Eyes on the sea: companies compete for Australian maritime surveillance contract

Major global defense contractors want to sell Australia on cutting-edge technology such as high-altitude, solar-electric powered drones and optionally manned aircraft to keep an eye on the oceans.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UhWAtl

Read More

New Zealand says Islamic State recruit to remain citizen, may face charges

A New Zealand man detained in Syria after joining the Islamic State militant group will not be stripped of citizenship but could face criminal charges if he returns, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HjPMIj

Read More

Helicopter crash kills four Americans and their pilot in Kenya: police

Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, police said on Monday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Cdcf6v

Read More

U.S. tries to safeguard Afghan peace push from India-Pakistan crisis

The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile peace push is underway to try to end more than 17 years of war with Taliban insurgents.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2C3KaON

Read More

Venezuela's Guaido to risk arrest as he returns home to challenge Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido plans to run the risk of arrest by returning home on Monday, after he ignored a court-imposed travel ban and toured Latin American allies to boost support for his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2C1SBKC

Read More

China says defense spending rise to be 'reasonable and appropriate'

China will keep up a "reasonable and appropriate" increase in defense spending to satisfy its national security and military reforms, a government spokesman said on Monday, ahead of the release of its defense budget.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XCPzW3

Read More

U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem to merge with Israel embassy on Monday

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel on Monday, the State Department said, a planned merger that has angered Palestinian leadership.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XB6Xuz

Read More

U.S. Palestinian mission to merge with Israel embassy on Monday

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel on Monday, the State Department said, a merger that has angered Palestinian leadership.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tOknFF

Read More

Estonian center-right opposition wins elections

Estonia's opposition center-right Reform party pulled off a surprise win over Prime Minister Juri Ratas' governing center-left Centre party in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2XwLfYu

Read More

Algeria's Bouteflika offers to leave within one year if re-elected: Ennahar TV

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, facing mass protests over his 20 years in power, will run in April's elections, his campaign manager said on Sunday, with Ennahar TV saying he had offered to step down after a year if re-elected.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TkUJqH

Read More

New protests in Algeria after Bouteflika submits re-election bid

Hundreds of Algerians gathered in the capital and other cities late on Sunday to protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to seek re-election, according to residents and footage posted online.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Tt80xc

Read More

Australian farmer Gene Charles Bristow guilty of raping backpacker

The farmer lured the 24-year European to his farm promising a job but then chained up and raped her.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NG6PVX

Read More

Crossing Divides: Do you live in a social bubble?

Are your friends just like you? Try our interactive quiz to see how you compare to people across the world.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2J3biUb

Read More

Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin resigns amid hugging row

Ray Kelvin resigns after allegations of misconduct - including "forced hugging" - which he denies.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2UjGWOi

Read More

Orders gagging workers to be curbed

The government wants to stop firms buying the silence of workers who make accusations of wrongdoing.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Ha7ddY

Read More

Car buyers overcharged £1,000 by dealers for loans, says watchdog

A probe by the City watchdog into the car finance market reveals overcharging by motor dealers.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HchrKV

Read More

Church pressures firms on tax and with no women directors

It says it will vote against chairmen and women of boards of big companies which have poor polices on tax transparency and climate change.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tMC7Bc

Read More

Struggling towns to get £1.6bn post-Brexit boost

Prosperity has been unfairly spread, says the PM, as Labour accuses her of trying to bribe its MPs.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2T9szzo

Read More

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou sues Canada authorities over arrest

The chief financial officer of the tech giant says Canadian authorities violated her civil rights.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2TecmJd

Read More

'Ask the stupid questions - it's a great skill to have'

Knowing when to ask for advice is a great skill when you’re starting a business, says Pippa Murray, of Pip and Nut.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HcoYJU

Read More

Geneva Motor Show: Why it will be electrifying

The huge Geneva Motor Show is gearing up - and this one promises to be electrifying.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2XB30Gf

Read More

How a missing letter helped create a tech billionaire

Scott Farquhar is a tech entrepreneur worth $7bn (£5.3bn), but he almost joined a military academy instead.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2H9hQhn

Read More

Tornadoes kill at least 23 in Lee County, Alabama

There are fears the death toll could rise amid "catastrophic" damage, with power cuts to thousands.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2J3nWm7

Read More

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou sues Canada authorities over arrest

The chief financial officer of the tech giant says Canadian authorities violated her civil rights.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TecmJd

Read More

Philippine police find 1,500 duct-taped turtles in luggage

The turtles, wrapped in tape and stashed in luggage, were left at Manila airport in the Philippines.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2GZoCqr

Read More

George Pell: Cardinal to be sued over 1970s abuse allegation

The lawsuit alleges that Pell sexually abused a boy in the 1970s - a claim the cleric denies.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SEnieg

Read More

Trevor Noah sorry for India-Pakistan comments

In a TV episode, the comedian said that war between the two countries would be "entertaining".

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TwpyZi

Read More

Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó to return after tour

Self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó calls for mass protests as he returns to Venezuela.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Tv32jB

Read More

Over 20 people dead as tornado hits Alabama

At least 22 people, some children, have been killed after tornadoes struck Lee County, Alabama, authorities said.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EvERbc

Read More

Russian Jehovah's Witnesses claim state tortured them

Seven Jehovah's Witnesses claim they were tortured by police in Russia because of their faith.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Ha7cqq

Read More

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi - for or against?

Two millennials in Yangon go head-to-head with their views on the leader and the Rohingya crisis.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2tM9m7R

Read More

Anti-Semitism protest at desecrated French cemetery

Hundreds of people in France protest against anti-Semitism at a Jewish cemetery desecrated last month.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NHw9ux

Read More

Northern white rhinos: could science save the sub-species?

After the death of the last male northern white rhino, scientists are looking at new ways to revive the sub-species on the brink of extinction.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HdZNGU

Read More

Anti-migration Hungary welcomes Venezuelans, secretly

Notoriously anti-migrant Hungary is taking in Venezuelan refugees - if they are of Hungarian ancestry.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2tOapnZ

Read More

Geneva Motor Show: Why it will be electrifying

The huge Geneva Motor Show is gearing up - and this one promises to be electrifying.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XB30Gf

Read More

How a missing letter helped create a tech billionaire

Scott Farquhar is a tech entrepreneur worth $7bn (£5.3bn), but he almost joined a military academy instead.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H9hQhn

Read More

The Haiti school saving children's lives through dance

Children in northern Haiti are finding more than just dance lessons at this school with a difference.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HcoSC2

Read More

Living on 'Ghana Maybe Time'

Ghanaians don't really need watches as most meetings start 45 minutes late.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C2nqyq

Read More

New best story on Hacker News: SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station

SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station
637 by lultimouomo

Read More

Trump says Cohen hearing may have contributed to North Korea summit failure

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Democrats' decision to interview his longtime fixer, lawyer Michael Cohen, on the same day as a meeting with Kim Jong Un may have contributed to the North Korea summit ending with no deal.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2C30Xl7

Read More

At least 23 dead in Alabama tornado, toll expected to rise -sheriff

At least 23 people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama on Sunday, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers searched through the rubble of destroyed homes, authorities said.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2HetdES

Read More