Seoul has placed much of the blame for bad relations with Tokyo on Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that his government is eager for talks with Japan to improve relations following years of bitter feuding over historical grievances, adding that those unresolved issues should not stand in the way of developing “future-oriented” ties.“There have been times where issues of the past weren’t separated from those of the future and became intermingled with each other. This has impeded forward-looking development,” Mr. Moon said in a nationally televised speech commemorating the anniversary of…
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Marchers sought but failed to go to Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s house, which is on an Army base in Bangkok A new faction of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement staged a protest march on February 28, linking their cause with that of demonstrators in Myanmar battling that neighbouring country’s coup-installed military government.Also read: Thai PM survives no-confidence voteMarchers sought but failed to go to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s house, which is on an Army base in Bangkok. Shipping containers were situated to block them, and police using water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas barred the way.The demonstrators abandoned their…
Joe Biden didn’t mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it U.S. President Joe Biden defended workers’ rights to form unions and warned against intimidation of workers in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday night, as Amazon.com Inc employees in Alabama vote on whether to unionise.Mr. Biden didn’t mention Amazon, but specifically referenced “workers in Alabama” in the video and a tweet introducing it. He said every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union, and no employer could take that away. “It’s your right… So make…
Drama “Nomadland” and satire “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” won movie honors at the Golden Globes on Sunday in a mostly virtual bicoastal ceremony that was marked by pandemic conditions and calls for more diversity.Also read: Key winners at the 2021 Golden Globes British royal drama “The Crown,” comedy “Schitt’s Creek,” and limited-series chess saga “The Queen’s Gambit” won the top awards in television.Actors Emma Corrin, who played a young Princess Diana, Josh O’Connor, who played Prince Charles, and Gillian Anderson, who played Margaret Thatcher, in the Netflix royal series were also winners.Here are more updates:9.40 am’Nomadland’ wins best drama film”Nomadland,” a…
There was no immediate report of casualties. Syrian air defences intercepted Israeli missiles over Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state news agency SANA said.Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has routinely carried out raids in Syria, mostly targeting Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces as well as government troops.“At 10:16 this evening (2016 GMT) the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan on some targets in the Damascus area,” SANA reported a military source as saying.“Our air defence confronted the missiles and downed most of them,” the source added.There…
Mr. Trump declared the Republican Party is united and said he had no plans to try to launch a third party, an idea he has discussed with advisers in the last couple of months. Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago.”Our movement of proud, hard-working American patriots is just getting started, and in the end we will win. We will win,” Trump…
The Revenue Department and the Civil Supplies CID seized 11 tonnes of ration rice which was illegally stocked in a warehouse on Chettipalayam – Eachanari road late on Saturday. The seizure was conducted following specific information regarding the stocking of ration rice.The Revenue Department team led by Madukkarai tahsildar and Civil Supplies CID team from Pollachi opened the warehouse and inspected it. Civil Supplies CID inspector Thooyamani Vellaisamy said that 11 tonnes of ration rice was found from the warehouse. Sources in the Revenue Department added that stocks of shallot, onion and turmeric powder were also found in the warehouse.Investigations…
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee has invited applications from those interested in contesting the Assembly election. The applications will be collected from March 1 to 5 at the party headquarters here.In a statement, TNCC president K.S. Alagiri said applications can be collected by paying a fee of ₹500. Completed applications must be submitted by March 5 with a donation of ₹5,000 through a Demand Draft.Aspirants must also submit a copy of the voter ID card, Aadhaar card and PAN card, he said.The seat-sharing arrangements between the Congress and the DMK are yet to finalised. The Congress had demanded more than…
Biden and his team have begun discussions on the possible outlines of an infrastructure package with members of Congress, particularly mindful that Texas’ recent struggles with power outages and water shortages. Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority — a long-sought boost to the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could run into Republican resistance to a hefty price tag.Biden and his team have begun discussions on the possible outlines of an infrastructure package with members of Congress, particularly mindful that Texas’ recent struggles…
The sanctions are expected to be finalised in the coming days and will take effect once an official notice has been published by the EU. European Union diplomatic chief Josep Borrell on Sunday condemned a military crackdown in Myanmar and confirmed the bloc would adopt sanctions in response.“Violence will not give legitimacy to the illegal over-throwing of the democratically-elected government” in Myanmar, Borrell said in a statement.“In shooting against unarmed citizens, the security forces have shown a blatant disregard for international law, and must be held to account.”The UN rights office said at least 18 people were killed, several wounded…