
Syria rebels agree to regime talks but without Assad
Syrian opposition groups say they are ready for UN-sponsored…

A story of pigs and cement : The huge changes in China
As China's President Xi Jinping visits the US, there is a meeting…

One of the world's two worst polluting countries may have peaked
China's greenhouse gas emissions could start to decline…

China 'expanding island building' in South China Sea
US officials say China has reclaimed 810 hectares (2,000 acres)…

Future farming to be based on robots and big data
Thought provoking lead from the excellent KurweilAI.net
The…