With U.S. and China spending billions on defense, European air forces risk being left behind
As European leaders on Monday were preparing to formalize the launch of a next-generation combat jet, analysts warn the continent's air forces are increasingly being outpaced by American and soon Chinese aerospace industries that are swimming in cash. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the ...
Erdogan says drilling off Cyprus will continue despite warning
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey would not back down from gas exploration in Cyprus after Southern European leaders urged Ankara to stop. "We continue and will continue to search in those areas that are ours," Erdogan said during a televised speech ...
Local residents concerned about planned expressway closures during June 28-29 Osaka summit
A planned expressway closure for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka on June 28-29 is giving rise to concern about its impact on local businesses and people's daily lives. Sections totaling 160 kilometers (100 miles) on the Hanshin Expressway will be closed for four ...
Japanese women face retirement savings gap of almost 20 years, World Economic Forum says
One of the toughest problems retirees face is making sure their money lasts as long as they do. From the U.S. to Europe, Japan and Australia, retirement account balances aren't increasing fast enough to cover rising life expectancy, the World Economic Forum warns in a ...
Google's video game streaming service Stadia to debut in 14 countries in November, but not Japan
Google on Thursday released new details about its cloud streaming video game service Stadia, which will be available in 14 countries starting in November. For the launch, Google will sell its "founders edition bundle" hardware pack for $129, with a monthly subscription price of $9.99. ...
Campaigning on welfare pledges, Danish center-left opposition wins election
Denmark appeared set to become the third Nordic country in a year to form a leftist government as voters in Wednesday's parliamentary election rebelled against austerity measures and dealt a blow to right-wing nationalists. Danes looked to oust Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in the ...
Donald Trump, arriving in Ireland for the first time as U.S. president on Wednesday, sought to reassure the country that Britain's exit from the European Union would work out fine for its near neighbor. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar planned to use a meeting with Trump, ...
Malta's armed forces rescued nearly 400 migrants in four separate sea operations on Wednesday and brought them all ashore to the small Mediterranean island, the military said. A government official said it was one of the largest number of arrivals to Malta in many months. An ...
It took but a few moments for retired Rear Adm. John Roberts to get back into the swing of military life as he arrived Sunday at the English Channel port of Dover to board a ship bound for Normandy and events marking the 75th ...
Leader of Germany's SPD quits in blow to Merkel's loveless coalition
Andrea Nahles said on Sunday she would resign as the leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), raising new doubts about the durability of Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition with the centre-left party. Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD both bled support in last week's European ...
Leonard "Ted" Emmings has had a mission for 75 years. The night before the D-Day landings, Emmings and his shipmates on a Royal Navy landing craft learned their mission was to ferry 36 Canadian troops to Juno Beach, a stretch of Normandy coast fortified with ...
