Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a 70-year-old aspiration
PARIS: On December 10, 1948 — three years after the Allied victory over the Nazis — the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hopes of creating a better world after the horrors of the war.It was the first time that countries agreed on fundamental rights and freedoms to be protected on a universal scale, for all...
Putin threatens to develop nuclear missiles banned by US-Russia treaty
MOSCOW: A defiant Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to develop nuclear missiles banned under a treaty with the United States after Washington gave Moscow a deadline to comply with the key arms control agreement.The latest spike in tensions came a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington would withdraw from a major Cold War...
Moscow dismisses ‘groundless’ US claim Russia breaching arms treaty
MOSCOW: Moscow on Wednesday dismissed US claims that Russia is violating a major Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms, from which Washington is planning to withdraw.“Groundless accusations are again being repeated,“ foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared Russia in...
Germany looks beyond Merkel as party elects successor
BERLIN: A knife-edge vote Friday will determine Angela Merkel’s successor as head of her party after 18 years at the helm, with the German chancellor’s own political fate and legacy on the line.Merkel, the European Union’s most powerful leader, stunned observers in October with the announcement following a state election setback...
Mexico’s new leader opens plush presidential residence to public
MEXICO CITY: On Friday night, Mexico’s presidential residence was the scene of a gala reception for the king of Spain. Hours later, its doors were thrown open so tens of thousands of ordinary people could stare slack-jawed at its opulent rooms.Welcome to the new Mexico of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.Mexico’s new leader is an...
For Poland’s mining region, coal remains a way of life
KNURÓW, Poland: “It’s a family thing. My father, my grandfather were miners, so I am,“ says Arkadiusz Wojcik at a coal mine in the southern Polish town of Knurow.Defying the danger to life and limb of descending into the mine on a daily basis, Poland’s coal miners still pass down the job from father to son. The occupation may be on...
Trump argues tariffs with Xi after tense G20 summit
BUENOS AIRES: US President Donald Trump sat down for a tariffs showdown over dinner with China’s leader Saturday after upending another international forum by snubbing G20 action on trade disputes and climate change.Trump and President Xi Jinping met in Buenos Aires, shortly after the annual summit of the world’s leading economic...
China, US showdown looms on trade at fractious G20
BUENOS AIRES: The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, will see Saturday if they can find a breakthrough to exit a spiralling trade war as their presidents meet at a tense G20 summit.With markets watching nervously, US President Donald Trump has described the Buenos Aires summit of the 20 leading economic powers as a...
Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying over Russia deal
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress over the ongoing Russia investigation in connection with a Moscow real-estate deal and Russian contacts pursued during the 2016 election.As Democrats decried the plea as evidence that Trump’s associates were willing to...
Kremlin: Putin, Trump will meet at G20 summit as planned
MOSCOW: A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will take place at this week’s G20 summit as planned, the Kremlin said today, despite US threats to cancel over Moscow’s tensions with Ukraine.“Washington has confirmed the meeting,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.Peskov said the...
