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US pushes for three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» GENEVA - The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, after the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow expired.
Overseas scholars drawn to China's scientific clout, funding
AFP, Published on 07/01/2026
» SHANGHAI - China's government has long made efforts to tempt top scientists from abroad, but researchers say its institutions themselves are increasingly attracting talent thanks to their generous funding and growing prestige.
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2025
» DUBAI — Iran executed a man on Saturday who it said was convicted of spying for Israel and having ties to Iranian opposition groups, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.
Arc de Trump? New monument model sits on US president's desk
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is no stranger to ambitious construction projects but could he be eyeing one of his biggest yet?
Metal-organic framework pioneers win chemistry Nobel
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Three scientists from Japan, the UK and the United States have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks, the Nobel jury said on Wednesday.
Zelensky: Security guarantees must precede talks with Putin
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agreed on security guarantees for Ukraine that would deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops.
Air Canada suspends plans to restart operations
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2025
» Air Canada said on Sunday it has suspended its plans to restart operations after the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) directed its flight attendant members to defy a direction from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to return to work.
Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» MADRID - A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain caused only “very localised damage”, the city’s mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public.
Fire extinguished, historic mosque-cathedral in southern Spain 'saved'
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» MADRID - A fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba on Friday but the monument was saved as firefighters quickly contained and then extinguished it, the Spanish city's mayor said.
Trump says he ordered submarines repositioned in rare nuclear threat to Russia
New York Times, Published on 02/08/2025
» United States President Donald Trump said on his social media feed Friday that he had “ordered two nuclear submarines” to be repositioned in response to online threats from Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, a rare case of potential nuclear escalation between the superpowers.