At least one dead and 32,000 are left without power as Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall, with millions in Alabama and Mississippi facing 70mph winds and up to eight inches of rain One child reportedly died after a tree fell on a mobile home in Florida – the first death […]
Russia hopes to finalize two major defense deals with India by year’s end, with first deliveries of the S-400 air defense system potentially taking place in 2020, a Russian defense official has said. India defied US demands to drop the S-400 deal in favor of US weaponry, selecting the defense system to […]
China ‘s military “is likely training for strikes” against US and allied targets in the Pacific, a Pentagon report warns. The annual report to Congress says China is increasing its ability to send bomber planes further afield. The report highlights its increasing military capability, including defence spending estimated at $190bn (£150bn) […]
A government minister involved in Seoul’s regulatory crackdown on digital currencies was found dead at his home on Sunday, reportedly from a heart attack. Jung Ki-joon, 52, was head of economic policy at the Office for Government Policy Coordination. The official coordinated measures for developing new legislation to curb cryptocurrency […]
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has said he has a nuclear launch button on his desk at all times so the US “will never be able to start a war”. In a televised new year speech, he said the entire US was within range of North Korean nuclear weapons, adding: […]
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran’s influence in the war-torn country. The army and the Shi’ite forces helped by Druze militias […]
At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo, local officials say. The blast is said to have occurred at a factory at about 09:00 (01:00 GMT) in the city’s Jiangbei District, causing some nearby buildings to […]
A senior Hong Kong delegation will head to Beijing for talks following explosive revelations by a bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland, the city’s leader said Monday. Lam Wing-kee, 61, has said he was seized after crossing the border into the southern Chinese city […]
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi received on April 25, 2016 the authorisation from the Municipal Council to sue Alpes-Maritimes Prefect Adolphe Colrat, in an arm wrestling with the French State to avoid the opening of the mosque financed by Saudi Arabia (AFP Photo/Valery Hache) Nice (France) (AFP) – A Saudi-funded mosque […]
Last year the Asia-Pacific region overtook North America for the first time as home of the largest number of super-rich, according to the World Wealth Report from consulting group Capgemini. There are 5.1 million people in the Asia-Pacific region worth more than a million dollars, and they now control more […]
