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US amps up military posture in Mideast, warns against 'escalation'
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States warned Iran or its allies against any escalation in the wake of Israel's war with Hamas, two top US officials said Sunday, hours after the Pentagon moved to step up military readiness in the region.
BRICS hails 'historic' admission of six new members
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» JOHANNESBURG: BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the "historic" admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order.
Macron urges 'tangible' NATO security guarantees for Kyiv
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on the West to offer Ukraine "tangible and credible" security guarantees as it battles Russia's invasion.
BP quarterly profit surges on high energy prices
AFP, Published on 01/11/2022
» LONDON - BP said Tuesday that underlying third-quarter profit more than doubled on high commodity prices after key energy producer Russia's invasion of Ukraine but logged a net loss on accounting charges.
Biden returns home to face the music after brutal elections
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden returned from Europe Wednesday to a firestorm over a humiliating electoral defeat for his Democratic Party -- already riven with fractures that threaten to tank his sweeping domestic reforms in Congress.
Science without gravity aboard the International Space Station
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» PARIS: In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and even gardening in microgravity.
Katherine Johnson, black NASA mathematician, dies at 101
AFP, Published on 25/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures," died on Monday aged 101, the space agency said.
US singles out Iran, readies response to Saudi oil attacks
AFP, Published on 17/09/2019
» WASHINGTON: The United States readied its response Monday to the "unprecedented" attack on Saudi oil facilities as President Donald Trump said Iran was likely to blame, fanning new fears of conflict in the Gulf region.
Pompeo says he's still in charge on N.Korea, works with Japan
AFP, Published on 19/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he remained in charge of negotiating with North Korea despite the regime's demands to exclude him, as he voiced guarded hope with Japan on securing a deal.
Scientists create embryos to save the rhino
AFP, Published on 05/07/2018
» PARIS: Months after the death of Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhinoceros, scientists said Wednesday they have grown embryos containing DNA of his kind, hoping to save the subspecies from extinction.