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Exclusive-China spent $15.3 billion on Pacific exercises in 2023, internal Taiwan estimates show
TAIPEI - China spent about $15 billion, or 7% of its defence budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a...
Aug 27, 20245 min read
Biden, Modi discuss Ukraine war after PM's visit, situation in Bangladesh
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday discussed the Russia-Ukraine war following Modi's...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Trump threatens to pull out of Harris debate, hot mics an issue
WASHINGTON - The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on Monday over next month's U.S. presidential debate, with the vice...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Analysis-Astronauts' plight piles pressure on Boeing's struggling space unit
WASHINGTON - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in...
Aug 27, 20244 min read
Factbox-SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour...
Aug 27, 20243 min read
Factbox-What we know about the sinking of Mike Lynch's superyacht off Sicily
ROME - The sinking of a luxury yacht on Aug. 19 off the northern coast of Sicily left seven people dead, including British tech tycoon...
Aug 27, 20243 min read
Tennis-U.S. Open day one
NEW YORK - Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday (times GMT): 0411 SABALENKA STORMS PAST HON Former...
Aug 27, 20244 min read
Factbox-Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner?
Two veteran NASA astronauts with a combined 500 days of previous spaceflight were the first crew launched into space on Boeing's...
Aug 25, 20243 min read
SpaceX to return Boeing's Starliner astronauts from space next year, NASA says
WASHINGTON - Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need...
Aug 25, 20243 min read
Hezbollah launches missiles at Israel, prompting airstrikes on Lebanon
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck...
Aug 25, 20244 min read
Factbox-What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Germany stabbing?
DUBAI - Islamic State has described the 26-year-old Syrian man taken into custody after a stabbing rampage in the western German city of...
Aug 25, 20243 min read
Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead
SAO PAULO - Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening,...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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