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3 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Pictures of Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom have accompanied countless front-page stories about the first-ever criminal trial of a serving or former US president. That coverage has not been limited to the US. The world’s media have carried the story – remarking on the man […]
Huang Jingwen/Xinhua/AP Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets with US CEOs and academics at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 27, 2024. Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter
Stanley Black & Decker, the world’s largest toolmaker, is closing up shop at two of its U.S. plants in a move expected to leave hundreds of employees without jobs as it transforms its manufacturing and distribution network. The closings of its facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and manufacturing plant in
Amid rising tensions with China in the hotly contested South China Sea, the Philippines is set to receive a new batch of S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters, which will be inducted into the Philippine Air Force. According to reports, American aerospace and arms company Lockheed Martin’s Polish affiliate, PZL Mielec, is preparing to deliver […]
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As John Kerry prepares to depart as
The U.S., China and India may take turns leading the global economy this century, according to an analysis from the Centre for Economics and Business Research. The CEBR forecast suggests China could potentially take the top spot as the world’s largest economy by gross domestic product as early as 2037. The forecast also sees potentially strong […]
There is an old wives’ tale that suggests cockroaches would be the only creatures to survive nuclear winter. That will not be the case, however, if the U.S. Army has anything to say about indestructible innovation. For nearly two decades now, the service has crafted the shelf stable sandwich in flavors such as barbecue chicken, […]
48 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: World’s first eye transplant is ‘a huge step forward’ Surgeons in New York say they have performed the world’s first complete eye transplant on a man, although it is not certain he will regain vision. Aaron James, […]
“Scientists recently fired up the world’s smallest particle accelerator for the first time,” reports Space.com. “The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size of a small coin, could open the door to a wide range of applications, including using the teensy particle accelerators inside human patients.” The new machine, known as a nanophotonic electron […]
More than half (57 percent) of the world’s poorest countries, home to 2.4 billion people, are having to cut public spending by a combined $229 billion over the next five years, reveals new analysis by Oxfam today ahead of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Marrakech. On current terms, low- […]