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Xi oversees Chinese military show of strength
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2017
» BEIJING - China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said Sunday as he oversaw a large-scale military parade meant to show off the forces at his command to foreign and domestic audiences.
US THAAD missile hits test target; bombers fly over Korea
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2017
» WASHINGTON/SEOUL - The United States said it shot down a medium-range target ballistic missile in its latest test of the country's THAAD missile defence program, which is designed to protect the country against potential threats from countries such as North Korea and Iran.
Philippine mayor accused of drug ties dies in police raid
Matt Apuzzo, Published on 31/07/2017
» MANILA - A mayor who had been accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of involvement in drug trafficking was killed along with his wife and 10 other people in coordinated police raids early Sunday, authorities said.
Iran's Ahmadinejad to be sentenced for corruption
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2017
» BEIRUT - Iran's colourful former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces sentences on seven verdicts of misusing billions of dollars in government funds while in office, the public prosecutor at Iran's Supreme Audit Court said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.
President vows 'era of combat' as Venezuela votes violently
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2017
» CARACAS - Protestors blocked roads and clashed with security forces on Sunday as Venezuelans trickled to the polls to elect a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a "new era of combat" in the crisis-stricken nation.
Russia kicks out 755 US embassy staff
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2017
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the United States would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755 under new sanctions from Moscow.
Sperm flop threatens extinction
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/07/2017
» 'I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion," tweeted one reader of the BBC website after it reported that sperm counts were down by half in the past 40 years all over the developed world. And it's true: they are hard to count. The little buggers just won't stay still.
China uses trade as political weapon
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 31/07/2017
» China denies mixing business with politics, yet it has long used trade to punish countries that refuse to toe its line. China's recent heavy-handed economic sanctioning of South Korea, in response to that country's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system, was just the latest example of the Chinese authorities' use of trade as a political weapon.
The four tests a poll must pass to be taken seriously
News, Nigel Gould-Davies, Published on 31/07/2017
» We all like to know what other people think. Politicians want to find out how popular they are. Non-governmental organisations want to see the impact of their campaigning. Companies want to test new product ideas. And the rest of us want to know the views of our fellow citizens.
It's all about jobs
News, Postbag, Published on 31/07/2017
» Re: "Human trafficking -- it's much closer than you think", (Opinion, July 29).