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US-China to discuss arms control and artificial intelligence
Published on 07/05/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and Chinese diplomats plan to meet later this month to begin what amounts to the first, tentative arms control talks over the use of artificial intelligence.
China's Taobao working with startup on deliveries by reusable rocket
Published on 31/03/2024
» SHENZHEN, China: Chinese rocket maker Space Epoch is working with Alibaba's online shopping platform Taobao to make reusable rockets for express deliveries that could arrive globally in an hour, Space Epoch announced on Sunday.
New space race could feature weapons
Published on 17/02/2024
» It seemed like the 2024 equivalent of a Sputnik moment: In a cryptic statement this week, An American lawmaker privy to US intelligence warned of a grave but unspecified security threat from Russia.
China's foreign minister to meet US national security adviser in Bangkok
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2024
» WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok on Friday and Saturday, building on a commitment by the two countries' leaders to deepen dialogue between the world's two largest economies.
Apec leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars, back WTO reform
Reuters, Published on 18/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Myanmar risks breaking apart amid attacks by rebel militias: junta
Published on 10/11/2023
» NAYPYITAW - Myanmar's ruling military junta has said the country could break apart if it fails to control the latest surge of attacks by ethnic minority militias and pro-democracy armed forces in the country's east, according to a state media report released Thursday after anti-junta forces seized several towns.
Biden-Xi summit could eclipse Apec
Published on 08/11/2023
» WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold summit talks in San Francisco next week as they seek to stabilise tense ties by meeting in-person for just the second time in nearly three years, but little bonhomie and no grand bargains appear in the offing.
Musk says blocked Ukraine attack on Russian warships
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US tech billionaire Elon Musk says he prevented Ukraine from wiping out Russia's Black Sea navy fleet last year by denying Starlink internet access -- a revelation that prompted a furious response from Kyiv on Friday.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.
Ecuador forces wrest back control of prison as riot death toll climbs
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Some 2,700 soldiers on Tuesday stormed a prison in Ecuador, retaking control of the facility as the death toll from a riot that started over the weekend rose to 31 inmates, authorities said.