GUANGZHOU, March 30 (Xinhua) — China’s large amphibious aircraft AG600 will embark on its maiden flight in May from the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, according to the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) Thursday. The AG600, designed to be the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, will conduct a full resonance test before its maiden flight […]

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) — Relations between the Chinese and U.S. militaries have been developing steadily this year, said Wu Qian, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense on Thursday. “Development of China-U.S. military-to-military relationship is in line with the common interests of both countries, and is conducive to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific […]

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (Xinhua) — Hail Cyborgs! In the near future, it’s possible that you will no longer think with your brains but with the help of computers, and the merger of human and computer, or cyborg, seems to be a trend in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon […]

PYONGYANG, March 30 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said late Thursday it has reached an agreement with Malaysia on the dispute over the death of a DPRK national in Kuala Lumpur last month. In a joint communique issued by the Malaysian and DPRK negotiating parties, Malaysia has agreed to transfer the […]

LONDON, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — The formal triggering of Article 50 by Britain to quit the European Union (EU) on Wednesday drew mixed reactions on London streets. “I guess we are all Brexiteers now, but I really wish this had not happened,” said Phil Patterson, a teacher from Bermondsey, reports Xinhua. “I voted remain, but […]

VALLETTA, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker shared their views on Brexit in a public dialogue on the future of Europe held in Valletta on Wednesday. Muscat said there was nothing sweet about Britain leaving, but what will emerge in the next weeks and months is […]

MOSUL, Iraq, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Iraqi security forces on Wednesday pushed further toward the old city center of the western side of Mosul amid fierce clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi military said. The commandos of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) advanced in Yarmouk neighborhood in west of the old city center […]

SAN JOSE, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in San Jose on Wednesday that he is working to build a positive relationship with the United States in face of the challenges with its vital trading partner. He make the pledge at a summit of the Tuxtla Political Dialogue and Consensus Mechanism […]

STOCKHOLM, March 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bob Dylan, the American songwriter who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, is slated to receive the prize in a low-key meeting with the Swedish Academy in Stockholm this weekend, local media reported Wednesday. But it is still unclear whether Dylan will give a lecture, required by laureates […]