The Trump administration is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands, the Indian Ocean archipelago from Mauritius, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. This comes as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius. White House is ramping up efforts aimed at providing alternatives to Keir Starmer’s plan. (AP/AFP)…
PORT LOUIS, April 23 (Reuters) – Mauritius said it would wait up to the end of July for Britain to finalise a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands after London put the agreement on hold following objections from U.S. President Donald Trump. A British delegation met Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Wednesday in…
BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Thursday urged the United States to abide by the one-China principle after the U.S. criticised Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for Taiwan’s president. Taiwan this week said the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unilaterally revoked flight permits for its presidential aircraft to…
BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Wednesday heaped praise on the countries that denied overflight permission for the aircraft of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, declaring that the one China principle is the norm of international relations. At a regular news conference in Beijing, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office expressed appreciation…
File picture of Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo : AP New Delhi: India is among the countries being added to an expanded UK government list of countries where foreign criminals will be deported once they are sentenced before their appeals. The move, the UK government said, was part of…
Image for representation. India has been added to the United Kingdom’s “Deport Now, Appeal Later” scheme, which allows foreign criminals to be deported before their appeals are heard. The Home Office on Sunday said the list has expanded from eight to 23 countries in a bid to speed up removals and reduce migration. Those deported…
BRITAIN’S Chagos Islands handover will cost taxpayers ten times more than Sir Keir Starmer let on, newly unearthed figures claim. Official estimates reveal the bill for giving the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius is not £3.4billion as promised, but actually close to £35billion. 2 The Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United…
While going over his business ledgers, Daniel Chan, the third-generation owner of Hong Kong’s Koon Chun sauce factory, made an interesting discovery. One of his biggest groups of clients came from Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, with a population just shy of 900,000. “We were sending two containers…
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has urged the public not to panic over a possible outbreak of chikungunya fever, expressing confidence that infections can be contained with government workers stepping up mosquito control efforts. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki made the appeal as Hong Kong reported five imported cases in a week, while Tuen Mun…
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has urged the public not to panic over a possible outbreak of chikungunya fever, expressing confidence that infections can be contained with government workers stepping up mosquito control efforts. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki made the appeal as Hong Kong reported five imported cases in a week, while Tuen Mun…