Huawei exec set to fight Canada court battle against US extradition
19:46 | 17/01/2020
A Canadian court on Monday (Jan 20) will consider a US request to hand over Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou, whose arrest 13 months ago on fraud charges plunged Canada-China relations into a deep freeze.
Fiji opens evacuation centres as Cyclone Tino hits
08:45 | 17/01/2020
Fiji opened evacuation centres and warned of "destructive force winds" as Tropical Cyclone Tino took aim at the Pacific island ...
Solar-powered barge a key 'interceptor' for plastic waste
16:00 | 16/01/2020
Scooping waste from a Malaysian river to stop it reaching the sea, a solar-powered barge named the "Interceptor" is the ...
US senators congratulate Vietnam on assuming ASEAN Chairmanship
11:47 | 16/01/2020
Some US senators on January 15 congratulated Vietnam on assuming the Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...
UN warns more extreme weather ahead after hottest decade on record
09:40 | 16/01/2020
The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said on Wednesday (Jan 15), warning that the higher ...
What's in the new US-China 'phase one' trade deal?
09:06 | 16/01/2020
President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 15) signed a partial new trade deal with China, hailing it as an historic ...
US, China sign 'momentous' trade deal
08:43 | 16/01/2020
After nearly two years of conflict between the world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China signed a ...
Putin picks little-known tax chief for prime minister
08:00 | 16/01/2020
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (Jan 15) proposed the little-known head of Russia's tax service Mikhail Mishustin for the post ...
US, China set to sign vital trade truce
17:02 | 15/01/2020
The world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce Wednesday (Jan ...
EU lays out trillion-euro 'Green Deal'
09:46 | 15/01/2020
Going green can be a costly business, as the EU's executive body made clear on Tuesday (Jan 14) when it ...
Three Romanians face French trial over US$1m diamond swindle
09:39 | 15/01/2020
Three Romanians have been ordered to stand trial in France on charges they made off with one million euros worth ...
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