Saudi women smoke in public to ‘complete’ freedom
Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully, and seeing no one she recognises, drags on her electronic cigarette and exhales a cloud of smoke...
World must 'wake up to the challenges presented by China,' says Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called on the international community to "wake up to the challenges presented by China," telling an audience of world leaders ..
Chinese students spend billions overseas. Coronavirus travel bans will leave some countries seriously out of pocket
If it weren't for the novel coronavirus outbreak, Xu Mingxi would have been in class at a prestigious New York university this week.
Keeping war, environmental degradation and profit out of space
The space force is turning the heavens into a war zone. This sixth branch of the US armed forces is put in place in violation of a 1967 treaty signed by virtually all nations on earth. ..
US, Europe clash over Washington’s global retreat
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Saturday traded barbs with European leaders over diminishing Western influence, rejecting as ‘grossly over-exaggerated’ ..
242 die in a single day as coronavirus claims 1355 in China
The number of deaths and new cases from China’s COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak jumped dramatically on Thursday.
China virus death toll tops 1,100 as new cases fall
The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day, ..
For the first time in 9 years, two nation states are going toe-to-toe in Syria
Syria's curse, as its conflict rumbles slowly towards its first decade, has always been how new forces enter the war just when it seems that exhaustion might slow everyone down.
Trump's impeachment lesson: Democrats are 'crooked'
If some Republican senators emerged from President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal optimistic he'd learned important lessons of presidential behavior..
One killed in firing at AAP MLA’s convoy in Delhi
A 45-year-old Aam Aadmi Party volunteer was shot dead and another injured after unidentified miscreants allegedly fired at an open car of the party’s Mehrauli MLA Naresh Yadav..
