Indicative of his intention to reverse America’s retrenchment from multilateralism under the Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Deputy Secretary of State and longtime foreign policy adviser Antony Blinken to the position of Secretary of State. Mr. Blinken has a track record of being an alliance builder and proponent of traditional foreign […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s family company is asking creditors such as Deutsche Bank if it can delay loan payments as the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic deepens, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Trump Organization — the conglomerate of companies created by Mr. Trump and now run by his sons — is, […]
Pro-democracy protesters clashed with riot police outside a mall on Sunday, with some activists vandalising a nearby subway station and defacing a Chinese flag, but plans to disrupt the airport did not materialise. Police fired brief volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets in the northern town of Sha Tin late Sunday afternoon, capping a […]
