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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Defying China, Czech delegation arrives in Taiwan

1:46 pm August 30, 2020

Taipei: The president of the Czech Senate arrived in Taiwan on Sunday on a visit that has drawn sharp criticism from China. Milos Vystrcil was accompanied by Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and more than 80 representatives from government, business and academia, lending Taiwan a boost in its efforts to resist the diplomatic isolation imposed by Beijing. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu greeted the delegation at Taiwan’s main Taoyuan International Airport after their […]

Census, like Post Office, politicised in election year

7:18 pm August 29, 2020

Orlando: The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020. Unlike the department charged with delivering mail, however, the U.S. Census Bureau has been here before. It has found itself targeted by politicians repeatedly since it conducted its first nationwide head count in 1790. The reason […]

Irish leader forced to defend govt future amid golf scandal

10:43 pm August 24, 2020

London: Ireland’s prime minister was forced to defend the future of his government Monday as criticism mounted over a golf event attended by senior politicians despite a ban on large gatherings designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. Taoiseach Micheal Martin, during a 40-minute grilling by national broadcaster RTE, welcomed public outrage over the event, which has […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles

8:18 pm August 22, 2020

Washington: Congressional Republicans in tight reelections are in a precarious position over the embattled Postal Service as its bosses impose cost-cutting measures on one of the government’s few beloved agencies. And as often happens, President Donald Trump has made the political fallout for Republicans ever more ticklish. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major Trump donor, insists he’s trying to economise at an […]

When Kamala Harris asked aunt in India to break coconuts for her good luck at Hindu temple

2:34 pm August 17, 2020

New York: Senator Kamala Harris, the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party, had at one point asked her aunt in India to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple when she was in the fray for California attorney general election in 2010, according to a media report. Harris had […]