CHINA EYES 30,000 KM HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY NETWORK BY 2020

When completed, the high-speed rail network will cover 80 percent of major cities in China... READ MORE›

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HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN ONTARIO, FINALLY? NOT SO FAST

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Friday that the province is proceeding with a plan to build a high-speed rail route stretching along the Toronto-Windsor corridor... READ MORE›

US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›

THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA LIVE IN HAWAII AND ALASKA

While the survey gives Hawaii and Alaska high marks, it's not all sunshine... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF TO PUSH U.S. ALLIES TO DITCH 'COLD WAR PLAYBOOK'

Relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region... READ MORE›

EU AGREES TO EXTEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Decisions on sanctions require unanimity so Russia needed to win over only one European Union country to block an extension... READ MORE›

ALASKAS SCHOOLS FACE CUTS AT EVERY LEVEL OVER OIL COLLAPSE

Alaskas Schools Face Cuts at Every Level Over Oil Collapse... READ MORE›

NATO SAYS WON'T BE DRAGGED INTO ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA

The United States said on Monday it would contribute special operations forces, intelligence and other high-end military assets to the new spearhead force... READ MORE›

RUSSIA, CHINA POSING MILITARY THREAT; WAR WITH MAJOR POWER PROBABLE

WASHINGTON America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to U.S... READ MORE›

U.S. TROOPS TO TRAIN REGULAR UKRAINIAN MILITARY TROOPS

He said the training would begin in western Ukraine near the Polish border later this autumn... READ MORE›

OBAMA'S OFFSHORE OIL PLAN FORCES DRILLERS TO FOCUS ON GULF

Arctic drilling also could yield new sources of crude to fill the aging Trans-Alaska Pipeline System... READ MORE›

ON BOARD THE WORLD'S FASTEST TRAIN

It has been more than 50 years since Japan completed the world's first dedicated high-speed rail line between Tokyo and Osaka... READ MORE›

DOZENS MISSING AFTER SOUTH KOREAN BOAT SINKS OFF RUSSIAN COAST

The boat, a South Korea-flagged fishing trawler, sunk off Russia's far northeastern Chukotka peninsula, the Interfax and TASS news agencies reported... READ MORE›

SANTA SAFE FROM RUSSIAN NUKES, JFK TOLD GIRL IN LETTER

She said 'Remember that letter you wrote to President Kennedy?'... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLS BARACK OBAMA TO DISCUSS UKRAINE AND ISLAMIC STATE

Putin, who has consistently denied backing the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, initiated the phone call with Obama, according to the White House... READ MORE›

RUSSIA UNVEILS PLANS FOR EUROPE-U.S. SUPERHIGHWAY

Plans drawn up by President Obama to develop high speed rail corridors across the United States have stalled amid opposition... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS 'VIRTUALLY STALLED', DEADLINE MAY BE MISSED

Iran denies any ambition to develop nuclear weapons and says its program is for generating electricity and other peaceful purposes... READ MORE›

MAGNITUDE-7.1 QUAKE JOLTS ALASKA; 4 HOMES LOST

Alaska often has larger or more powerful earthquakes, such as a 7.9 last year in the remote Aleutian Islands... READ MORE›

Companies from selling goods or services to five Russian energy companies to conduct deepwater, Arctic offshore and shale projects... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TALKING WITH U.S. ON ASSIGNING BLAME FOR SYRIA GAS ATTACKS

Chlorine is not prohibited, but its use as a weapon is prohibited under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which Syria joined in 2013... READ MORE›

IRAN NUKE TALKS SNAG OVER LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO

U.N. arms embargo was imposed to pressure Iran on its nuclear program... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL ADD OVER 40 MISSILES TO NUCLEAR ICBM ARSENAL

Has had heavy military equipment -- including battle tanks -- in newer NATO members that were once under Moscow's influence as part of the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

IN ALASKA THE RESULT IS SO UNCERTAIN THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF ITS CLOSE

Located in a time zone one hour behind the West Coast, Alaska will be the last state to close its voting booths tomorrow... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SEPARATISTS BEGIN VOTING IN CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION

Poroshenko called the polls pseudo-elections that terrorists and bandits want to organise on occupied territory... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF PLANNING FOR LONGER-TERM RIFT WITH RUSSIA

BERLIN The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin U.S... READ MORE›

CAN GLOBAL SALES OFFSET CHINA SLOWDOWN FOR STATE RAIL MAKER?

CRRC got another black eye in November 2014 when Mexico's government canceled a high-speed rail project with China... READ MORE›

TRUMP THE 'WRECKING BALL' FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY'S FUTURE APPEAL TO HISPANIC VOTERS

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham says rival Donald Trump is a wrecking ball for the party's future with Hispanic voters. Graham is c... READ MORE›