New York, June 26 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, expressed grave concern over Chinese authorities’ censorship of prominent social media accounts, foreign films, and events with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes around Pride month, saying such measures reflect the deteriorating rights situation for LGBT people in China.According to the HRW, several of these events were organised by foreign embassies and cultural institutes.“Under Xi Jinping, the …
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Washington, June 26 (IANS) The Trump administration reaffirmed that its long-standing policy towards Taiwan remains unchanged, even as it reviews a proposed $14 billion arms package for the self-governing island amid rising military pressure from China.Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, Michael G. DeSombre, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told lawmakers the administration remained committed to the Taiwan Relation…
Washington/Beijing, June 25 (IANS) The recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has drawn attention after official statements from both Washington and Beijing following the talks made no mention of human rights concerns, including allegations of abuse against Uyghurs by Chinese authorities.The omission comes amid Trump’s increasingly warm rhetoric towards Xi, whom he recently described as a “friend” and a “good man”, a report has stated.According to…
Washington, June 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump claimed that the United States has attracted $19.1 trillion in investment commitments over the past year, arguing that his administration’s economic policies have transformed America into what he called the world’s most attractive destination for global capital.Speaking at a Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Trump pointed to investment pledges, stock market gains and manufacturing expansion as evidence of what he descr…
Washington, June 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “great leader” and a “very tough cookie”, placing him among the world leaders he most admires during an interview with Axios in which he reflected on power, diplomacy and global leadership.During the interview, TrumpTrump repeatedly highlighted PM Modi while discussing the qualities he believes define effective leadership, pointing to the Indian Prime Minister’s longevity in office, political s…
Washington, June 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has singled out Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one of the world’s toughest leaders, a view he expressed both in a newly published Axios interview and during his recent bilateral meeting with the Indian leader in France. In an interview with Axios, excerpts of which were published on Thursday, Trump named Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi as the world leaders he most admires.According to Axios, Trump praised Xi as “all busin…
Taipei, June 14 (IANS) Civic groups slammed China for its law on promoting ethnic unity and progress set to be promulgated on July 1, saying that it amounted to forced assimilation and cultural cleansing, local media reported on Sunday. The groups said on Saturday that the law will impose a single national identity, weaken the identities of non-Han ethnic groups and promotes the “integration” of different ethnic groups through policies across several sectors such as education, housing, populatio…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) AI company OpenAI has revealed two clusters of ChatGPT accounts, likely originating from China, that used its models in support of apparent covert influence operations that promoted narratives in an attempt to manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and wider tech policies.The first cluster generated social media comments and images claiming that data center buildouts for AI were increasing electricity prices for average families. OpenAI named this cluster the …
Seoul, June 11 (IANS) South Korea and the United States reaffirmed Thursday their shared goal of denuclearising North Korea at a key bilateral meeting on US extended deterrence against North Korean threats.The sixth meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) took place in Seoul earlier in the day, as Pyongyang has intensified efforts to secure its status as a nuclear-armed state and vowed never to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Yonhap news agency reported.”The two sides agreed to cont…
Washington, June 11 (IANS) India and China must work together to confront what could become “the defining problem of the future for humanity”, former White House drug policy chief Rahul Gupta said, warning that no country is immune from the growing threat posed by synthetic drugs and fentanyl trafficking networks. “No country is immune from the global synthetic threat,” Gupta told IANS in an exclusive interview. “Every third person walking the earth is either an Indian or a Chinese. So it’s impo…