BEIJING (AP) – China is displaying its latest generation fighter jets and civilian aircraft this week as it looks to carve a larger role for itself in the global arms trade and compete with Boeing and Airbus. China is currently the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter and an expanding domestic industry has allowed itself to cut […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino was left off the list yesterday as Brazil coach Tite named his World Cup squad, seeking a sixth title with a team led by Neymar and 39-year-old veteran Dani Alves. Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) veteran Alves, who signed with Mexican side Pumas in July, made the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former United States (US) president Donald Trump said on Monday he will be making a “big announcement” next week as he teased a third presidential run while campaigning on the eve of the final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections. “I’m going to be making a very big announcement on […]
Jennifer Gerson & Jasmine Mithani THE WASHINGTON POST – At 4am each day, Pamela Hines wakes up to pack lunches for her two older sons, who are nine and seven, and makes sure their homework is in their backpacks. She gets breakfast for them and her youngest son, two, as well as her husband. Kids […]
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – A jailed outspoken American-Cambodian activist has begun a one-week hunger strike to protest conditions in prison ahead of United States (US) President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom. Lawyer and campaigner Theary Seng, a long-time critic of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, was imprisoned for six years for treason in June […]