By Pei Li and Melissa Fares JIAXING, China/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Kevin Chiu left his job in 2012 to try his luck at starting an online apparel business in a rural Chinese city, …
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing …
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin calls improving the Russian navy’s combat capabilities a priority. The unfinished husks of three guided-missile frigates that have languished for three years at a …
By Samuel Stebbin and Evan Comen, WS 24/7 There was a 1.1 percent increase in global military spending in 2017, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The global rise was driven partially by …
By Andrew Osborn, Reuters 02/21/2019 MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States is foolish enough to want one and …
By Andrew Osborn and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow will match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia by stationing its own missiles closer to the United States or …
By Reuters Russia is ready to engage in talks with the Netherlands about the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko was quoted as saying on Friday. “Our dialogue …
By Vladimir Isachenkov February 7, 2019 MOSCOW (AP) — Another U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the U.S. move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat …
By HARUKA NUGA and KAORI HITOMI Associated Press 07/02/2019 TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to take a “step-by-step” approach in resolving a territorial dispute with Russia left over from …
By Andrew E. Kramer 06/02/2019 MOSCOW — Russia has become a world-class saver. So much gold has piled up in its central bank that Russia surpassed China last year to become the world’s fifth-largest …