MYROTSKE, Ukraine, April 30 (Reuters) – Near the village of Myrotske in central Ukraine, a dozen mine clearers moved painstakingly forward in rows, sweeping metal detectors before them in time with one another, like reapers scything wheat. They are working to make the woods and fields safe from mines and unexploded ordnance left behind after …
SHENZHEN, April 30 (Reuters) – An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in Shenzhen to pursue technology the Chinese government has identified as a national priority: embedding electronics into the human brain. Charles Lieber, 67, is among the …
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) – Beijing rolled out new trade rules this month that have alarmed U.S. businesses and which analysts say could seriously undercut American efforts to reduce supply chain dependence on China. But the Trump administration’s reaction has been uncharacteristically muted – U.S. officials have so far not spoken publicly about Beijing’s move. …
April 30 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a further one-sixth reduction in her sentence as part of an amnesty, a member of her legal team said on Thursday, the second such commutation in two weeks. The Nobel laureate, who has been held since being toppled by the …
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged April 24 and hasn’t entered a plea, the …
April 30 (Reuters) – The political editor for New Zealand public broadcaster TVNZ has been banned from covering the parliament for five days after breaching press gallery rules, Speaker Gerry Brownlee said on Thursday. • Maiki Sherman’s recent conduct when attempting to secure an interview “went beyond the prescription and spirit of the rules that …
As World Press Freedom Day on May 3 approaches, press freedom holds steady and strong across the globe – or at least the perception of it does: Nearly two-thirds, or 64%, of adults last year believed the press in their country has “a lot of freedom,” according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. Gallup examined …
These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and potentially lethal. Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin. But fiber-optic drones are not controlled remotely. They have a thin cable …
BEIRUT, April 30 (Reuters) – In a parking lot strewn with rubbish near Beirut’s Mediterranean coast, Hassan Yahya has taped a cardboard sign to a traffic signal pole beside the tarp tent that now serves as his home. “Kfar Kila welcomes you,” read the lines scrawled in thin pen. The flimsy board recalls a signpost …
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to announce Thursday that it is keeping interest rates on hold as policymakers assess the economic impact of the Iran war and Tehran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude passes in peacetime. Economists said the nine-member panel …