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Illustration shows planned civilian drone. [Photo provided to China Daily] Chinese engineers soon will have a world-record-holding product to offer to express delivery companies: the largest civilian drone. Engineers at Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology, a part of Beihang University in Beijing, are designing a drone that will be able to fly 1,500 kilometers carrying […]

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he wanted Trump to hear of the bloc’s ‘concern and disappointment’ [Ben Nelms/Reuters] The US was singled out by some of its closest allies over the imposition of tariffs that they warn will undermine open trade and weaken confidence in the global economy. The dispute over US President Donald […]

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi asks attendees to sit as he swears oath in front of House in a special session to commence second term as President till 2022 (Photo Courtesy of Egyptian P  residency)Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he would be “president for all Egyptians; those who accept me and those who oppose me,” […]

Reuters File Photo Cancer treatments that attack tumors based on their individual genetic traits — not their location in the body — far outperform traditional methods, extending survival for twice as many patients, a study said Saturday. The precision medicine field of targeted therapy involves testing tumors for clues about their genetic mutations, and matching […]

FILE PHOTO: PLA soldiers © Anthony Wallace / AFP A Chinese general has defended South China Sea deployments and policy, slamming “irresponsible” comments and interference in internal affairs by US Defense Secretary James Mattis, who accused Beijing of intimidating its neighbors. “Any irresponsible comments from other countries cannot be accepted,” Lieutenant General He Lei said […]

South Korea’s Defence Minister Song Young-moo, left, U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis, center, and Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera attend a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, Sunday. / Reuters It will be a ”bumpy road” to the nuclear negotiations with North Korea later this month, Defense Secretary […]

Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez was sworn in at Madrid’s Zarzuela Palace on Saturday morning. Photo: Fernando Alvarado / POOL / AFP Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez was sworn in at Madrid’s Zarzuela Palace on Saturday morning. Photo: Fernando Alvarado / POOL / AFP Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez will be sworn in as prime minister on […]

All of those who arrived on Friday evening were showing signs of dehydration. Photo: Giovanni Isolino / AFP More than 150 migrants disembarked from a rescue ship Friday evening in Sicily, the NGO SOS Mediterranee said, days before hardline anti-immigrant League leader Matteo Salvini visits the island as Italy’s new interior minister. The Aquarius, a […]

A Catalan pro-independence Estelada flag held by a passerby flutters next to a Catalan Senyera flag outside the Generalitat Palace in Barcelona. Photo: AFP Catalonia’s new separatist government will be sworn in Saturday, the regional presidency announced, which will spark the automatic end of Madrid’s direct rule over the region. Before being toppled by a […]

© Paul Gypteau / AFP Saudi Arabia has reportedly threatened “military action” against Qatar should its neighbor acquire Russian S-400 missile defense systems, according to Le Monde, citing a letter from King Salman to the French presidency. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt, among other Gulf states, cut off diplomatic relations […]