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[ad_1] Canberra is caught in a diplomatic squeeze between the US and Beijing, its major trade partner. (Reuters pic) SYDNEY: Australian officials are frustrated that their push for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus is being undermined by the White House, which has sought to link the outbreak …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The press secretary of United States Vice President Mike Pence, wife of one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, tested positive for the coronavirus, alarming the possible spread of the virus within the inner circle. from the White House. Trump revealed the diagnosis of Katie Miller, …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Taiwan will fail to join a key meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) amid efforts to control the new coronavirus as its efforts are based on policy, not health problems, he said China on Friday (May 8). The Taiwanese autonomous government has been lobbying to attend, as …

[ad_1] Barcroft Media via Getty Images Slowly, slowly, Huawei is piecing together its alternatives to Google’s software and services, bedding down for a world where there can be no post-blacklist return to business as usual. And while the mood music from Shenzhen still suggests that the company would like nothing …

[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people queued Saturday for free food packages in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on poor workers and undocumented immigrants, including in wealthy Switzerland. The line of people stretched for more than 1 km (half a mile) off an ice rink …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday issued a new rule that tightens visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of American journalists in China, a change that comes amid tensions between the two nations. on the world coronavirus pandemic. The United …

[ad_1] KOTA KINABALU (Bernama): The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) approved withdrawals from account 2 totaling RM1.66bil by 3.5 million taxpayers under the i-Lestari initiative launched last month, said Deputy Minister of Finance I Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri. The money will be credited to their bank accounts by electronic transfer between …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters / variety.com): Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, whose collaboration with Siegfried Fischbacher created the well-known animal training and magic duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications from Covid’s Friday the 19th in Las Vegas. . He was 75 years old. Horn had revealed on April …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON / BEIJING: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was “very torn” about whether to end the so-called Phase 1 U.S.-China trade deal, just hours after top trade officials from both countries pledged to press ahead with implementing it despite coronavirus economic wreckage. In an overnight phone …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan will continue to fight to return the people’s mandate to the right party, say Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The president of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) and the president of PKR said that currently institutional reforms, the rule of law …