The Chinese foreign ministry has questioned the timing of “negative” US comments during state visits to Japan and South Korea, and the announcement of new sanctions on China, as the two nationsRead More…
Biden ‘clearly doesn’t want good relations’ with Russia, Kremlin declares, after US President backs ‘Putin is a killer’ comments
The Kremlin has claimed that comments from American President Joe Biden, in which he said he believes his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to be a “killer,” is proof Washington isn’t serious aboutRead More…
Taiwanese government cautions people against changing their name to ‘Salmon’ in order to grab free sushi
Taiwanese registry offices have been flooded by people asking to change their name to ‘Salmon’ in response to a promotional campaign by a sushi restaurant chain. Officials have asked the public notRead More…
Russia pledges to invest $600mn in joint gold refinery in Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in the opening ceremony of a gold processing plant at the Jerooy mine in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. The project was developed by Russia’s Alliance Group inRead More…
Covid-19 vaccine deliveries slow in April but will speed up in May, says UK minister, despite drug company rebuttal
The UK’s housing secretary has said that Covid-19 vaccine supplies will be reduced throughout the month of April, reaffirming the details of Wednesday’s leaked NHS letter, but jab manufacturers deny supply issues.Read More…
Fitch upgrades China’s growth rate due to strong export recovery & global demand
Ratings agency Fitch revised China’s GDP growth rate projection from 8% to 8.4% on Thursday, citing strong export recovery and global demand. The country’s economic rebound to 6.5 percent in the fourthRead More…
Never gonna give you up: Kremlin says Russian regions have no right to independence votes, as constitution bans breakup of country
A referendum that saw the disputed Crimean peninsula join Russia was legitimate and legal under Ukrainian law, the Kremlin has claimed. However, regions looking for a break from Moscow are now bannedRead More…
Russia’s Covid-19 pandemic recession is already over after two successive quarters of growth in GDP & investment, economists say
With most of the world still hurting as countries remain under Covid-19 lockdown, experts from Russia’s Higher School of Economics have revealed that the economic downturn in the country is already overRead More…
Suspected assailant of elderly Chinese woman in San Francisco ends up handcuffed to stretcher after she BEATS HIM UP with stick
The latest apparent case of unprovoked violence against vulnerable Asian-American people didn’t end well for the alleged attacker, who required a trip to hospital after his intended target proved to be tooRead More…
‘I was shocked’: Alleged abuser who later became priest wanted to have sex in St. Peter’s Basilica bathroom, ex-altar boy claims
A young man has told a Vatican court that a fellow seminarian, who is now a priest, wanted to have sex in St. Peter’s Basilica when the pair were altar boys. HeRead More…