#BREAKING The US Senate on passed a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering a surging economic threat from rival China, overcoming partisan divisions to support pumping more than $170 billion into research and development
#UPDATE US Senate greenlights huge innovation bill to counter China.
US Senate overcomes partisan divisions to pass a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering a surging economic threat from rival China
#BREAKING Beijing accuses US of 'paranoid delusion' over innovation bill
#UPDATE Beijing accuses Washington of "paranoid delusion" after US Senate passes sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering the economic threat from China.
The bill is "full of Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice" say Beijing officials
#BREAKING International police announce 'most sophisticated' organised crime sting
#UPDATES A coalition of law enforcement agencies across dozens of countries gained access to an app used by the criminal underworld, allowing police to see their encrypted messages, the Australian Federal Police say
"World's most sophisticated" sting
Law enforcement agencies from Australia, Europe, New Zealand and US reveal vast 3-year global operation to infiltrate encrypted phones with violent criminal groups, resulting in hundreds of arrests u.afp.com/U8WK
#BREAKING Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita sworn in as transitional president
#UPDATE Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in as transitional president of the chronically unstable Sahel state on Monday, an AFP journalist saw
#BREAKING Mali strongman Goita promises government will "uphold all its commitments", pledges to stage "credible, fair and transparent elections"
#BREAKING At least 25 killed in Pakistan train crash: state media
#UPDATE At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into carriages from another express that had earlier derailed
Peruvians face a polarising choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo when they elect a new president on Sunday, in a country desperate for an end to years of political turbulence u.afp.com/U8Ti
#BREAKING Peru exit poll gives Fujimori narrow lead over Castillo: Ipsos
#UPDATE Right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo are locked in a "statistical draw" in an exit poll as voting closes in Peru's presidential election