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- Death of Charlie Kirk lays bare deep US political divisions – Reuters
- WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – What was meant to be a moment of silence in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday for the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk erupted in shouting and finger-pointing, an episode that provided a bitter illustration of a nation divided by political acrimony.
As news of Kirk’s fatal shooting at a Utah university spread, lawmakers began to argue how to best honor him. U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, raised her hand and asked for someone to lead a prayer, adding, “Silent prayers get silent results.”
- WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – What was meant to be a moment of silence in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday for the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk erupted in shouting and finger-pointing, an episode that provided a bitter illustration of a nation divided by political acrimony.
- In Denial About Gazans Starving? See What’s Happening to Palestinians in Israeli Jails – Haaretz
- Since the war began, NGOs and media outlets have documented widespread torture, abuse and hunger in Israeli prisons. It took 18 months, but Israel’s High Court has called out the state and demanded it provide security prisoners ‘with the basic conditions for existence.’ Similar petitions concerning Gaza are still being ignored
- Qatar bombing tests the limits of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance – Reuters
- WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Less than four months ago, President Donald Trump met with the leader of Qatar, praising his opulent palace and signing a sweeping defense agreement with the Gulf monarchy, a key ally that hosts the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East.
Israel’s surprise attack on Tuesday against Hamas leaders in Doha has jolted that relationship, angering Trump and drawing fierce condemnation from Doha and Western allies.
- WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Less than four months ago, President Donald Trump met with the leader of Qatar, praising his opulent palace and signing a sweeping defense agreement with the Gulf monarchy, a key ally that hosts the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East.
- There Was No Grand U.S. Plan Behind Israel’s Doha Strike. Netanyahu Is Just That Brazen – Haaretz
- Any insistence that Trump secretly approved the strikes on a key international ally intentionally ignores the most logical explanations about Israel’s increasing hubris and Trump’s failure to keep Netanyahu in check
- Korean women target US military in landmark forced prostitution lawsuit – Yahoo! News
- More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said Tuesday.
Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned brothels from the 1950s to 1980s, serving US troops stationed in country to protect the South from North Korea.
- More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said Tuesday.
- Americans uneasy at Trump’s moves to expand presidential power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds – Reuters
- WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s expansion of executive power, including his unprecedented push to send troops into U.S. cities to combat crime and his attempt to seize control of aspects of the economy, has left Americans uneasy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
The findings suggest that a substantial majority of the public favors limits on presidential power and does not approve of Trump’s efforts to shatter longstanding norms.
- WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s expansion of executive power, including his unprecedented push to send troops into U.S. cities to combat crime and his attempt to seize control of aspects of the economy, has left Americans uneasy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
- China eyes nationwide AI computing network as tech race with US heats up – South China Morning Post
- China is making progress in unifying the country’s scattered data centres into a nationwide computing network to drive artificial intelligence applications, according to the data centre builders.
China’s Open Data Centre Committee (ODCC), an organisation representing the country’s key AI infrastructure investors such as Alibaba Group Holding and China Telecom, hosted a three-day conference this week to discuss how to transform the country’s far-flung data centres into one unified network.
- China is making progress in unifying the country’s scattered data centres into a nationwide computing network to drive artificial intelligence applications, according to the data centre builders.
- French protests underscore deep concerns over slow decline amid US, China dominance – South China Morning Post
- Images of burning barricades were shown side by side with the handover ceremony for France’s new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, on French television channels on Wednesday as “block everything” protests brought back memories of the rallies by the populist “yellow vest” movement that rocked the country in 2018 and 2019.
More than 175,000 protesters hit the streets across France on the day of Lecornu’s inauguration, according to the country’s interior ministry.
- Images of burning barricades were shown side by side with the handover ceremony for France’s new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, on French television channels on Wednesday as “block everything” protests brought back memories of the rallies by the populist “yellow vest” movement that rocked the country in 2018 and 2019.
- ‘Not desperate’: why India remains firm on US tariff talks as it seeks a deal – South China Morning Post
- India is keen on tariff talks with the United States, but it is expected to stand its ground even as their bilateral relations sour on issues ranging from trade to foreign policy.
In the face of the 50 per cent tariff imposed on Indian goods, Delhi is neither “desperate nor cornered”, according to analysts.
- India is keen on tariff talks with the United States, but it is expected to stand its ground even as their bilateral relations sour on issues ranging from trade to foreign policy.
- China launches record-smashing cable-stayed mega bridge over Yangtze River – South China Morning Post
- The world’s longest cable-stayed bridge opened to traffic in Jiangsu province, eastern China on Tuesday, connecting the cities of Changzhou and Taizhou and slashing the travel time from over an hour to just 20 minutes.
The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge stretches 10.3km (6.4 miles) with a main span of 1,208 metres (3,960 feet). It is the river’s first crossing to carry an expressway, regular road and intercity railway, all on the same structure.
- The world’s longest cable-stayed bridge opened to traffic in Jiangsu province, eastern China on Tuesday, connecting the cities of Changzhou and Taizhou and slashing the travel time from over an hour to just 20 minutes.
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