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Thu, August 22, 2019 | 11:33

New US military budget focused on China despite border talk

Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national security threats that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has summarized in three words: “China, China, China.”

2019-03-16 14:58

New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture

The suspected gunman in the New Zealand shooting attack on two mosques carefully modeled his attack for the internet age. He live-streamed the massacre, shouted out a popular meme slogan and earlier published a long, rambling manifesto replete with inside jokes for those steeped in underground internet culture. All that makes Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the man charged with mur...

2019-03-16 09:52

49 killed at mosques in `one of New Zealand's darkest days'

49 killed at mosques in `one of New Zealand's darkest days'

At least 49 people were killed at two mosques during midday prayers Friday - all of them gunned down by an immigrant-hating white supremacist who apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to stream the slaughter live on Facebook. One man was arrested and charged with murder, while two other suspects were taken into custody as police tried to determine what role, if any, they pl...

2019-03-16 09:45

New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture

Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged

At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called ``one of New Zealand's darkest days.'' One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Police also defused explosive devices in a car.

2019-03-15 13:45

Japanese woman honored by Guinness as oldest person at 116

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan's southwest. Her family and the mayor were present to celebrate.

2019-03-10 09:58

Huawei confirms lawsuit against US gov't amid tensions

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies on Thursday said it issued the U.S. government over a section of a defense bill passed into law last year that restricted its business in the United States.

2019-03-07 11:17

Protester burns Chinese flag outside Huawei CFO's court hearing

Pakistan set to release Indian pilot as 'peace gesture'

Pakistan prepared to hand over a captured Indian pilot Friday while blistering cross-border attacks across the disputed Himalayan Kashmir region continued for a fourth straight day, even as the two nuclear-armed neighbors seek to defuse the most serious confrontation in two decades.

2019-03-01 15:39

Pakistan, India say shot down each other's warplanes

Pakistan and India said Wednesday they had shot down each other's warplanes, in a dramatically escalating confrontation that has fueled concerns of an all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.

2019-02-28 10:07

Tensions escalate as Indian airstrike hits inside Pakistan

Tensions escalated sharply on the Asian subcontinent Tuesday with nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India trading accusations and warnings after a pre-dawn airstrike by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp

2019-02-27 13:45

Okinawa 'no' vote won't delay US base move: Japan PM

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the controversial relocation of a US military base in Okinawa will not be delayed despite a referendum that saw voters reject the move. "It has been 20 years since Japan and the US agreed" to relocate the Futenma base, Abe said. "We cannot delay this any further."

2019-02-25 16:24

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