JANUARY 5, 2018
Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army take part in a combat training in the Gobi desert in Jiuquan - Reuters/CHINA STRINGER NETWORK
SHANGHAI - China's armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle, President Xi Jinping told a meeting of top brass on Friday.
China is keen to beef...
JANUARY 5, 2018
Brief Scorecard: Australia 6 for 236 (Harris 79, Kuldeep 3-71, Jadeja 2-62) trail India 7 for 622 dec (Pujara 193, Pant 159*, Jadeja 81, Agarwal 77, Lyon 4-178) by 386 runs
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A Test-series win for India in Australia has never looked so close, nor been better deserved. Indeed, through large parts of this tour, they...
JANUARY 3, 2018
Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, surrounded by children and grandchildren of lawmakers, raises her hand at the closing of the opening of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. - Veteran Democratic lawmaker Nancy Pelosi was elected speaker of the House Thursday for the second time in her political career,...
JANUARY 3, 2018
BEIJING — China's burgeoning space program achieved a first on Thursday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon that brings the country closer to its goal of becoming a space power.
Three nations — the United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China — have sent spacecraft to the near side of the...
JANUARY 3, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 4 for 303 (Pujara 130*, Vihari 39*, Agarwal 77) v Australia
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - He just bats and bats and bats. Cheteshwar Pujara came to the crease in the first over and refused to budge until the end of the day. He has faced 1135 balls in this series. As a consequence of...
JANUARY 3, 2018
NEW DELHI - India rejected US President Donald Trump's comments mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying Thursday that New Delhi has provided $3 billion in development assistance to the war-torn country.
The US president on Wednesday took a swipe at what he claimed were Modi's frequent comments on building the library: "You...
JANUARY 2, 2018
Traders braced for another dose of the turbulence that ruled equities all December after reduced guidance at Apple Inc. sent exchange-traded funds tracking major indexes falling.
News that the iPhone maker cut its first-quarter revenue forecast had something for everyone who has panicked over U.S. stocks in the last few months. Concern about the pace of growth in...
JANUARY 2, 2018
House Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk to speak with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump on border security at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A meeting between U.S. congressional leaders and President Donald Trump on...
JANUARY 2, 2018
FILE: James Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, exits after a news conference following the inaugural U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue meeting with Rex Tillerson, U.S. secretary of State, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation on Thursday, citing differences over policy with...
JANUARY 2, 2018
On Monday, Cathay Pacific published a — what many thought to be — too-good-to-be-true mistake fare. For less than $1,000, Cathay was showing round-trip business-class and first-class fares between Asia and the US. If you were one of the lucky buyers, Cathay Pacific is starting your 2019 off with good news. The airline announced on its Twitter...
