
China’s COSCO completes Piraeus port authority takeover
Athens (AFP) Aug 10, 2016 - Chinese shipping giant COSCO on Wednesday said it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in OLP, the company running the main Greek port of Piraeus.
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Athens (AFP) Aug 10, 2016 - Chinese shipping giant COSCO on Wednesday said it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in OLP, the company running the main Greek port of Piraeus.
Aug 10, 2016

Shanghai (AFP) Aug 10, 2016 - A year ago on Thursday Chinese authorities stunned global markets by devaluing their yuan currency, raising fears the world's second-largest economy was worse off than thought - but investors are now more sanguine about a weaker redback.
Aug 10, 2016

Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 10, 2016 - If a new study is accurate, drones of the future will not need a human controller - and could in fact defeat a human in a dogfight. It seemed to be aware of my intentions and reacting instantly to
Aug 10, 2016

Washington (UPI) Aug 10, 2016 - Lockheed Martin Missions Systems and Training has been awarded a $36 million U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to install Aegis Ashore equipment in Poland.
Aug 10, 2016

Sanaa (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Saudi-led coalition warplanes have resumed air strikes on Yemen's capital for the first time in three months, killing 14 people Tuesday and shutting the airport after UN-brokered talks were suspended.
Aug 9, 2016

San Diego, Calif. (UPI) Aug 9, 2016 - Cubic Global Defense will continue providing rotational and pre-deployment training exercises at the U.S. Army Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana.
Aug 9, 2016

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Tuesday he would meet contacts with links to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trip to Hong Kong intended to improve ties between Manila and Beijing.
Aug 9, 2016

Geneva (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Up to two million people in Syria's Aleppo have gone without running water for the past four days, the United Nations warned Tuesday, describing the situation as catastrophic.
Aug 9, 2016

Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2016 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has received an $8.8 million U.S. Air Force contract for Predator drone work.
Aug 9, 2016

Baghdad (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - The Iraqi judiciary on Tuesday closed a corruption case against parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi, citing a lack of evidence to proceed further.
Aug 9, 2016

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Japan summoned China's ambassador Tuesday after the country's ships were spotted near disputed East China Sea islands for a fifth straight day.
Aug 9, 2016

Dulles, Va. (UPI) Aug 9, 2016 - Medium-range ballistic target rockets are to be supplied to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency by Orbital ATK.
Aug 9, 2016

Montreal (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - A festive march through downtown Montreal on Tuesday marked the official opening of the World Social Forum (WSF), which is being held for the first time in a G7 nation to try to bridge a north-south divide.
Aug 9, 2016

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Tuesday marked 71 years since its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor lauding a visit by US President Barack Obama to Hiroshima earlier this year.
Aug 9, 2016

Saint Petersburg (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jets into Russia Tuesday for his first meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin since the two strongmen leaders began healing a bitter feud over Ankara's downing of a Russian warplane.
Aug 9, 2016

Saint Petersburg (AFP) Aug 9, 2016 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday pledged to reinvigorate ties after their first meeting since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane last November.
Aug 9, 2016