A shadowy group committed to ousting North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has claimed it was behind a raid last month at the North Korean embassy in Spain. Cheollima Civil Defense, a self-styled human rights group, reportedly fled with computers, a phone and hard discs. The break-in occurred just days before a key summit between US President Donald Trump and North… Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will reduce direct government intervention in its vast industrial sector, the industry minister said on Monday, as Beijing seeks to ease concerns about its industrial policy, core to Washington’s complaints in the Sino-U.S. trade war.FILE PHOTO – China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei speaks at the annual session of China Development Forum (CDF)… Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The death told from a massive explosion last week at a pesticide plant in eastern China rose to 78 on Monday, with 13 people listed as being critically injured, as the government again pledged stricter safely controls, state media reported. Public anger over safety standards has grown in China over industrial accidents, ranging from mining disasters to… Read more »
Activists hope that China’s recent decision to allow more than 2,000 ethnic Kazaks to leave the country may be a sign that pressure on Beijing over its treatment of minorities may be having an effect. China’s crackdown on Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has sparked fierce criticism around the world. Huge numbers have been… Read more »
PARIS (Reuters) – France and China signed deals worth billions of euros on Monday, including a huge Airbus plane order, during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite Paris pushing back against Beijing’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative.French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes President… Read more »
Delegation: United Arab Emirates Body: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee The issue of parental leave With an ever-increasing number of women entering the workforce, maternity leave has been the centre of discussion may times. More recently, however, paternity leave has also been garnering attention – thus the issue of parental leave as a whole. Convention No. 183 of the ILO… Read more »
During Friday Prayer on March 15th, 2019 there were two consecutive terrorist shootings. It started at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton and ended at the Linwood Islamic Centre. The shootings killed 50 people and injured 50 more. About a week after the shootings took place New Zealand has taken initiative to ban the sale of assault… Read more »
US President Donald Trump says he has ordered the withdrawal of recently imposed sanctions against North Korea. In a tweet on Friday, he mentioned “additional large-scale sanctions” by the US Treasury that had been added to already existing restrictions. It is believed he was referring to the treasury’s move on Thursday to blacklist two China-based shipping companies for reportedly violating… Read more »
The discovery of the Tapanuli orangutan has not stopped a Chinese state-run company from clearing forest for a planned dam. Conservationists fear this will be the beginning of the end for a species only known for six months1 Last November scientists made a jaw-dropping announcement: they’d discovered a new great ape hiding in plain sight, only the eighth inhabiting our planet. … Read more »
The move comes less than a week after a white supremacist rampaged through two mosques killing 50 people as they prayed, sparking global revulsion. “Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country,” Ardern told a press conference. Besides assault rifles and military-style semi-automatics, Ardern said the ban includes high-capacity magazines and devices similar to… Read more »