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-Taiwans military mobilised its forces after China started two days of punishment drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to separatist acts, and after new...

New Zealand’s conservative government will cut military spending by 6.6%, according to the defence minister's office, even as the armed forces struggle with ageing equipment, a shortage of manpower and ambitions for a greater regional role. According to previously unreported data, provided to Reuters by the defence minister, proposed defence spending will fall to NZ$4.95 billion ($3.03 billion) for the year that ends in June 2025. This year's defence budget was NZ$5.3 billion.

(Reuters) -NASA again delayed Boeings debut crewed flight of its Starliner capsule on Tuesday so engineers can spend more time evaluating a helium leak in the spacecrafts propulsion system, the

Russian drones struck energy sites early on Wednesday and knocked out power to some parts of Ukraines northern Sumy region, officials said. The Sumy regional authority, in a post on... -May 22, 2024 at 01:46 am EDT - MarketScreener

KATHMANDU -A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while...

-Russian drones struck energy sites in Ukraine early on Wednesday and knocked out power to over 500,000 consumers in the northern Sumy region, officials said. The Sumy... -May 22, 2024 at 05:13 am EDT - MarketScreener

A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore encountered severe turbulence, leading to an emergency landing in Bangkok. One passenger died, 20 remain in intensive care, and many suffered injuries. Investigations are underway, with both Singapore and U.S. authorities involved in the probe.

Japans majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone. At least on one side of a busy road, views of the 3,776-metre symbol of... -May 21, 2024 at 02:27 am EDT - MarketScreener

Russia said that a U.S. subcritical experiment aimed at giving data on the behaviour of the materials used in nuclear warheads did not violate the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. ... -May 21, 2024 at 02:52 am EDT - MarketScreener

International Business Machines on Tuesday said that it will release a family of artificial intelligence models as open-source software, and that it will help Saudi Arabia train an AI system in...