China is drilling a hole in the desert more than 11,000m deep in order to study areas deep beneath the planet's surface.
The operation – reported in state media – started on Tuesday and is located in the Xinjiang region in northwest C…
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The wager was supposed to be a no-brainer. China was reopening after nearly three years of pandemic lockdowns, and investors expected that its economy, the world’s second-largest, would come roaring back to life.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver keynote address during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security for…
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Open this photo in gallery: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver keynote address during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security for…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a keynote speech at the region's top security summit to urge China to reopen high-level communication channels with the United States, saying both great powers need to establish "guardrails" to…
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“Doing our part to fulfil the shared responsibility all of us have to preserve peace and security.
“And making it crystal clear that when it comes to any unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force: be it in Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Ea…
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Anthony Albanese has told Asia’s premier security conference a conflict between China and the United States in the Taiwan Strait would have devastating global ramifications as he argued all Indo-Pacific nations must work to ensure peace in the region.&…
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SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) – Britain supports adding Ukraine to NATO and "that path is open" to them, although political realities may slow the process, Defence Minister Ben Wallace said on Friday on the sidelines of the Shangri-La D…
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Open this photo in gallery: JPMorgan chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon testifies at a Senate Banking Committee annual Wall Street oversight hearing, in Washington, on Sept. 22.Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of U.S.…
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and three deputy ministers were sent a July 2021 report outlining Chinese-state threats against Conservative MP Michael Chong, but it’s unclear if anyone read the top secret docume…
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SINGAPORE (AP) — As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this weekend from their regional counterpa…
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June 2 (Reuters) – Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), is visiting Taiwan on Friday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, after concluding his first trip to China since the beginning of the…
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Donald Trump allies have contended that he had declassified all records when he took them from the White House. Photograph: Sophie Park/The New York Times
Former US president Donald Trump has said he does not know anything about a tape of him discussin…
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For all [Amit Malviya’s] lies, doctored videos and fake news, he cannot stomach the real news (“Watch: BJP IT cell convenor Amit Malviya’s outburst on live TV as party faces defeat in Karnataka”).…
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The BRICS countries on Friday expressed strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, and terrorism financing networks and safe havens.
In a veiled reference to Pakistan, the fi…
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US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury.…
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3m ago 00.38 EDT US debt ceiling deal won’t limit Ukraine spending, says Chuck Schumer Joan E Greve The Senate narrowly passed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling on Thursday night, sending the legislation to Joe Biden’s desk and averting a federal defa…
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Global trade is rapidly slowing after a rapid post-pandemic recovery in 2021 and 2022.
Fitch Ratings said trade will expand 1.9% this year, down sharply from 2022's growth rate of 5.5%.…
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US senators raced Thursday to pass a bipartisan debt limit deal approved overwhelmingly by the House of Representatives, with the worst-case scenario of an economy-cratering default seemingly avoided.
The Treasury has warned it could run out of money t…
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Amid a federal investigation into Paper Excellence's business ties, a briefing note shows Nova Scotia's government knew the company was controlled by a Chinese-Indonesian conglomerate as recently as 2017. Former B.C.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver keynote address during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, i…