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Pompeo warns Europeans against 'rogue actor' China
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday warned Europeans they are abandoning democracy if they embrace China, in a scathing denunciation of Beijing two days after he held talks on trans-Pacific friction.
Trudeau 'disappointed' China has charged two Canadians
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he was "disappointed" that China formally charged two Canadians with spying and renewed calls for their release.
Court to consider Trump attempt to stop aide's damning book
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to stop former top aide John Bolton's book from publication goes to court Friday, even though much of the damning contents, painting the president as corrupt and incompetent, is already out.
Mahathir comeback bid blocked
Kyodo News, Published on 19/06/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad’s attempt to return to power for the third time hit a roadblock on Friday after he lost the support from the party led by his old foe, Anwar Ibrahim.
Banks told to suspend dividends
Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2020
» Commercial banks have been ordered to freeze interim dividend payments to shareholders and suspend stock buybacks to preserve capital in an economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Phrae citizens challenge minister over demolished house
Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2020
» Angry Phrae residents have challenged a claim by the natural resources and environment minister that a heritage building demolished this month will be rebuilt to look like the original structure.
US marks 'Juneteenth' amid race tensions
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States marked the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth on Friday, with the annual unofficial holiday taking on renewed significance as millions of Americans confront the nation's living legacy of racial injustice.
Fan-free baseball opens in Japan
Published on 19/06/2020
» TOKYO: Opening Day at the 55,000-person capacity Tokyo Dome, home of Japan’s most successful and popular baseball team the Yomiuri Giants, is usually a raucous, festive affair but this year the season began on Friday in almost total silence.
Myanmar reports 23 new Covid cases
Reuters, Published on 19/06/2020
» YANGON: Myanmar reported 23 cases of coronavirus infection on Friday among a group of people held in quarantine there after being deported from Thailand.
How the 'New Normal' became the pseudonormal
Samantha Proyrungtong, Published on 19/06/2020
» The world, and more specifically the dining industry, was expected to experience a full blown sci-fi like rebirth called the "New Normal". The internet became laced with scenes of a future dystopian world; 3D rendering of glass dome protectors appeared and were followed by actual glasshouse restaurants that were developed in the furthest corners of Europe.