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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sunday. — courtesy Reuters
Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China
BEIJING — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials.The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years.US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilize a relationship that has become extremely tense.It comes nearly five months after an earlier Blinken visit was postponed, following the flight of a suspected Chinese spy balloon in US airspace.Qin greeted Blinken on Sunday at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, a lavish estate that typically hosts visiting dignitaries.The two shook hands as they stood before their respective flags, then sat down with their delegations at long tables to begin their meetings.The greeting was business-like,...
June 18, 2023

Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China

A ferry carrying 120 passengers and crew members has caught fire at sea in the Philippines, and a Coast Guard vessel brought the blaze under control.
All 120 safe as Philippines passenger ship catches fire at sea
MANILA — A ferry carrying 120 passengers and crew members has caught fire at sea in the Philippines, and a Coast Guard vessel has been deployed to rescue those on board and extinguish the flames, according to officials.The M/V Esperanza Star caught fire at dawn on Sunday while traveling from Siquijor province to Bohol province in the central Philippines, the Coast Guard said.It did not immediately say how many people had been rescued from the ferry or if there were casualties.Photos and video released by the Coast Guard show flames and black smoke billowing from two decks at one end of the ferry as Coast Guard personnel on board another vessel used water cannon trying to put out the fire.A fishing boat and another vessel could be seen nearby.None of the 65 passengers and 55 crew members...
June 18, 2023

All 120 safe as Philippines passenger ship catches fire at sea

More than 80 people, including children, were injured in South Korea on Friday after three school buses were involved in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway east of Seoul, fire authorities said.
80 injured in South Korea school bus crash
SEOUL — More than 80 people, including children, were injured in South Korea on Friday after three school buses were involved in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway east of Seoul, fire authorities said, according to Reuters.The buses had been ferrying 75 middle-school students and their teachers on a trip when the crash took place in the county of Hongcheon in Gangwon province, an official at the Gangwon State Fire Headquarters said by telephone.Two students were among three people seriously injured in the incident, said the official.Scores of children were injured Friday in a seven-vehicle “chain-reaction” pileup on a South Korean highway, Yonhap News reported, leaving at least three people in serious condition.The early afternoon accident on National Road No. 44 in Hongcheon, about...
June 17, 2023

80 injured in South Korea school bus crash

Xi Jinping and Bill Gates
Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping as US-China tensions simmer
BEIJING — Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates met China's President Xi Jinping on Friday as tensions remain high between Washington and Beijing.Xi told Gates that he was "the first American friend" he had met in Beijing this year, according to Chinese state media.Gates is the latest high-profile US business leader to visit China since it reopened its borders.This weekend, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will also visit China."I often say that the foundation of Sino-US relations is among the people, and we always look to the American people and hope that the two peoples will continue to be friendly," Xi was reported to have said to Gates.It was Xi's first meeting with a foreign business figure in recent years. He stopped travelling abroad in 2020,...
June 16, 2023

Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping as US-China tensions simmer

Experts say the storm is a symptom of the growing climate crisis.
Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall, bringing heavy rainfall to India and Pakistan
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI — Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy has made landfall in India’s western Gujarat state, close to the Pakistan border, unleashing powerful gusts of wind that ripped up trees and toppled electricity poles.At landfall, Biparjoy was equivalent to a strong tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 kph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.As it moves slowly inland, the winds and storm surge threats are expected to diminish, with flooding becoming the most significant impact for millions of people over the next 48 hours.Heavy rainfall warnings are expected to remain in place for northwest India through Saturday. Rainfall of 150 to 250 mm (6 to 10 inches) is likely with isolated amounts up to 500 mm (20 inches) possible.In Pakistan, the meteorological department warned of...
June 16, 2023

Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall, bringing heavy rainfall to India and Pakistan

