Giorno: 13 Giugno 2023

US Says China Envoy Attempted to Use ‘Pressure Tactic’ on South Korea

Read MoreThe United States said that recent remarks by China’s envoy, in which he warned South Korea against betting on China’s loss in a rivalry with the United States, may have been intended as a “pressure tactic” on South Korea. During a press briefing at the White House on June 12, John Kirby, spokesman for […]

Cambodia Begins Construction of China-Funded Expressway Linking Vietnam

Read MoreCambodia has begun the construction of its second expressway, funded by a Chinese company, which will link the capital Phnom Penh with Bavet city on the eastern border with Vietnam. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the Phnom Penh-Bavet expressway on June 7, the second after the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville […]

New Zealand Property Downturn Appears to Be Near the Bottom

Read MoreNew Zealand’s residential housing price slump may be nearing its end, but experts are warning that there is still a period of uncertainty and volatility ahead. The latest data from Quotable Value’s (QV) House Price Index showed that falling home prices have slowed for the second month in a row. Over the three months […]

Calls for abortion to be decriminalised amid row over jailing of UK woman

Read More Leading expert warns of ‘sustained attacks’ on reproductive rights after sentence imposed on Monday Leading women’s health experts have warned of an attack on women’s reproductive rights and the potential for more prosecutions, following the jailing of a woman for terminating her pregnancy after the legal time limit. The president of the UK’s […]

Concern at plan for taxpayer-funded campaign to promote Sunak priorities

Read More Exclusive: plan to bolt PM’s five pledges on to a range of campaigns seen as too political within Whitehall, source says No 10 is planning a multimillion-pound taxpayer-funded campaign to promote Rishi Sunak’s “five priorities”, despite some within the civil service having questioned whether it was too political. No 10 has been in […]

Partygate report likely to be delayed after intervention by Boris Johnson

Read More Former PM’s lawyers submitted fresh arguments to privileges committee, which it will report on before publishing findings Boris Johnson has made an 11th-hour intervention that looks set to delay the publication of a report expected to find he misled parliament over Partygate until Thursday at the earliest. Having quit as an MP in […]

House Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban

House Democrats are mounting a fresh attempt at passing gun control legislation by pushing Republicans on an assault weapons ban, The Washington Post reports.