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US, Australia seek new military cooperation in face of China
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States and Australia said Tuesday they will expand military cooperation as tensions soar with China, presenting a common front between the allies.
Zuckerberg to urge US to update 'rules for the internet'
AFP, Published on 29/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will tell a major antitrust hearing Wednesday that the internet giant would not have succeeded without US laws fostering competition, but that the rules of the internet now need updating.
Unravelling Iran's nuclear 'threshold' game
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/07/2020
» 'A glance at the history of nuclear weapons manufacture shows that all 11 countries that wished to build bombs did so within three to 10 years," wrote Yossi Melman, intelligence and strategic affairs correspondent for Israel's Haaretz newspaper, on Sunday. So why, he asked, has Iran failed to do so after more than 30 years of trying?
Trump ditches 'new tone' for old, false coronavirus theories
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - Only days after proclaiming a sober new tone on the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump reverted to spreading misleading medical information, criticizing his top expert and promoting conspiracy theories.
Iran batters dummy US aircraft carrier in Gulf exercises
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran's Revolutionary Guards blasted a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier with missiles on Tuesday during military exercises in sensitive Gulf waters, state television reported.
US civil rights icon John Lewis lying in state at Capitol
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The body of Congressman John Lewis was lying in state at the US Capitol on Monday as Americans paid their final tributes to the civil rights icon.
Guns and glory: two Koreas mark armistice
AFP, Published on 27/07/2020
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown surrounded by pistol-toting generals while in the South masked veterans were socially distanced as the two sides on Monday separately marked the armistice that ended Korean War hostilities.
Trump postpones throwing first pitch at Yankees game
AFP, Published on 27/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump threw a curveball Sunday when he announced he would no longer throw out the opening pitch at a New York Yankees game next month.
U.S. Relaxes Rules on Sales of Armed Drones
Business, Published on 27/07/2020
» The Trump administration has relaxed export restrictions on specific types of unmanned aerial systems, commonly known as drones, enabling U.S. defense contractors to sell more of their wares abroad.
100 days ahead of vote, faltering Trump banks on 'silent majority'
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump mounted a strident defense Sunday of his wavering reelection bid with 100 days to go in a campaign that has seen him underwater in the polls -- and banking on the "silent majority" he says will bring him victory.