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The removal of two senior Chinese military commanders has brought renewed attention to the scale of Xi Jinping’s effort to reshape the People’s Liberation Army and to the possible consequences of repeatedly replacing…
China has expelled two of its most senior military officers from the Communist Party and the armed forces, extending President Xi Jinping’s long-running campaign against corruption and political disloyalty into the…
China has called for deeper international security cooperation as defence officials from nearly 100 countries, regions and international organisations gathered in Beijing for the 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum.
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s expanding military engagement with China is creating a new dimension in the security relationship between Kathmandu, Beijing and New Delhi, as Nepal seeks to deepen defence cooperation with its…
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has fundamentally reorganised its senior military command for the first time since the 1970s, giving the country’s Chief of Defence Forces operational authority over the army, navy and air force in…
LONDON — Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has drawn criticism from prominent figures on Britain’s political right after publicly backing Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands…
LONDON — The UK government has launched a £100 million procurement programme for British artificial-intelligence start-ups, offering contracts to companies developing technology for healthcare, defence, computing…
WASHINGTON — US private employers added fewer jobs than expected in August, pointing to a cooling labour market even as a separate report showed factory orders recovering in July on stronger demand for aircraft.
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies plans to eliminate about 3,300 jobs, or 10 per cent of its global workforce, in its largest round of layoffs since the Covid-19 pandemic as the ride-hailing company restructures…
PHILADELPHIA — The Saturday Evening Post will stop publishing a print edition next year, ending a 205-year run for one of the United States’ best-known magazines while continuing to publish new material online.