Under pressure to soften Brexit plans, May signals faster pace
- 29-Jun-2018
LONDON: European leaders told Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to soften some of her red lines on Brexit, warning her that time was running out to prevent Britain crashing out of the European Union without a deal. At an EU summit focused more on a crisis over migration than on Brexit, the region’s leaders […]
Argentina says signals detected, likely from missing submarine
- 19-Nov-2017
MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA: Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be found alive rose after the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as an international search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic. The ministry said seven failed “satellite calls” that […]
‘Mystery’ signal from space is solved
- 21-Jul-2017
MIAMI: Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of peculiar signals coming from a nearby star, a story that sparked intense public speculation this week that perhaps, finally, alien life had been found. It hasn’t. The signal, which has been formally named “Weird!” was interference from a distant satellite. Of course, astronomers said all along that […]
Signals detected from EgyptAir black box
- 02-Jun-2016
CAIRO: A French navy vessel using deep-water listening devices has detected signals from one of the black boxes that could explain why the EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean, investigators said Wednesday.
China signals no South China Sea backdown as foreign minister goes to U.S.
- 22-Feb-2016
BEIJING: China's South China Sea military deployments are no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, striking a combative tone ahead of a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the United States this week.
Swatch CEO signals plans to add to smartwatch range: Swiss paper
- 22-Aug-2015
ZURICH: Swatch plans to add to its new smartwatch range, the Swiss watchmaker's chief executive told a newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
Strong signals detected in AirAsia black box hunt
- 11-Jan-2015
PANGKALAN BUN:Indonesian authorities said Sunday strong signals were emanating from the crucial black box recorders of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.