Trump says Canceling China’s US debt Is ‘Rough Game’
President Donald Trump said defaulting on debt is a “rough game,” amid calls from some Republicans that the United States should refuse to pay its debt obligations to China as a retaliatory measure for its mishandling of the CCP virus outbreak.
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Police in Hong Kong arrest 14 activists
Police in Hong Kong arrest 14 activists
The arrests took place just hours after China’s top representative office in the semi-autonomous city declared it is not bound by Hong Kong’s constitutional restrictions that bar Chinese government from interfering in local affairs. But the liaison office statement, published late on Friday, asserts that “a high degree of autonomy is not complete autonomy.” It stresses that Hong Kong’s right to self-rule is “authorised by the central government.”
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Lives are at risk on Zaandam cruise ship
Lives are at risk on Zaandam cruise ship
Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line Corporation, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land. As of March 30, 76 guests and 117 crew on Zaandam have an influenza-like illness, including eight people who have tested positive for COVID-19,” it continued.
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Panama to allow cruise liner Zaandam through the canal
Panama to allow cruise liner Zaandam through the canal
On Saturday evening the Panamanian government for “humanitarian reasons” reversed a decision to stop it passing through the canal, allowing it to proceed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Panama’s health ministry said it would make a humanitarian exemption to new rules about the global pandemic and allow the cruise ship to pass.
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North Korea fires two missiles as Seoul condemns
North Korea fires two missiles as Seoul condemns
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic. North Korean troops are conducting ongoing military drills, usually personally overseen by the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Un.
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