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China nominates 'the vulture' to lead UN drug agency
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
The move to nominate Andy Tsang Wai-hung, currently deputy director of China's National Narcotics Control Commission, comes as former Interpol chief Meng Hongwe...
'Union Jack' returns to bows of U.S. Navy ships
Jun 05, 2019 (UPI)
In a ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Tuesday, the Union Jack was hoisted on a Navy's ship's bow...
Xi Jinping in Russia to usher 'new era' of friendship
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
Due to arrive in the early afternoon, Xi will be received with full honours. He will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin before attending a ...
China's Xi in Russia to boost cooperation amid US tensions
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
Putin said the visit was a "key event" in relations between the two neighbours. "Our relationship will be better and better," said Xi, who was received with ful...
Ukraine's new leader asks Europe to pressure Russia to end war
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
The former comedian who crushed incumbent Petro Poroshenko in last month's election met European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker before holding talks with ...
Pentagon confirms push to hide USS John McCain from Trump
Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)
In Washington, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the request probably was made by somebody on the president's advance team but no one would be fired...
US warns China on behaviour towards its Asian neighbours
Jun 01, 2019 (AFP)
Washington and Beijing have been vying for influence in the region, which hosts potential flashpoints such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the ...
Boris Johnson would make 'excellent' British PM: Trump
Jun 01, 2019 (AFP)
Trump was speaking ahead of the start of a state visit to Britain on Monday, during which he will meet May. She is set to resign on June 7 over her failure to d...
Trump says 'would not have' ordered hiding of USS John McCain
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
US media reported that efforts were made to obscure the USS John S. McCain's name during Trump's visit to an American military facility in Japan on Tuesday, acc...
US-China anchors' face-off lets down fans
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
With the US-China trade talks on hold, thousands of Chinese viewers, media and even economists tuned in to watch CGTN host Liu Xin take on Fox Business Network ...
White House wanted USS McCain 'hidden' from Trump: reports
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The request came from an official who said he had been briefed on requirements for the visit by the White House Military Office and the Seventh Fleet, which is ...
Australia pilots hit by lasers during S. China Sea flights: report
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing has become more assertive in the area, stoking tensions with rival claimants in Southeast Asia as well as Canberra and Washington -- traditionally the d...
Ukraine's Zelensky to visit Brussels next week
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Zelensky, a 41-year-old former comedian, crushed incumbent Petro Poroshenko during last month's election, in a rebuke to the establishment fuelled by popular an...
Turkey frees US scientist but tensions remain
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Serkan Golge, a naturalized US citizen working for the US space agency in Houston, was arrested in July 2016 on a visit back to Turkey in the aftermath of a fai...
Xi broke promise on South China Sea: Top US general
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was not calling for military action, but stressed that there was a need to enf...
Anchorwomen: Chinese, US TV hosts primed for showdown
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
An anchor from China's English-language state broadcaster CGTN and a presenter from Fox Business -- part of President Donald Trump's favourite news network -- h...
Merkel's coalition in crisis talks after EU vote debacle
May 27, 2019 (AFP)
Voters handed her CDU party and its centre-left coalition partner the Social Democratic Party (SPD) their worst score in European election history, while doubli...
Two U.S. Navy ships pass through Taiwan Strait as tensions with China rise
May 24, 2019 (UPI)
This is the fifth time this year U.S. warships have sailed through 110-mile wide strait separating Taiwan from the Chinese mainland. The Arleigh Burke-class gui...
Modi plots course after landslide Indian election win
May 24, 2019 (AFP)
A considerable to-do list includes addressing India's lacklustre economic growth and reducing unemployment, as well as fixing a stricken agriculture sector on w...
Modi earns global praise for landslide win in Indian election
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
"Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!," Modi declared amid nationwide celebrations ...
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