Xinjiang Province, on China's Western frontier – origin of the Silk Road, the ancient gateway for trade to the Middle East – was off-limits during the pandemic. But it is open again, and these days it's being marketed by the state both for …
Open this photo in gallery: A Switchblade 600 loitering missile drone manufactured by AeroVironment is displayed at the Eurosatory arms show in Villepinte, north of Paris, on June 14, 2022.Michel Euler/The Associated Press
China announced sanctions Sun…
VOTERS IN BANGLADESH have begun casting ballots as polls opened in an election fraught with violence and marred by a boycott from the main opposition party.
The conditions appear to pave the way for prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League to …
The Maldives government on Sunday suspended three deputy ministers who made alleged derogatory remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, reported Atoll Times.
The ministers are Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Shareef and Mahzoom Majid, a…
Wall Street is clearly antsy for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates. Some think that could happen as soon as March.
But Fed officials aren’t as optimistic, penciling in only three rate cuts this year, which is about half what the marke…
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cargo insurance can boost cross-border operators’ business; Ryder System leases logistics center near Dallas–Fort Worth; Pa…
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DHAKA (AP) – Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Has…
For more than a century, the steelworkers of Port Talbot have poured molten metal: it has been the lifeblood flowing through the heart of their coastal south Wales town.
Rising between Swansea Bay and the heather-clad hills of west Glamorgan, the plant…
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Even as gun battles raged outside their chamber, punctuated by the occasional shot from snipers stationed across the road, Iran’s members of Parliament seemed defiantly cheerful. Some posted selfies , while others waved to television cameras as they wa…
Sources in the defence establishment told ThePrint that this was a major achievement for the Indian military that showcases capabilities to land for operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) at night and during the day.…
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BEIJING (AP) — China announced sanctions Sunday on five American defense-related companies in response to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and U.S sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals.
The sanctions will freeze any property the companies have in Chi…
Yes, the internet is getting worse and no, you are not imagining it. Whether it is 10,000 hyperbolic reviews praising a piece of plastic junk from China, a search engine result that turns up more ads than answers, or the rampant creation of fake news b…
Beijing | China announced sanctions on Sunday on five American defence-related companies in response to United States arms sales to Taiwan and US sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals.
The sanctions will freeze any property the companies …
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Lakshadweep, a social media post by a Maldives minister has ignited a controversy. PM Modi last week went snorkelling and shared his “exhilarating experience” of the islands in the Arabian Sea.&#…