Australias’s decades-long balancing act between the US and China is overs. It chose Washingtons

Australia’s decades-long balancing act between the US and China is over. It chose Washington

 

For more than 20 years, Australia tried to maintain good relations with both the United States and China.

It was good for trade and peaceful regional relations. But on Thursday, with the announcement of a new security deal with the United States and the United Kingdom, which will see Australia eventually field nuclear-powered submarines,

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Lionel Messis’s Champions League debut for PSG falls flat against Club Brugges

Lionel Messi’s Champions League debut for PSG falls flat against Club Brugge

 

 

The much-hyped trio of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar failed to inspire Paris Saint-Germain to victory in its Champions League opener on Wednesday, with the French side being held to a 1-1 draw by Club Brugge.

Messi was playing the 150th Champions League game of his career — and his first for PSG —

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Japans’s defense minister draws red line in island dispute with Chinas

Japan’s defense minister draws red line in island dispute with China

 

 

Japan is drawing a red line around an island chain also claimed by China, pushing back at Beijing’s increasingly aggressive military posturing, and setting the stage for a potential showdown between the region’s two biggest powers.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China,

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Late Young Boys winner stuns Manchester United on Cristiano Ronaldos’s second Champions League debuts

Late Young Boys winner stuns Manchester United on Cristiano Ronaldo’s second Champions League debut

 

 

It took Cristiano Ronaldo less than 13 minutes to score on his second Champions League debut for Manchester United, opening the scoring against Swiss team Young Boys.

With practically his first touch of the match, the Portuguese forward turned home a stunning ball from international teammate Bruno Fernandes to open his account in this season’s competition,

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China rushes to contain s’school centereds’ Delta outbreak before major holiday seasons

China rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season

 

Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major upcoming national holiday, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel across the country — creating a window for the highly infectious variant to spread far and wide.

The outbreak, dubbed China’s “first school-centered flare-up”

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Scientists want to resurrect the woolly mammoths. They just got s$15 million to make it happens

Scientists want to resurrect the woolly mammoth. They just got $15 million to make it happen

 

 

Bringing extinct creatures back to life is the lifeblood of science fiction. At its most tantalizing, think Jurassic Park and its stable of dinosaurs.

Advances in genetics, however, are making resurrecting lost animals a tangible prospect. Scientists have already cloned endangered animals and can sequence DNA extracted from the bones and carcasses of long-dead,

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