Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech that Iran would reduce its “commitments” to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, but would not fully withdraw, ... Read More »
‘They’ll be paying’: Trump blasts China as US prepares to raise trade tariffs
US president tells rally China ‘broke the deal’ and publishes list of imported products that will face higher tariffs from Friday Donald Trump has warned that China has “broke the deal … so they’ll be paying” as the US and China moved to within 36 hours of a full-scale ... Read More »
Google refreshes Android Auto with new features and a darker look
Android Auto — the in-car platform that brings the look and functions of a smartphone to the vehicle’s central screen — is getting a new look and improved navigation and communication features that will roll out this summer. The improvements and new look were revealed Monday during Google I/O ... Read More »
U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton
The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. With tensions already high ... Read More »
US warns Beijing’s Arctic activity risks creating ‘new South China Sea’
Secretary of state chides China’s ‘aggressive behaviour’ Pompeo also accuses Russia of ‘provocative actions’ The US plans to beef up its Arctic presence to keep Russia’s and China’s “aggressive behaviour” in check in the resource-rich region, the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has warned “The region has become an ... Read More »
Humanity must save insects to save ourselves, leading scientist warns
Insects are ‘the glue in nature’, says Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, underpinning the food and water we rely on Humanity must save insects, if not for their sake, then for ourselves, a leading entomologist has warned. “Insects are the glue in nature and there is no doubt that both the [numbers] ... Read More »
Ceasefire Reportedly Reached in Gaza: Sources
A ceasefire between the Zionist entity and Palestinian resistance was reportedly reached early Monday, three officials with knowledge of the talks said, after the most serious flare-up since a 2014 war. Egypt brokered an agreement to cease hostilities from 4:30 am (0130 GMT) local time, an official from the Hamas ... Read More »
U.S. must cultivate Central America or lose out to China: Panama president-elect
Panama’s president-elect, Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo, said the United States should pay more attention to Central America or risk losing ground to China, which has won diplomatic support and increased its investment in the region in recent years. Cortizo, of the center-left Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), won Sunday’s unexpectedly close presidential ... Read More »
Ancient tomb discovered in Egypt dating back 4,500 years
Cemetery near pyramids houses burial shafts of top officials Archaeologists have uncovered part of a cemetery thousands of years old near Egypt’s famed pyramids on the Giza plateau near Cairo. The cemetery houses burial shafts and tombs of top officials. The most significant artefact uncovered was a limestone statue of ... Read More »
Killing off animals and plants now threatens humanity itself, UN experts to warn in urgent call for action
Up to a million species facing extinction in the world’s sixth mass die-off – as big a risk as climate change, say scientists The future of humanity is under threat from the widespread destruction of the Earth’s plants and animals by people, leading scientists will warn in a dramatic ... Read More »