Taliban says progress made at Afghan talks in Moscow but no breakthrough
A Taliban official said on Thursday that decent progress had been made at talks with a group of senior Afghan politicians in Moscow but that...
Flying vehicle touted as Southern California traffic tonic
Developers unveiled a hover craft billed as the first flying vehicle to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells on Wednesday in Southern California, in a...
Kill off specter of no-deal Brexit, UK’s Hammond warns next PM
Britain’s finance minister on Thursday warned those in his party vying for Prime Minister Theresa May’s job that a no-deal Brexit would imperil the economy...
Center ground of UK politics is under threat, finance minister warns
The center ground of British politics “is under threat”, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Thursday in a speech at the launch of a review...
The Pentagon’s worried about China’s rare earths
Rare earth elements are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors, as well as military jet engines, satellites...
Fifty bright sparks vie for national spelling bee crown
Fifty young spellers, winnowed down from hundreds of contestants, will battle it out on the last day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday...
How U.S. sanctions over a Russian weapon could rattle Turkey
Turkey is on the cusp of facing U.S. sanctions over its decision to buy a Russian S-400 missile defense system, leaving its already soft currency...
New PNG leader ‘taking back’ economy, puts resources firms on notice
Papua New Guinea’s new prime minister pledged on Thursday to “tweak and turn” laws governing how natural resources are extracted to help lift the vast...
Cambodia PM dismisses fears of Chinese debt trap
Prime Minister Hun Sen dismissed on Thursday fears that Cambodia was falling into a Chinese “debt trap”, saying its loans are low interest, low risk...
Trade gloom, rising oil, Boeing 737 MAX woes to cloud aviation summit
Global airlines are meeting under a storm pattern of trade tensions, rising oil prices and a two-month-old grounding of the Boeing Co 737 MAX jetliner...
