
Is facial recognition the stuff of sci-fi? Not in China
Shanghai (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - From toilet-paper dispensers to fast-food restaurants, travel and crime-fighting, China is taking the lead in rolling out facial-recognition technology.
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Shanghai (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - From toilet-paper dispensers to fast-food restaurants, travel and crime-fighting, China is taking the lead in rolling out facial-recognition technology.
Oct 18, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017 - The U.S. Navy announced an award modification worth more than $18.2 million to convert high-speed, anti-radiation missiles into advanced medium-range air-to-ground guided missiles with counter-enemy shutdown capability for the Italian government.
Oct 18, 2017

Seoul (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - North Korea's nuclear test site may be suffering from the geological condition Tired Mountain Syndrome following the latest in a series of atomic blasts, but it is unlikely to be abandoned, an expert website said Wednesday.
Oct 18, 2017

Seoul (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - North Korea issued an unusually short congratulatory message to China's Communist Party Wednesday as President Xi Jinping opened its five-year congress amid strained ties between the two traditional allies.
Oct 18, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017 - Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee hammered President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of the Inspector General at the Central Intelligence Agency amid reports of whistleblower retaliation and embarrassing intelligence handling procedures.
Oct 18, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - President Xi Jinping declared China has embarked on a new era of challenges and opportunities on Wednesday as he opened a Communist Party congress expected to enhance his already formidable power.
Oct 18, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - Chinese President Xi Jinping's stiff smile greets visitors in room after room at a Beijing exhibition put up by the Communist party to tout its past five years of accomplishments.
Oct 18, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 - President Xi Jinping vowed on Wednesday that China's economy would open further to the world, on the first day of Communist party congress which foreign investors will scrutinise for signs that Beijing will pursue market reforms.
Oct 18, 2017

Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017 - The U.S. State Department approved Kuwait's possible purchase of hundreds of M1A1 Abrams tanks from the United States.
Oct 17, 2017

Singapore (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - The top US commander in the Pacific warned Tuesday he must imagine the unimaginable in responding to the threat posed by the North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
Oct 17, 2017

Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - The fall of the Islamic State group's last bastion in Syria was a victory for Washington's military plan, but comes as the US political strategy for the region seems to stumble.
Oct 17, 2017

Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for a second five-year term, foreign investors will be watching for any sign of his long-promised reforms to further open up the world's second-largest economy.
Oct 17, 2017

Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - The death toll from a US drone attack on a compound used by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network has risen to 26, officials said Tuesday, less than a week after a US-Canadian family held captive by the militants was rescued.
Oct 17, 2017

(UPI) Oct 17, 2017 - Experts on the Middle East, terrorism and the Islamic State say that while the terrorist organization is in a death spiral, the U.S.-led coalition battling the group is likely entering its most dangerous phase.
Oct 17, 2017

Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - Google said Tuesday it would offer stronger online security for high risk users who may be frequent targets of online attacks.
Oct 17, 2017

Laguna Beach, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 - Alibaba executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai said Tuesday he expects to boost US jobs by expanding the Chinese firm's e-commerce platform - not by hiring American workers.
Oct 17, 2017