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Real spies take center stage at museum

[2019-05-09 06:55]

WASHINGTON - James Bond's shiny silver sports car - with its JB007 rotating license plate - is the first thing visitors see when they step into the new and improved International Spy Museum that opens on Sunday in Washington. After that, it's as if the history of Hollywood's famous private eye vanishes in invisible ink, while the stories of real-life spies and modern-day espionage take center stage.

Rights groups slam Trump's latest attempt

[2019-05-08 06:59]

The US government's latest attempt to address the spike in asylum-seeking families at the southern border has been slammed by rights groups who said it is "another attack" and won't solve the problem.

Huawei leak reveals UK's security flaws

[2019-05-08 06:59]

The spectacular sacking of the defense minister over a leak from a top-secret security meeting has highlighted a debate over Chinese company Huawei's role in the United Kingdom's telecom networks.

Africans turn ecological challenges into popular products

[2019-05-08 06:59]

Born and brought up in western Kenya's Kisumu County, located on the shore of Lake Victoria, Newton Owino, saw opportunity in an environmental challenge.

Startups, chains bet on meat-free hamburgers

[2019-05-08 06:59]

If you enjoy a tasty, juicy hamburger, you're not alone. People in the United States love them so much that they eat 50 billion a year.

Urgent need to upgrade US roads, bridges

[2019-05-07 07:00]

The need to upgrade US infrastructure is clear. What isn't is who will pay and how.

Huawei to build manufacturing base in Cambridge within 5 years

[2019-05-07 07:00]

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Sunday confirmed its plans to build and operate an optical device research and development base in Cambridge, United Kingdom, within the next five years.

Sri Lankan tourism hit post-attack

[2019-05-07 07:00]

COLOMBO/BENTOTA, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travelers shun the Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings killed more than 250 people two weeks ago.

More older US people now using marijuana

[2019-05-07 07:00]

As legal use of marijuana becomes more widespread in the United States for recreational and medical purposes, older users are drawing more attention.

Immigration again a hot issue in Australia

[2019-05-06 07:06]

Immigration and refugees have become an issue in the run-up to Australia's May 18 general election, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison telling a gathering of the Liberal Party faithful that if re-elected, he will "crack down" on who comes to the country.

Deadly escalation sees fresh rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli retaliation

[2019-05-06 07:06]

Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early on Sunday in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered and further escalation was feared, Agence France-Presse reported.

Sweet story of success

[2019-05-04 07:04]

Entrepreneur uses sugarcane grown in Yunnan village to help alleviate poverty, Chen Meiling reports.

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