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IMPHAL, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 China trades sanctions with US Polish President Duda wins election, new battles with EU loom WARSAW, Jul 13 cised PiS’ rhetoric, vowing to a guardian of generous PiS abolish state news channel welfare programmes that have in row over Uighur Muslims Polish President Andrzej Duda TVP Info, which critics say transformed life for many BEIJING, Jul 13 gressional-Executive Commis- U.N. experts and activists has won five more years in gave overt support to Duda in poorer Poles since the party sion on China. say at least a million ethnic power on a deeply conservative its programming. came to power in 2015. China announced Rubio and Cruz have both Uighurs and other Muslims platform after a closely fought But to many religious con- PiS now faces the prospect “corresponding sanctions” sponsored legislation that are held in detention centres in election that is likely to deepen servatives in Poland, a of three years of uninterrupted against the United States on would punish China’s actions Xinjiang. China describes them the country’s isolation in the predominantly Catholic nation, rule with the next parliamen- Monday after Washington in Xinjiang. Smith has also as training centres helping to European Union. he came to represent the tary election scheduled for penalised senior Chinese been a vocal critic of China on stamp out terrorism and ex- Nearly final results from threats facing traditional val- 2023. officials over the treatment of issues ranging from Xinjiang tremism and give people new Sunday’s presidential election ues when he pledged to Justice Minister Zbigniew minority Uighur Muslims in to Hong Kong and the skills. put him on more than 51%, introduce education about Ziobro suggested late on Sun- the western region of Xinjiang. coronavirus. The Congressional-Execu- giving him an unassailable lead LGBT rights in the city’s day the party could push on China’s move comes as All three are members of tive Commission on China over Warsaw mayor Rafal schools. quickly with its conservative relations between the world’s President Donald Trump’s monitors human rights and the Trzaskowski, who won almost “It’s what populists do very agenda following the vote, and two biggest economic power- Republican Party. development of the rule of law 49% of the votes, the National effectively. You name the en- with its ambition to spur houses have slumped over “The U.S. actions seriously and submits an annual report Election Commission said. grouping that fielded and rising nationalism across emy and you focus on change in private media owner- disagreements on issues in- interfere in China’s internal to Trump and Congress. Duda is allied with the rul- Trzaskowski. the 27-member bloc. combating him. This is what ship towards outlets more cluding the coronavirus affairs, seriously violate the Washington’s measures ing nationalist Law and Justice Backed by PiS, Duda ran Before PiS and Duda came was used in this campaign, the favourable to its ambitions. pandemic, trade, Huawei and basic norms of international against Chinese officials, in- (PiS) party, and his victory will an acrimonious campaign, to power in 2015, Poland had fear of others,” Anna “We need to take care of the a sweeping national security relations and seriously dam- cluding the Communist Party give the government a new laced with homophobic lan- one of the most pro-European Materska-Sosnowska, a politi- issue of values more than be- law imposed on Hong Kong. age Sino-U.S. relations,” secretary of Xinjiang, involve mandate to pursue reforms of guage, attacks on private media administrations in the bloc’s cal scientist at the Warsaw fore,” he told state broadcaster The sanctions targeted Chinese Foreign Ministry freezing U.S. assets, U.S. the judiciary and media which and accusations that ex-communist east. But it has University. TVP. “There is also the matter Senators Ted Cruz and Marco spokeswoman Hua Chunying travel bans and prohibiting the executive European Com- Trzaskowski serve foreign in- become increasingly combat- In the last week of cam- of an imbalance among the Rubio, U.S. Representative told reporters. Americans from doing busi- mission says subvert terests instead of Poland’s. ive, with divisions focusing on paigning, PiS leader Jaroslaw media.” Chris Smith, Ambassador at “China will make further ness with them. Reuters democratic standards. Trzaskowski dismissed the ac- climate change and migration, Kaczynski accused Some observers say Large for International Reli- responses based on how the “I don’t want to speak on cusations. in addition to democratic Trzaskowski of being at the Trzaskowski’s strong showing gious Freedom Sam situation develops.” behalf of the campaign staff, Duda’s victory opens the norms. centre of attempts to allow could energise the opposition, Brownback and the