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BEIJING, | Xinhua |  As spring sweeps across China, the ancient rhythm of manual ploughing is being replaced by the whir of automated machinery and the invisible guidance of satellites. This transformation is redefining the season itself, as smart agriculture takes root in an increasing number of fields, steering the …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after the alliance failed to join the attacks on Iran, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. When asked if he would reconsider America’s membership in the …

The multilateral system that Donald Trump has dismantled was not, as he believes, a trap laid by weaker states to fleece a credulous superpower   COMMENT | STEPHEN HOLMES | After declaring Iran’s military “gone”, US President Donald Trump appealed to Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea – as well as …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military will leave Iran in two or three weeks. “We leave because there’s no reason for us to do this,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “All I have to do is leave …

Moving east, India and Pakistan are already nuclear powers, and after recent border skirmishes, neither will be dialing back NEWS ANALYSIS | BY AGENCIES | Of all the reasons proffered for the Iran war—and there’ve been a few—probably the easiest for Americans to get behind is that striking the regime was necessary to permanently derail …

MOSCOW | Xinhua |  Russia will continue working on oil supplies to Cuba as the Caribbean island nation faces a severe energy shortage, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday. “We will continue to work,” Peskov told reporters when asked whether additional energy shipments to Cuba could be expected. Earlier in …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that Alireza Tangsiri, chief commander of its navy, died after sustaining severe injuries while performing his duties. In a statement published by its official outlet Sepah News, the IRGC extended condolences for Tangsiri’s “martyrdom.” The statement added …

  Some traditionalists in the Church of England and the wider global Anglican Communion continue to oppose the idea of women being priests at all   London, UK  | AGENCIES | The first female Archbishop of Canterbury said her teenage self “could never have imagined the future that lay ahead”, …

OTTAWA | Xinhua | Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday that Canada has met NATO’s defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP, achieving the benchmark five years ahead of schedule. Carney said in a statement that for the past 10 months, his government has moved at “unprecedented speed …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Despite its verbal boasts of victory and so-called weapons superiority, the United States has struggled to achieve decisive results in its ongoing conflict with Iran as the regional war approaches the one-month mark. Analysts say that while Washington retains a clear edge in firepower, a …