet, a leading medical journal.

4 years ago
Global

Biden, Morrison discuss China and Myanmar in first leaders call, White House says

The first call between the leaders since Biden's inauguration comes amid heightened tension between Australia and China and just days after Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

4 years ago
Global

Back to 'basket case'? Myanmar economy at risk after coup

Myanmar's untapped potential was up for grabs in 2011, when generals in charge of a 49-year junta loosened their iron grip, paving the way for democratic reforms and economic liberalisation in the country of more than 50 million people. 

4 years ago
Global

Scottish parliament to debate probe into Trump finances

Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) will vote on a motion calling for a probe into the Trump Organization's two Scottish golf courses using an "unexplained wealth order." 

4 years ago
Global

Covid responses chip away at democratic norms worldwide: study

The annual "Democracy Index" published by the Economist Intelligence Unit found an erosion of personal rights in nearly 70 percent of the 167 countries analysed.

4 years ago
Global

Over 300 million Indians may have COVID-19: Government study

India has confirmed 10.8 million COVID-19 infections, the most anywhere outside the United States. But the survey, whose findings are much more conservative than a private one from last week, indicates India's actual cases may have crossed 300 million.

4 years ago
Global

China to offer 10 million vaccine doses to Covax

The Covax programme, which aims to provide two billion doses of vaccine, pools funding from richer countries with the intention of ensuring poorer nations can inoculate their health workers and most vulnerable citizens, on the basis that the pandemic would remain a global threat if it was not tackled worldwide.

4 years ago
Global

US Democrats, Republicans in fight to remove controversial lawmakers

A proposed amendment calls for Omar to be removed from her committee assignments "in light of conduct she has exhibited," Fox News said.

4 years ago
Global

WHO team tracing origins of coronavirus visits Wuhan virus lab

The administration of former US President Donald Trump advanced a theory the Wuhan Institute of Virology might be the origin of the pandemic-causing virus, claiming some researchers there developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the fall of 2019. China rejects the allegation.

4 years ago
Global

Australia's ruling conservatives reckon with conspiracist MP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison summoned Sydney Member of Parliament Craig Kelly after months of false claims that questioned the safety of coronavirus vaccines, opposed lockdowns and promoted unproven treatments.

4 years ago
Global

Biden honors police officer killed in Capitol riot

In a solemn ceremony, the cremated remains of Sicknick, who died of his injuries the day after the Jan. 6 attack, arrived on Tuesday night to lay in honor in the Capitol Rotunda until midday Wednesday.

4 years ago
Global

Mexico, Germany warm to Russia's Sputnik V virus vaccine

The move is a boost to the Latin American nation's efforts to keep its immunization program on track in the face of limited supplies from other manufacturers.

4 years ago
Global

US determines Myanmar army carried out coup, blocking aid

Under US law, the United States will be forbidden from assisting the government but the effects will be largely symbolic as virtually all assistance in Myanmar goes to non-governmental channels.

4 years ago
Global

Six held after Tinseltown's famous sign changed to 'Hollyboob'

Photos shared online showed the sign -- which overlooks the Hollywood hills -- with the W and D replaced with Bs.

4 years ago
Global

Over half of New Delhi population may have had COVID: Survey

India has reported 10.8 million COVID-19 infections, the most anywhere outside the United States. But Tuesday's survey, based on some 28,000 samples, suggests the true figure among its 1.35 billion population is dramatically higher and approaching herd immunity levels.

4 years ago
Global

'Trump invited us': Accused Capitol rioters blame former president in legal defense

Jackson, awaiting trial in federal court on assault charges, is now adopting a novel legal defense: seeking to pin the blame on Donald Trump, citing the former president's remarks at a "Stop the Steal" rally shortly before the Capitol siege.

4 years ago
Global

More than 100 million vaccines have been administered worldwide

But none of the world's 29 poorest countries has formally started mass vaccination drives, while the richest nations have given more than two-thirds of jabs administered.

4 years ago
Global

WHO expert says China mission going 'very well'

China has faced criticism at home and abroad for playing down the initial outbreak and concealing information when it first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019, raising doubts over the usefulness of the WHO trip.

4 years ago
Global

Belgrade upset over Israel's recognition of Kosovo

The reaction came a day after Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic ties, in what was a major victory for Pristina's efforts to gain full global recognition of the independence it declared in 2008 following a war with Serbia in the 1990s.

4 years ago
Global

South Korea "downgrades" Japan's status in defense white paper

In the previous white paper published two years ago, South Korea and Japan were described as "geographically and culturally close neighbors as well as partners cooperating for global peace and prosperity."

4 years ago
Global

Chinese state newspaper omits Jack Ma from list of entrepreneurial leaders

The catalyst for Ma’s current woes was an Oct. 24 speech in which he blasted China’s regulatory system, leading to the suspension of his Ant Group’s $37 billion IPO just days before the fintech giant’s listing.

4 years ago
Global

China cracks fake COVID-19 vaccine ring, confiscates 3,000 doses: Xinhua

The suspects had been carrying out the ruse since at least September last year, Xinhua said on Monday, adding that all fake doses had been tracked down.

4 years ago
Global

Top Chinese diplomat calls for China, US to mend relations

Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, is the highest ranking Chinese leader to speak on China-US relations since President Joe Biden took office.

4 years ago
Global

Biden warns of possible sanctions following Myanmar coup

Noting that Washington removed sanctions on Myanmar over the past decade based on progress toward democracy, the new US president said the reversal of the democratic transition will "necessitate an immediate review of our sanction laws and authorities, followed by appropriate action."

4 years ago
Global

Major storm to hit northeastern US after dumping snow on capital

The National Weather Service issued storm warnings from Virginia to Maine -- home to tens of millions of people -- and predicted snowfall of 18 to 24 inches (45-60 centimeters) in southern New York, northeastern New Jersey and parts of southwest Connecticut.

4 years ago
Global

Jared Kushner nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel deals

Nominating the pair of former deputies to then-President Donald Trump was American attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was eligible to do so in his capacity as a professor emeritus of Harvard Law School.

4 years ago
Global

US warns of response after military detains Suu Kyi, other officials

Meanwhile, Australia on Monday demanded Myanmar's army immediately release de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, warning the military was "once again seeking to seize control" of the country.

4 years ago
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