Japan's nationwide Flower Demo campaign against sexual violence started in 2019
Japan redefines sex crime laws in landmark move
TOKYO — Japan has passed laws that redefine rape and raise the age of consent in a landmark overhaul of sex crime laws.The definition of rape was broadened to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" from "forcible sexual intercourse", aligning Japanese law's definition with other countries.The legal age of consent, previously at only 13, has been raised to 16 years.Previous laws did not protect those coerced into having sex and deterred reporting of such attacks, critics say.They have also led to inconsistent court decisions, fuelling calls for change.The new laws were passed by the upper house of the Diet -- Japan's parliament -- on Friday. They explicitly outline eight scenarios where it is difficult for a victim to "form, express, or fulfil an intention...
June 16, 2023

Japan redefines sex crime laws in landmark move

The cyclone is expected to make landfall on Thursday evening local time
Cyclone Biparjoy: India, Pakistan evacuate more than 170,000
MANDVI/KOCHI — Gale force winds and heavy rains are lashing coastal parts of northwest India and southern Pakistan as a powerful cyclone makes landfall.More than 170,000 people in the two countries were evacuated to safety before the arrival of Cyclone Biparjoy.Forecasters say it could be the area's worst storm in 25 years and warned it threatens homes and crops in its path.The cyclone is due to barrel through parts of India's Gujarat state and Sindh province in Pakistan.Cyclone Biparjoy - meaning "disaster" in Bengali - is forecast to hit the coast near Jakhau port, between Mandvi in Gujarat and Keti Bandar in Sindh.Pakistan's disaster management agency warned of storm surges as high as 3-4m (10-13ft) along the coastline from Karachi to Gujarat.Alok Pandey, the...
June 15, 2023

Cyclone Biparjoy: India, Pakistan evacuate more than 170,000

Indian army soldiers on patrol in Manipur, India, on June 7
11 killed in Manipur as new bout of ethnic violence grips India’s northeast
NEW DELHI — Eleven people have been shot dead and 14 injured in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence that has gripped the northeast Indian state of Manipur.The latest killings come a little more than a month after an earlier bout of unrest that saw entire villages burned to the ground, killing dozens and leaving tens of thousands homeless.Since then nearly 3 million people in the state have been largely cut off from the rest of the country, after the government blocked internet services and restricted travel in an effort to contain the violence.In the latest bout of unrest, the violence has been so extreme that many bodies have been hard to identify, doctors and senior management officials at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and Raj Medicity Hospital in the...
June 15, 2023

11 killed in Manipur as new bout of ethnic violence grips India’s northeast

A new Russian embassy located quarter of a mile from Parliament House was deemed a security risk
Australia blocks new Russian embassy in Canberra over spying risk
CANBERRA — Australia has blocked Russia from building a new embassy near its parliament, citing a spying risk.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said intelligence agencies had given "very clear security advice" on the move.Laws specifically drafted to halt construction were rapidly passed on Thursday after legal attempts to block the Canberra development failed.Moscow's current embassy will not be affected by the new laws, which have bipartisan support.The new legislation also acknowledges that Russia may be eligible for financial compensation.A Russian diplomat told AFP that "the embassy is seeking legal advice" in the wake of the announcement.Moscow currently holds the lease for a patch of land, acquired in 2008, some 400 metres (0.25 miles) from Parliament...
June 15, 2023

Australia blocks new Russian embassy in Canberra over spying risk

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
India's wrestling chief charged with sexual harassment
NEW DELHI — India's outgoing wrestling chief has been charged in court after months of protests by the country's top wrestlers who accuse him of sexual harassment.Police have charged Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with stalking, harassment and intimidation as well as making "sexually colored remarks".Singh, an influential MP from the ruling BJP party, denies the charges.However, police have suggested dropping charges involving a minor, which would have made his arrest imminent."No corroborative evidence" was found in allegations by the minor after a detailed investigation into the case, the prosecution lawyer said on Thursday.The protests had made headlines globally, especially after the police detained the wrestlers as they tried to march to India's new...
June 15, 2023

India's wrestling chief charged with sexual harassment

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