US President Donald Trump has accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks that America was a declining nation, but said that assessment applied to the period when ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden was in charge. Trump said he agreed ‘100 percent’ with Xi’s assessment, adding that ‘he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four…
HELSINKI, May 15 (Reuters) – Finland said on Friday suspected drone activity in the skies above the country’s capital region no longer posed a threat and that the situation was returning to normal as Helsinki’s airport reopened. Finland and the nearby Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have seen a string of recent incidents…
Melbourne, Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz for access to what they say is Iran’s offshore territory. Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable The suggestion comes after Iranian warnings that several…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from the Netherlands landed at RAAF Base Pearce outside the Western Australia state capital, Perth. The passengers and crew…
BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) – British foreign minister Yvette Cooper is expected to visit China in early June, three sources familiar with the plans said, as London seeks to capitalise on relatively cordial ties with Beijing before any fresh setback over a new Chinese embassy in the UK capital. The June 2-3 trip will take…
Burn Valley councillor Graham Harrison has been elected leader of the party’s group on the local authority (Image: Getty Images) Hartlepool Borough Council’s Reform UK group has a new leader following its election clean sweep. Burn Valley councillor Graham Harrison has been elected leader of the party’s group on the local authority. Rural West councillor…
A Labour MP is stepping aside for Andy Burnham. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham wants to stand in the Makerfield by-election(Image: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire) Andy Burnham could soon be back in Parliament. The Greater Manchester Mayor has announced his intention to stand in the Makerfield by-election, which was triggered by Josh Simons MP standing down….
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Iran has begun allowing some Chinese vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz following an understanding over Iranian management protocols for the waterway, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Thursday, citing an informed source. Following the start of US and Israeli strikes on 28 February, Iran severely restricted transit in the Strait of…
Ameer Kotecha, right, outlines why Starmer suffered catastrophic local elections defeat (Image: Getty) As the dust settles on last week’s local elections, and Keir Starmer’s future hangs in the balance, what are the main takeaways from all the present political turmoil? What voters have announced – in the most unambiguous terms since Brexit – is…