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China demands Canada release Huawei executive
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.
US-China trade war 'on hold' as talks progress
Associated Press, Published on 21/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States and China are pulling back from the brink of a trade war after the world's two biggest economies reported progress in talks aimed at bringing down America's massive trade deficit with Beijing.
Australia and East Timor settle bitter border differences
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2018
» CANBERRA: Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ever maritime border between the neighbours, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that carves up billions of dollars of oil and gas riches that lie beneath the Timor Sea.
Science Says: European art scene began with Neanderthals
Associated Press, Published on 23/02/2018
» NEW YORK: From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art.
Iran pressures UK, US for hostage ransoms
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2017
» DUBAI: Iranian state TV aired videos Sunday targeting two detained dual nationals serving time on espionage charges, likely trying to pressure the US and Britain as London considers making a $530 million payment to Tehran.
Selfies and surveillance: North Korea's new connectivity
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2017
» PYONGYANG: Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online.
Secret North Korean workers in China
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2017
» HUNCHUN, China: The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in stores and homes in the US and other countries.
Selena Gomez undergoes kidney transplant
Associated Press, Published on 14/09/2017
» Selena Gomez recently received a kidney transplant from television actress Francia Raisa due to her struggle with lupus, the singer revealed Thursday.
H-bomb or not, experts say N. Korea near its nuclear goal
Associated Press, Published on 07/09/2017
» TOKYO -- North Korea's latest nuclear test was part theatre, part propaganda and maybe even part fake. But experts say it was also a major display of something very real: Pyongyang's mastery of much of the know-how it needs to reach its goal of becoming a full-fledged nuclear state.
Uber CEO Kalanick ousted by investor pressure
Associated Press, Published on 22/06/2017
» DETROIT - Travis Kalanick, the combative and embattled CEO of ride-hailing giant Uber, has resigned under pressure from investors at a pivotal time for the company.