Maldives ban Israelis to protest Gaza war
Malé, Maldives - The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in "resolute solidarity" with the Palestinian people.
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Malé, Maldives - The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in "resolute solidarity" with the Palestinian people.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he arrived in Vietnam on Monday on the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour.
A group of US senators on Friday urged the government's markets watchdog to investigate whether President Donald Trump or his allies broke securities laws ahead of his dramatic reversal on global tariffs.
The United States is alarmed by Thailand’s arrest of American lecturer Paul Chambers PhD for allegedly violating the country’s lèse majesté and the computer crime laws, according to US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
China vowed on Tuesday to "fight to the end" against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets.
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has estimated that Thailand could suffer an estimated 900 billion baht revenue loss from the US administration’s imposition of 36% reciprocal tariffs on Thai exports to the US.
Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of major US cities on Saturday to oppose the divisive policies of President Donald Trump, in the largest demonstrations since his return to the White House.
Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.
Washington, United States - US President Donald Trump ignited a potentially ruinous global trade war Wednesday as he slapped 10 percent tariffs on imports from around the world and harsh extra levies on key trading partners.
China has pledged full cooperation with the Thai government’s investigation into the collapse of a 30-story building under construction in Chatuchak district last week.
Thailand could suffer a $7 billion to $8 billion export loss from potential US tariffs if the US administration were to even up levies between the two countries, but it has a strategy for trade negotiations, senior officials said on Wednesday.
A powerful earthquake rattled Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok where a state of emergency was declared.