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Climate campaigners inspired by Swedish militant Greta Thunberg plan to stage major protests at the Frankfurt auto show this year

Ireland's coach Joe Schmidt says the past six years in the job are a "bit of a blur"

Amadeus Driando Ahnan, of the Better Nature start-up, presents meat-free products at a conference in San Francisco for the booming food sector

China is planning to release $126 billion into its economy to stimulate small business lending.

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Japan’s military ties to the U.S. make it difficult for them to sign a World War II peace treaty. So, almost 75 years after the September 2, 1945 surrender of the Japanese to the Allied forces, it appears there are still some “loose ends” remaining to be resolved.

It’s rejected a pair of drugs in the last six months.

After the collapse of the INF treaty, Putin says he offered to sell hypersonic, intermediate range missiles to Washington to head off an arms race. The offer was spurned by Trump.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once admitted the company had been “shameless about stealing great ideas.”

Word the U.S. and China would resume high-level trade talks early next month sent shares higher.

'Great friends'

China has once again provoked its southerly neighbors in the South China Sea by moving a huge crane vessel near the Vietnamese coast in an area that is within the Vietnamese exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in a tense year-long trade war

Novatek has experience working in the Arctic with its LNG project on the Yamal peninsula

Chinese President Xi Jinping has named Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as the areas where Communist Party members face major risks and challenges that must be confronted. His comments were made during a speech to mid-career officials at the Central Party School.

Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, had to delay the launch of its foldable smartphone in April over screen issues

Tim Nanai-Williams demonstrates the big tackling for which Samoan rugby is famous

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that’s currently headed for Earth. Based on the size of the asteroid, it will most likely explode mid-air and create a huge fireball if it enters Earth’s atmosphere.

Facebook confirmed that it is considering hiding the number of likes a post receives from users.

Trade between Russia and India amounted to $11 billion in 2019

Japan has issued the country’s first long-term residential visa to a transgender person, said the woman’s lawyer, Miho Kumazawa. Such visas are normally awarded to foreigners who marry a Japanese citizen but because Japan does not recognize same-sex marriages, the woman was not legally married.

NASA has detected an asteroid that will approach Earth tonight. If the asteroid breaches Earth’s atmosphere, it will most likely explode mid-air instead of crashing to the ground.