TAIPEI. Taiwan has opted out of purchasing anti-submarine helicopters from the United States because they are too expensive, its defence minister said Thursday. The island was planning to buy up to 12 Seahawk choppers but the deal has been scrapped as Taipei prioritises lower cost, more mobile weaponry to counter any threat from China... .
Nato is back. With the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has single-handedly revived the fortunes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, returning it to the top of the foreign policy agenda. Scandinavian states that once prided themselves on independence from the organisation are now eager to join ... .
Russia appeared to become bogged down in a new military deadlock in eastern Ukraine during the 10th week of its war, as its forces made incremental advances but failed to score any significant breakthroughs ...The Institute for the Study of War is also unimpressed by the second phase ... Ten years later they were defeated and scattered ... ‘Change of policy’.
A huge Russian cargo vessel has docked at a northern Iranian port for a first time in 21 years as the two countries seek to increase their transit cooperation as part of efforts to counter the American sanctions ... The report said that the ship had unloaded 66 Ro Ro trucks at Noshahr for road transit through Iran to the United Arab Emirates ... ....
(CNN)Real Madrid battled back from the brink of elimination to overcome Manchester City and book its place in the Champions League final. For the third knockout tie in a row, Real looked down and out ... With City leading 4-3 from the first leg, Riyad Mahrez's second-half goal had seemingly booked his team passage through to the final in Paris ... .
Gene editing may be a potential treatment for anxiety and alcohol use disorder in adults who were exposed to binge drinking in their adolescence, according to the results of an animal study published in the journal Science Advances ... Bohnsack, et al. Science Advances 8.18 (2022) ... These processes make genes more or less accessible for activation ... Source.
KINSHASA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of the confirmed cases to three since the 14th Ebola outbreak was declared in the country in late April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday ... ■. EXPLORE XINHUANET. News ... WHO. .
Russia on Wednesday said its forces had practised simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, amid Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine... .
Ever since the "Partygate" scandal rocked Boris Johnson's premiership at the end of last year, the British Prime Minister has repeatedly dodged questions about his future by asserting that what the public wants is for politicians to get on with running the country, not obsess over events that took place nearly two years ago ... Brexit ... .
The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double its official death toll. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas...Report a typo. .
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will respond calmly to the Solomon Islands after it signed a security pact with China, Prime MinisterScott Morrison said, dismissing a furious response by the leader of the Pacific nation to Western criticism of the deal ... “None of that is true,” Morrison said on Thursday, responding to questions from reporters ... Sign Up.
Washington. US PresidentJoe Biden declared the raging wildfires lasting for weeks in the state of New Mexico “a major disaster”, unlocking millions of dollars in relief for affected individuals and local recovery efforts ... New Mexico GovernorMichelleLujan Grisham requested the presidential disaster declaration on Tuesday ... .