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...
Real Madrid unseat Man United as most valuable soccer team -Forbes
Real Madrid unseated Manchester United as the world’s most valuable soccer club, according to the annual list https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/05/29/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2019/#2bbc13be40d6 published by business magazine Forbes on Wednesday....
China willing to meet reasonable rare earth demand from other countries
China is willing to meet reasonable demand for rare earths from other countries, but it would be unacceptable that countries using Chinese rare earths to...
Eight killed in Hungarian boat capsize, minimal hope for 19 South Korean survivors
Prospects were minimal on Thursday for finding 20 people missing from a group of South Korean visitors aboard a pleasure boat that capsized on the...
