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CHINA/AUSTRALIA – Australian coal workers to suffer economic pain, more acutely (Global Times)

Photo: Xinhua Recent market attention over whether coal will be the next commodity to be impacted by the precipitating deterioration of China-Australia relations is understandable....

USA/CHINA – Is the gap between US, Chinese internet service companies narrowing? (Gao Rui, Global Times)

File photo A major transition the coronavirus pandemic has brought to the world in 2020 is "to go online." While transforming people's lifestyle, the shift...

USA/TAIWAN – Taiwan says faces daily threats as US notifies of $280m arms sale (Al Jazeera)

Taiwan faces daily military threats from “authoritarian forces”, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $280m arms sale...

HONG KONG – Crackdown in Hong Kong continues; eight more arrested (Al Jazeera)

Hong Kong police arrested eight more activists on Tuesday, as the Chinese territory expanded a crackdown on the territory’s beleaguered opposition forces. The police did...

USA – US virus talks drag on liability as Congress prepares stopgap aid (Al Jazeera)

United States politicians are giving themselves more time to sort through their end-of-session business on government spending and COVID-19 relief, preparing a one-week stopgap...

USA – US to approve Arizona mine land deal Indigenous group opposes (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration is set to approve a controversial land swap this month that would give Rio Tinto Ltd and partners...

AFGHANISTAN – Afghan civilian deaths from US air raids rose by more than 300 percent (Al Jazeera)

Deaths of Afghan civilians in air raids carried out by the United States and its allies “increased dramatically” since 2017 when Washington loosened its...

TURKEY – Turkey orders detention of 304 military personnel over suspected Gulen links (Al Arabiya)

US.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, July 10, 2017. (Reuters) Turkey has ordered the detention of 304 military personnel in...

INDIA – Indian farmers launch nationwide strike over new reform laws (Al Arabiya)

Farmers shout slogans next to a police barricade amid foggy condition during a nationwide general strike to protest against the recent agricultural reforms at...

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