Advertisement ... "The accelerating pace of the PRC's nuclear expansion may enable the PRC to have up to 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027 ... Meanwhile, reacting sharply to the Pentagon's report, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that just like similar reports in the past, it "disregards facts and is filled with bias." ... .
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as the fighters advanced southwards ... Earlier on Wednesday OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii said his group intended to topple Abiy's government, calling his removal "a foregone conclusion" ... Image. Section ... Right .
The Lebanese judge leading investigations into last year's Beirut port blast was forced to stop work Thursday over a lawsuit filed by an ex-minister he had summoned for interrogation ... .
Police forces in England and Wales have recorded the highest number of rapes and the second highest number of sexual offences in a 12-month period, figures show ... They included 17,285 between April and June – the highest quarterly figure ... He added ... Most Read ... .
TAIPEI--The European Parliament’s first official delegation to Taiwan said on Thursday the diplomatically isolated island is not alone and called for bolder actions to strengthen EU-Taiwan ties as Taipei faces rising pressure from Beijing... “We came here with a very simple, very clear message. You are not alone ... .
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press... gasoline prices — so far to no avail ... That hasn't gone down well with Biden, who has made repeated calls to pump more oil. The U.S ... The caution from OPEC+ means higher prices worldwide and more revenue for producing countries ... U.S ... He said it was “just not rational” to “move to renewable energy overnight.”.
Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he would not use real guns again in his movies after his friend and fellow actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a film set in New Mexico last month ...Baldwin had been told by an assistant director that the gun was “cold”, an industry term meaning it is safe to use ... AP ... .
When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan they instructed girls and young women to stay home from school. With no resolution in sight, one member of the Afghan diaspora decided to act ...Angela was just eight when civil war broke out across Afghanistan, in 1992 ... And aged just 13, she realised she had a calling ... "All my dreams have been ruined ... .
The world's top business and political figures are gathered in Glasgow this week for COP26, which is aimed at forging an ambitious new climate agreement ... "If we want to protect the environment, we must make decisions, act, and not just talk," he said, hailing major oil producer Mexico's decision to invest $1.3 billion a year in reforestation ... ....
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PresidentVladimir Putin says Russia's navy is to begin taking delivery of the country's trademark Zircon hypersonic missiles, whose tests are nearing completion, in 2022 ... He said that in testing, the missile had successfully hit both ground and sea targets when fired from under water or from surface ships ... Kremlin ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk.
Mr Biden returned from a climate conference in Scotland early on Wednesday to news of the loss in a key Democratic stronghold that the president won by 10 points just a year ago ... But Mr Murphy, a wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive, just squeaked to victory by a fraction of a ...
Turkish authorities have opened a legal inquiry against 30 people accused of tweeting disinformation about the health of PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan. They posted "manipulative content" on Twitter using the hashtag #olmus (dead in Turkish), police said. The hashtag started trending amid mounting speculation about Mr Erdogan's health.