Xi begins 3-day US visit with rare airport welcome from Trump

A country’s diaspora can be a symbol of its pride and power. A nation’s diaspora can help it build international value through success stories, promote its soft power through culture and contribute to its economic progress through remittances, investments and transfers of expertise. India and China have among the world’s largest diasporas. They also offer two very different models of how countries can leverage their diasporas. In India, before the 1991 reforms, people mostly saw those who left...

The crash happened just after sunset on Wednesday in Brisbane’s south.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ripped a recent report about an FBI inquiry into an alleged pay-to-play scheme as a "partisan hit job" and "offensive." "I do not understand how anyone would take the word of a felon who's been convicted twice — twice —  two separate cases of five counts of money laundering, counts of...

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Geely has just upped the ante in its “flash charging” battle with rival BYD, unveiling a battery it says is the fastest in the industry.

US President Donald Trump has been very eager to show off to Chinese leader Xi Jinping his new US$5 million White House helipad, his latest bid to stamp his image on Washington. While Xi might act impressed and compliment the US president on his latest building project – part of Trump’s bid to match Xi’s splendour-filled hosting four months ago in Beijing and show the Chinese that Americans can build infrastructure too – do not count on Xi actually trying it out with a chopper ride this week...

As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.

Travellers face disruption as Qantas ground workers and security staff walk off the job.

Half of young adults are still living with their parents due to the housing crisis, new research shows.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in war to "decide what happens on the battlefield." "As early as next year, there is already a real possibility that AI –– not only people –– will begin to decide what happens on the battlefield," Zelensky said in his address...

The powerful administrator will on Thursday announce his resignation as Racing NSW boss. Hours later, he will be unveiled as the NRL’s new executive chairman.