U.S. Con- Hua did not elaborate. but I think that this difference way to new clashes between ENEMIES minorities to “terrorise” the which has struggled until now is large enough that we have Poland and the European Warsaw mayor since 2018, rest of society. to formulate a cohesive narra- to accept the result,” Grzegorz Commission as the EU tries to Trzaskowski had said he Economic policy was also tive in the face of the PiS Japan, US discuss jump in Schetyna, the former head of deal with the economic fallout would seek a more tolerant at the heart of the election, success in winning over many coronavirus cases at US military bases the opposition Civic Platform of the COVID-19 pandemic Poland if elected. He has criti- with Duda painting himself as Poles with its economic and TOKYO, Jul 13 Japan and the United States are Malaysia PM unseats Speaker with Daughter of Nelson Mandela dies sharing information about JOHANNESBURG, Jul 13 coronavirus infections at U.S. narrow win in crucial test of support military bases after an outbreak Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and tainty and only reinforces provoked ire in the KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 liberation hero Nelson Mandela, has died, the spokesman of the how slim Muhyiddin’s ma- southernmost prefecture of ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday. Malaysia’s Prime Minister jority is in parliament. Okinawa, a top Japanese Zindzi Mandela, whose mother was anti-apartheid activist Muhyiddin Yassin cleared a He is preparing for snap official said on Monday. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, rose to international prominence major hurdle in parliament on election by the end of the year Of the 62 individuals when she read out Nelson Mandela’s rejection of then-presi- Monday, with lawmakers to seek a firm mandate, Sin- Okinawa confirmed had dent P.W. Botha’s offer for freedom in 1985. narrowly backing his bid to gapore’s Straits Times tested positive from Tuesday State broadcaster SABC said the 59-year-old, who was remove the lower house newspaper reported in June, to Sunday, 39 were at Marine serving as South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, died in a But many Okinawans as- On its Facebook page for speaker in a vote seen as an amid questions over his legis- Corps Air Station Futenma, hospital in Johannesburg. It did not say why she had died. sociate the bases with Pacific bases, the Marine important barometer of his lative clout. 22 at Camp Hansen and one “This is untimely. She still had a role to play in the transfor- problems from crime to acci- Corps said it was prohibiting support. Mahathir has pushed for a at Camp Kinser. Later on mation of our own society and a bigger role to play even in the dents, and want the Marines off-base activity for all instal- While not officially a con- confidence vote on Monday, TV Asahi said 32 African National Congress,” said ANC spokesman Pule Mabe. to reduce their presence there lations across Okinawa, fidence vote, the outcome - a Muhyiddin’s leadership, but more cases were confirmed at The Nelson Mandela Foundation did not immediately re- or leave altogether. except essential needs such as win by just two votes - was grappling with political uncer- the premier avoided that in Futenma. spond to a request for comment. Reuters At the weekend, Okinawa medical appointments ap- the first real litmus test of tainty since Muhyiddin, who the last parliament session in “We will cooperate appro- Governor Denny Tamaki said proved by a commanding how much legislative support was part of Mahathir’s ad- May, when the lower house priately on this matter,” Chief it was “extremely regrettable” officer. Muhyiddin could muster to ministration, was convened for only one day Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide WHO reports increase in global coronavirus cases that a large number of infec- “We are trying to limit as push through policies and unexpectedly made prime due to the coronavirus pan- Suga told a regular news tions had occurred in a short much contact (with local peo- government business. minister in March. demic. GENEVA, Jul 13 briefing. time, adding that Okinawans ple) as we can, as we look to Muhyiddin’s bid to re- Muhyiddin forged an alli- Mahathir and others in the “Japan and the United were “shocked” by the news. contact tracing of infected move speaker Mohamad Ariff ance with the graft-tainted opposition, including Anwar The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global States are sharing information “I can’t help but have personnel,” a U.S. military Md Yusof, who was ap- UMNO party that was de- Ibrahim, have vowed to oust coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in about the activity history of strong doubts about the U.S. spokesman said. pointed by the previous feated in a 2018 election.

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