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Comment | America’s tinderbox moment Stanly JohnyMAY 31, 2020 14:50 IST UPDATED: JUNE 01, 2020 10:47 IST SHARE ARTICLE 3PRINTA A A Anger on the streets: Flowers, signs and balloons are left on Friday near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the spot where he died while in custody of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Anger on the streets: Flowers, signs and balloons are left on Friday near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the spot where he died while in custody of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota.   | Photo Credit: KEREM YUCEL Any leader, with a realistic sense of what his country was going through, should immediately have called for calm and issued reassurances that justice would prevail Even before George Floyd’s death on May 25, the U.S. was already reeling under many internal crises. Nearly 100,000 people had died from the COVID-19 pandemic and more than a million had been infected. About 40 million people lost their jobs as the country was in the gr...

'Mr President, don't go hide': China goads US over George Floyd protests Officials and state media appear to revel in scenes of US unrest, comparing protests there to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Live coverage of US protests Police stand on H Street in Washington DC as demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd Police stand on H Street in Washington DC as demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Helen Davidson @heldavidson Published onMon 1 Jun 2020 04.40 BST 65 Chinese officials and state media have seized on news of the protests sweeping the US, comparing the widespread unrest to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and accusing Washington of hypocrisy. Mass protests spread across multiple US states over the weekend, many escalating after police responded with teargas, pepper balls and other projectiles, and in some instances using vehicles to ram protesters. Some cities have seen arson and looting, and across ...

PM Modi not in ‘good mood’ over Ladakh standoff with China, says Donald Trump Speaking with the reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Trump said a “big conflict” was going on between India and China. WORLD Updated: May 29, 2020 07:34 IST Press Trust of India | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar Press Trust of India | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar Washington Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump during a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi in February 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump during a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi in February 2020. (Reuters File Photo ) Reiterating his offer to mediate on the border dispute between India and China, US President Donald Trump has said that he spoke with Narendra Modi about the “big conflict” and asserted that the Indian Prime Minister is not in a “good mood” over the latest flare-ups between the two countries. Speaking with the reporters in the Ova...

మూడో పక్షం జోక్యం అనవసరమంటూ ట్రంప్‌కు డ్రాగన్ ఝలక్ బీజింగ్ : ఉన్నట్టుండి డ్రాగన్ అమెరికా అధ్యక్షుడు రొనాల్డ్ ట్రంప్‌కు ఝలక్ ఇచ్చింది. భారత్ - చైనా మధ్య తలెత్తిన సరిహద్దు సమస్యలో మూడో పక్షం జోక్యం అనవసరమని తేల్చి చెప్పింది. భారత్- చైనా మధ్య తలెత్తిన సరిహద్దు సమస్యకు మధ్యవర్తిత్వానికి రెడీగా ఉన్నానని ట్రంప్ ప్రకటనపై ప్రశ్నించగా చైనా విదేశాంగ శాఖ ప్రతినిధి జావో లిజియన్ పై విధంగా తేల్చి చెప్పారు. ‘‘చైనా మరియు భారత్‌ మధ్య తలెత్తిన సరిహద్దు సంబంధ వివాదాల పరిష్కార మార్గాలున్నాయి. చర్చల మార్గాలు కూడా ఉన్నాయి. చర్చల ద్వారా, సంప్రదింపుల ద్వారా ఈ సమస్యను పరిష్కరించుకునే సత్తా మాకుంది. మూడోపక్షం జోక్యం అనవసరం’’ అని జావో లిజియన్ స్పష్టం చేశారు. ‘భారత్-చైనా మధ్య నెలకొన్న సరిహద్దు వివాదం నేపథ్యంలో.. ఇరుదేశాల మధ్య మధ్యవర్తిత్వం వహించాలని అమెరికా భావిస్తోంది’ అని యూఎస్ అధ్యక్షుడు డొనాల్డ్ ట్రంప్ పేర్కొన్నారు. ఈ మధ్యవర్తిత్వం వహించే సత్తా అమెరికాకు ఉందని, అలా చేయడానికి సిద్ధంగా కూడా ఉన్నామని ట్రంప్ చెప్పారు. కాగా, భారత్-చైనా సరిహద్దులో పరిస్థితులు అదుపులోనే ఉన్నాయని చైనా విదేశాంగ శాఖ ప్రతినిధి వె...

Kim Jong-un appears in public, North Korean state media report  02 May 2020 Asia Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Image copyrightREUTERSNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-un pictured by state media opening a fertiliser factory on 1 May 2020 Image captionState media issued this picture said to show Kim Jong-un opening a fertiliser plant on Friday Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the factory "broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah" when he appeared on Friday. The reported appearance - his first since an event on state media on 12 April - comes amid global speculation over his health. The latest reports from North Korean media could not be independently confirmed. State media later released images that it said showed Mr Kim cutting a ...

How to Tell Whether Crazy North Korean Stories Are True With Kim Jong Un missing, careful readings are more important than ever. BY JESSICA LEE | APRIL 30, 2020, 10:36 AM An impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses in front of a police cordon during a protest at the International Finance Center shopping mall in Hong Kong on April 28. An impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses in front of a police cordon during a protest at the International Finance Center shopping mall in Hong Kong on April 28. ANTHONY KWAN/GETTY IMAGES It has been a week since rumors of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s death surfaced, and Americans still don’t know if he is dead or alive. Clearly, the Western media is in the dark about the intricacies of North Korea. But are North Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean media—which are often quoted as if they were monolithic or infallible—any better? North Korea is a black box for outside observers, and the prospect of its inter...