Photo: Members of U.S. and China delegation led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, stand for a group photo session after their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Beijing, May 7 : China confirmed Tuesday its economy czar will go to Washington for trade talks despite fears ...

Photo: Reuters journalists Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw She Oo wave as they walk out from Insein Prison after being released in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Yangon, May 7 : Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces’ abuses of Rohingya Muslims were pardoned and released Tuesday. The convictions ...

Photo: A man cries as he carries the body of a four-month-old Palestinian girl Maria Al-Ghazali, who was killed along with her parents in a late Sunday night Israeli missile strike on their family home, during her funeral in town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, May. 6, 2019. Dubai, May 7 : Qatar says it will send $480 ...

Residents, community leaders, voluntary and anti-racist organisations came together at Altab Ali Park on Saturday 4 May to commemorate the death of Altab Ali in 1978. Tower Hamlets council hosted the ceremonial event, which included wreath laying and speeches by community leaders. Altab Ali, a 25-year old leather garments worker had recently arrived in the UK from Bangladesh prior to ...

UK PM Theresa May (File photo, collected) London, May 5 : Theresa May has called for Jeremy Corbyn to “put their differences aside” and agree a Brexit deal. The UK was supposed to leave the EU on 29 March – but the deadline was delayed until 31 October, after MPs rejected Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement three times. Mrs May is ...

A donor kidney has been delivered to surgeons at a US hospital via drone, in the first flight of its kind. Many see huge potential for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) delivering medical products, with some drones already doing so in Africa. The US flight required a specially-designed drone which was able to maintain and monitor the organ.It is hoped that ...

Photo: Owners of stores at the building inspect the damage of their destroyed multi-story building in Gaza City, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 200 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a monthlong lull between the bitter enemies. Three Palestinians, ...

Photo: This Saturday, May 4, 2019, photo provided on Sunday, May 5, 2019, by the North Korean government shows a test of weapon systems, in North Korea. South Korea, May 5 : North Korean state media on Sunday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new short-range ballistic ...

Photo: An opponent to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a sign reading in Spanish “Next exit, Miraflores”, in reference to the Miraflores presidential palace, during a march in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Venezuela, May 5 : Seven Venezuelan military officers have been killed when their helicopter crashed while heading to a state where President Nicolas Maduro appeared alongside ...

Photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Welsh Conservative party conference at Llangollen Pavilion, Llangollen, Wales, Friday May 3, 2019. London, May 4 : Britain’s dominant political parties took a hammering in local elections as Brexit-weary voters expressed frustration over the country’s stalled departure from the European Union, according to updated results Friday. Almost three years after U.K. ...