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Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Xi Jinping has had a delicate relationship with US leaders in the past. Brendan Smiarowski/Getty Images China has suspended arms control talks with the United States over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to attack it.A State Department spokesman criticized China’s stance, drawing parallels with Russia’s approach. China has suspended arms control and proliferation talks with the United States, blaming U.S. arms sales to Taiwan for the suspension.Taiwanese independence has been a decades-long grievance for China’s Communist regime, which first…
Few countries are better equipped to interpret the U.S.-China relationship than Singapore. The small but wealthy city-state has extensive contacts with Washington and Beijing and understands both sides. It knows what’s at stake. And it’s invested in trying to bring the two together and avoid conflict in the Indo-Pacific. Singapore hosts the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, attended by defense ministers from around the world. Last month, that summit was the site of a high-level meeting between the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs. So, how does Singapore see the world? I spoke with the country’s defense minister, Ng Eng Hen, on a…
Southampton’s Jack Stephens will lift the Sky Bet Championship play-off final trophy on May 26, 2024. Alex Pantling/Getty Images After Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney led their Welsh fifth-tier soccer team to promotion to the English Football League, CBS Sports was swooped in to acquire the U.S. rights to broadcast matches in the three leagues below the flagship Premier League. The four-year deal will see CBS Sports broadcast at least 250 EFL games across the Championship, League One, League Two, Carabao Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy competitions from August through the 2027/28 season. The matches will be shown on…
– Conservationists have criticised the lack of data on the leopard population, which is estimated at several hundred.Islamabad Conservationists have warned that Pakistan’s leopard population, already on the brink of extinction, faces a range of threats, including increasing encounters with humans, declining forest cover and illegal hunting.Rab Nawaz, a senior official at WWF Pakistan, said that although there were signs of an increase in the population, especially in designated protected areas, there was a serious risk of the animal becoming completely wiped out from Pakistan.Pakistan has only a handful of leopard reserves, including Margalla Hills National Park in the capital…
HGTV star Christina Hall and her husband Josh Hall are divorcing after nearly three years of marriage.The “Flip or Flop” and “Christina on the Coast” host, 41, and the real estate agent, 43, filed separate divorce papers in Orange County, California, this week.According to Orange County Superior Court documents obtained by USA Today on Tuesday, the two sides listed their separation date as last week, citing irreconcilable differences. Josh Hall claimed they separated on July 8 in a petition dated July 12, while Christina Hall listed July 7 in documents signed on Monday.USA TODAY has reached out to Christina Hall’s…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Panama’s Punta Caracol Aqua Lodge features overwater bungalows. Averys Gayle Coleman I stayed in Panama for four nights in an overwater bungalow at Punta Caracol Aqua Lodge.My room was only $180 a night, was located right on the Costa Rican border, and had a great view.Being able to jump into the ocean from our private deck made us very happy with this choice. I have always dreamed of staying at an overwater lodge but could never budget for a trip to a place like the Maldives to make it…
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government will organise special camps for minority refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to grant Indian citizenship, Health Minister Gajendra Singh said on Thursday.He was replying to a supplementary question on behalf of the Home Minister during Question Hour in the Rajasthan Assembly.Singh said the state government was making special efforts to grant citizenship to the refugees as soon as possible.The rules and procedures for granting Indian citizenship to minority refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been simplified. District Collectors have been given powers to issue citizenship certificates, he said.Special citizenship camps will be held at…
French voters react to the expected results of the second round of legislative elections near Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. (File photo | AP)LONDON: As global power shifts and political certainties crumble, economically struggling and disgruntled voters have turned against incumbent governments of both the right and left in many of this year’s dozens of elections.Voters from India to South Africa to Britain have dealt blows to long-ruling parties, European elections have shown growing support for the far right on the continent, and France’s centrist president has struggled to thwart a similar surge at home.Speaking…
Top Line The latest episode of “The Boys,” a popular Amazon Prime Video series that satirizes right-wing politics and is seen as a critique of former President Donald Trump, was originally going to be titled “Assassination Attempt,” but is now being titled “Season 4 Finale” in the wake of the assassination attempt on President Trump. The latest episode of “The Boys” was originally titled “The Assassination Mission.” (Photo: Michael … [+] Loccisano/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Facts The episode, which premiered on Prime Video on Thursday, also includes a warning to viewers at the beginning, stating that “any similarities to recent…
Mateo Askaripour’s second novel This great hemisphere It’s an epic fantasy novel that tackles the enduring power struggles of racism, classism, and politics, but it’s also a heartwarming story about a young woman learning to navigate the world. Sweetmint is an invisible young woman who lives somewhat isolated from the rest of her community in the relatively quiet Forest 26. She has done well in everything she has done in life and is now interviewing to become an apprentice to Kroger Tenmase, known as the “Chief Architect”, the savior of the Northwestern Hemisphere and a leading inventor. Once she is…