Near-Earth object alert! 84-foot asteroid heads towards Earth. Will it collide or pass safely? Details hereAstronomers are tracking asteroid 2024 XS3, an 84-foot space rock, passing Earth at a distance of 2,080,000 miles today. Scientists confirm...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.23 PM IST
US, Chinese defence chiefs meet in SingaporeUS and Chinese defence chiefs held talks in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Lloyd Austin and Dong Jun met to discuss military dialogu...
31 May, 2024, 10.52 AM IST
Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this weekChinese military officials engaged in meetings with their U.S. and Russian counterparts during a naval symposium in Qingdao, China. These d...
25 Apr, 2024, 05.08 PM IST
Why haven't China and the US agreed to restore military contacts?Li earlier this month declined an invitation to speak with Austin, his U.S. counterpart, on the sidelines of a defense forum in Singapore. ...
21 Jun, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Pentagon chief raises concern about Beijing's 'dangerous' behavior with Chinese counterpartThe roughly 90-minute meeting in Cambodia, described as "productive and professional" by a U.S. official, was the pair's first since a visi...
22 Nov, 2022, 11.52 AM IST
Geopolitical fallouts of recent Taiwan crisisChina is in no position to take Taiwan by force. And in case of an unsuccessful show of force, domestic political risks associated with the...
01 Oct, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
China plans sanctions on CEOs of Boeing Defense, Raytheon over Taiwan salesThe sanctions on Boeing Defense, Space, and Security CEO Ted Colbert and Raytheon Technologies Corp boss Gregory Hayes are in response to t...
16 Sep, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Ships resume Taiwan routes even as China continues to drillShipping in the Taiwan Strait, a key route for supply chains and commodities, has faced uncertainty and delays since Beijing began its most...
09 Aug, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
What made Nancy Pelosi go to Taiwan, and why is China so upset about itThe reason her visit ratcheted up tension between China and the United States: China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and it views v...
03 Aug, 2022, 05.17 AM IST
US Navy deploys four warships east of Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi heads to TaipeiThe U.S. Navy official said the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli was also in the area as part of a deployment to the region that started...
02 Aug, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
Pelosi to visit Taiwan, local media say, despite China warningsA visit by Pelosi, who is second in the line of succession to the U.S. presidency and a long-time critic of China, would come amid worsenin...
01 Aug, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
US military making plans in case Pelosi travels to TaiwanAny foreign travel by a senior US leader requires additional security. But officials said this week that a visit to Taiwan by Pelosi - she ...
27 Jul, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
Joe Biden’s victory makes major stimulus unlikely before JanuaryWhile President Donald Trump last month pledged a large post-election stimulus act, it was based on his assumption that he’d win re-electio...
09 Nov, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Biden has less to gain, more to lose by participating in the presidential debates than TrumpPelosi was concerned that, by participating in the debates, Biden would just be legitimizing Trump's "skulduggery" and his blatant disregar...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
US grapples with pandemic as its origins are traced in ChinaThe two World Health Organization experts went in China for a mission to trace the origin of the pandemic. The virus was first detected in ...
13 Jul, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
Spill may cost BP its licence, wellsBP may lose control of its US oil and natural gas wells.
15 Jun, 2010, 12.12 AM IST
- Either cheaper or cleaner fuel; US can't have both
It’s one of those delicious moments when Washington’s hypocrisy is on full and unembarrassed display. On the one hand, some of America’s le...
01 Jun, 2007, 02.09 AM IST