Young children living at a family home in Syracuse, north of Salt Lake City, found the dead man’s body on Friday May 28, local media reported. Detective Erin Behm, from the Syracuse Police Department, said detectives had determined that the deceased individual was one of two suspects being sought in relation to a theft at a Walmart in the city several days earlier, according to a KUTV report published on Friday....
Children are suffering from “increasing levels of worry, fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress” due to the nature and duration of lockdown, with a significant number suffering from PTSD after falling ill or being hospitalized with COVID-19, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families said. It is calling on schools to be prepared to help pupils on their return. Professor Jessica Deighton, of the Anna Freud Centre, told Newsweek: “There’s definitely a psychological impact across the world in terms of increased worry, stress, isolation, low mood, irritability as well as diminished coping with the pandemic and day-to-day life....
LONDON (Reuters) - After her French Open dreams ended on a sour note, Simona Halep is hoping she can savour a much sweeter ending at Wimbledon. The Romanian went into last month’s Roland Garros final against then 47th-ranked Jelena Ostapenko as the overwhelming favourite to win the French Open title. When she was a set and 3-0 up, it seemed as if she was minutes away from becoming the first Romanian to win a grand slam crown since her manager Virginia Ruzici in Paris in 1978....
Moscow first introduced “the concept of providing collective security in the Persian Gulf area” in July as tensions between Washington and Tehran neared an all-out crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin officially proposed Thursday that “a security and cooperation organization be created in the region almost from scratch.” He suggested that “Russia, China, the U.S., the EU, India and other interested countries could join as observers.” Asked about this idea, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang declined to “offer a principled response before checking for more information” at a press conference Tuesday, but said Beijing was open to such considerations....
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily press briefing in Beijing on Monday: “We hope that all sides in Myanmar will properly handle their differences under the constitutional and legal framework and maintain political and social stability.” The Chinese statement was far softer than those from other foreign nations, who condemned the military for seizing power early on Monday and arresting key figures including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint....
According to a recent poll by the Centre for the Future of Democracy of the University of Cambridge, U.K., 62 percent of people in developing countries are now favorable towards China, while 61 percent see the U.S. positively. There’s only a small distance between the two countries, and that one percentage point difference might not seem so significant. But the data reveals a world that has become more polarized since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February this year....
But for a tiny minority of Chinese, a chill wind of repression is blowing. After a perfunctory secret trial, Zhang Shanguang, 42, was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for ““illegally providing intelligence to hostile foreign organizations.’’ His offense: he told a reporter for the U.S.-sponsored Radio Free Asia about a tax protest by a small group of farmers in Hunan province. ““Everyone knows about the event,’’ complained his wife, ““so how can this be considered a national secret?...
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden will together stress the importance of stability in the Taiwan Strait following their summit in Washington next month, reports Nikkei Asia, but the rare joint statement “will definitely” harm relations between Tokyo and Beijing, China’s state-owned Global Times said in an op-ed on Tuesday. “If the passage on Taiwan is included in the joint statement after the summit between Suga and Biden, the hit will be grave,” the author wrote in the nationalistic tabloid, saying Tokyo’s decision to take a position on Taiwan “impairs China’s national interests....
The law was proposed during the preparatory meeting for the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC). Titled Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism of Hong Kong, the measure will be debated when the session begins on Friday, after a postponement because of coronavirus lockdowns. According to the South China Morning Post, the NPC is expected to vote on the law by the end of the annual sessions, which is expected to take place May 28....
Despite not being a member of the Group of Seven, China still sought to “participate” from behind the scenes. Before departing for Europe, President Joe Biden stated that how to deal with China would top the agenda. Prior to this, in response to concerns about forced labor in Xinjiang and the suppression of human rights in Hong Kong, several G7 and European Union countries imposed sanctions on certain Chinese companies and individuals, after which Beijing imposed counter-sanctions on the countries in question....
China’s rapid economic expansion has exposed many frailties in its education system, especially on the vocational side. The country can’t produce enough skilled workers. In part that’s because it invests far more in academic than vocational programs. Though it has 1,300 vocational colleges and 14,000 high schools, these date to the days of the planned economy, with staff who are out of touch. And funding has fallen significantly since the 1990s....
Xi opened his virtual address Thursday at the U.S.-organized Leaders Summit on Climate by thanking President Joe Biden for hosting the event, which involved some 40 heads of state, including Xi and Russia President Vladimir Putin, both of whose countries are currently undergoing a period of heightened tensions with Washington. In his remarks, however, Xi focused on paths toward cooperation. “It is good to have this opportunity to have an in-depth exchange of views with you on climate change,” Xi said in remarks directed toward Biden, “and to discuss ways to tackle this challenge and find a path forward for man and nature to live in harmony....
In an unprecedented Chinese Foreign Ministry press conference that lasted for over an hour, its senior spokesperson, Hua Chunying, told reporters that China’s leaders hadn’t made contact with Ukrainian officials in the hours after Russian forces were ordered across the border for a multi-front offensive. “Everybody is busy now,” Hua said. At the start of the event, she balked at the term “invasion” and said Beijing wouldn’t “rush into a conclusion” about the nature of the ongoing military offensive....
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday in a statement that the country “has decided to temporarily suspend entry of foreigners with currently valid visas and residence permits in China,” beginning midnight on Saturday. Foreigners with diplomatic, service, courtesy or C visas will not be affected by the policy–and those traveling to China for necessary economic, trade, scientific or technological activities, or out of emergency humanitarian needs may still apply for visas, according to the ministry....
In the latest episode to emerge from an ongoing standoff that erupted in May and turned deadly the following month, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and Indian Armed Forces charged one other Monday with trying to redraw the contested Line of Actual Control between India-administered Ladakh and China-administered Aksai Chin. The details of the incident remain difficult to discern, but heated rhetoric from the two nuclear-armed Asian powers suggest that attempts to resolve their violent border spat have failed so far....
The ministry said it would use the sanctions to “safeguard China’s legitimate interests.” according to the BBC. “The U.S. attempt to obstruct the implementation of the national security law for Hong Kong will never succeed,” the ministry’s statement said. “We urge the U.S. side to correct its mistakes, refrain from implementing the act and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs in any way. China will firmly respond if the U....
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called U.S.-China relations “the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century.” He discussed a need for Washington to step up on Chinese domestic affairs, including alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, as well as on suspected trade abuses. Addressing a press conference Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to Blinken’s comments, insisting that the Chinese position on these particular issues is “consistent and clear,” and instead emphasized a need for the two powers to focus on areas of cooperation....
New coach Chip Kelly and the organization are content with their lack of spending despite a cry of confusion from fans whose team finished 5-11 last season. Even with more than $50 million in salary cap space, they refuse to splurge on players who aren’t “the right fit for the organization.” IYER: Niners among FA losers | MORE: 10 worst trades in NFL history “I don’t know if it’s let big money deals go or not go,” Kelly told the San Francisco Chronicle this week....
The 43-year-old, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, missed a short par putt on the 18th green at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club to settle for a share of third place in the individual category which is offering $7 million in prize money. With countryman Bae Sang-moon struggling with a homeward 40 and a 74, Korea was placed tied fourth with a combined first round 141, four shots behind American duo Streelman and Matt Kuchar....
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