BEIJING (Reuters) – China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan, a widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday. Beijing was infuriated when U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation last week that encourages […]

Israel has for the first time confirmed that it destroyed a suspected nuclear reactor being built in Syria in 2007. The military said fighter jets bombed the al-Kibar facility in Deir al-Zour province, 450km (280 miles) north-east of Damascus, as it neared completion. Syria’s government has repeatedly denied that it was building a reactor. Israeli […]

WHY IT RATES: The new flagship property occupies prime real estate in the heart of Madrid with views of the Plaza de Espana. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Senior Writer VP Hoteles announced the opening of their flagship property, VP Plaza Espana Design 5-Star. Located in central Madrid close to cultural attractions including the Royal Palace and the […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a fervently nationalistic closing speech to parliament, painting China as the rising global power. Mr Xi said “achieving total unity” was the “collective hope of all Chinese people” and any attempts to divide it were “doomed to fail”. The speech was a strong warning against any attempt at separatism […]

Vladimir Putin won a landslide election victory on Sunday — the fourth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea — extending his presidency by another six years as he easily breezed past a field of minor candidates left by the disqualification of his only credible rival. If Putin serves to the end of his new fourth […]

Oozing charm and confidence, 22-year-old Sithembiso Mutukura beat 12 other contestants in Zimbabwe’s first Miss Albinism beauty contest aimed at reducing stigma and increasing awareness about the condition. Friday’s “Beauty Beyond the Skin” pageant was held in a Harare nightclub, making Zimbabwe the second African country after Kenya to host such an event. Many African […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and […]

Apple’s lineup of MacBook laptops is likely to show better year-over-year (YoY) growth in shipments in 2018 – between 13-16 percent – which will be better growth than the company’s iPad and even iPhonelineups will see in the same period, a new report by Taiwan-based market research firm KGI Securitiessaid. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo – arguably the most trusted Apple analyst globally […]

Even though it may feel like it’s oh so far away, especially if you’re living in the northeast, spring will be here before you know it. And “officially” the first day of spring this year is March 20. Whether your particular place of residence’s weather decides to cooperate is iffy, it’s “scheduled” all the same. […]

Oil and gas executives, worried new steel tariffs will crimp their business and that Donald Trump will pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, delivered those concerns directly to the president. The executives from major oil companies, including ExxonMobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, met with Trump at 2:30 p.m. […]