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China aims for upgrades: domestic aircraft engines, larger planes
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/04/2024
» China expects to make progress on an advanced aeroplane engine, a bigger commercial jet, and an amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft under a government plan to upgrade production equipment across industries through 2027 and improve the economy.
China's Xi meets ex-Taiwan leader in Beijing in landmark event
Reuters, Published on 10/04/2024
» BEIJING - Chinese leader Xi Jinping met former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing for a landmark sitdown spotlighting the Communist Party’s willingness to talk to the island’s opposition.
‘Alien fever’ fuels grave robbing in Peru
Published on 06/04/2024
» NAZCA, Peru - Leandro Rivera says he chanced upon the cave in Peru’s remote Nazca region that contained hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts — including human bodies with elongated heads and what appeared to be only three fingers on each hand.
Petrol bomb attacks on Malaysian mart raise heat on Anwar
Published on 05/04/2024
» Attacks on a Malaysian convenience store chain over an insult to Islam have the potential to rock Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s fragile coalition in the Muslim-majority nation.
Ex-Taiwan leader Ma kicks off China visit, may meet Xi amid tensions
Published on 01/04/2024
» Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou of the opposition Nationalist Party kicked off Monday an 11-day visit to mainland China, where he may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Philippines' Marcos boosts maritime security as China tension rises
Published on 31/03/2024
» MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered his government to strengthen its coordination on maritime security to confront "a range of serious challenges" to territorial integrity and peace, as a dispute with China escalates.
Dogs can associate words with objects: study
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2024
» BUDAPEST - Dogs can understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar to humans, a small study of canine brain waves has found, offering insight into the way the minds of man's best friends work.
Princess of Wales reveals cancer diagnosis
Published on 23/03/2024
» LONDON - Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said on Friday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken after she had major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present.
Man receives pig kidney in medical milestone
Published on 21/03/2024
» Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of people whose kidneys have failed.
Heiress to let 50 strangers decide fate of her fortune
Published on 15/03/2024
» Marlene Engelhorn hadn’t given much thought to the wealth that surrounded her as she grew up. She always considered the fortune, inherited from Friedrich Engelhorn, the 19th-century founder of the German chemical giant BASF, to be her family’s money rather than hers.