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Two Koreas meet to plan landmark summit

6 years ago

SEOUL –Officials from North and South Korea met Thursday to discuss the logistics of a rare summit later this month, which will see Kim Jong Un...

Brazil's Supreme Court rejects ex-President Lula's plea to avoid prison

6 years ago

BRASILIA – Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) justices voted to reject former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to avoid prison in the early hours of Thursday. ...

Trump to deploy National Guard to border with Mexico

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday, authorizing the deployment of the National Guard to the border with Mexico, citing a crisis situation. ...

Trump talks with Saudi king over phone on Yemen, Syria

6 years ago

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump has talked by phone with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, discussing issues concerning Yemen, Syria and the Gulf disputes,...

Ukraine launches e-visa for visitors from over 40 countries

6 years ago

KIEV – Ukraine has launched an e-visa service for travelers from more than 40 countries, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The service is available to...

Trump says to use military to secure U.S.-Mexico border

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants to use the military to guard the country's border with Mexico until his long-promised border wall...

China strongly condemns, firmly opposes new U.S. tariffs to be imposed on Chinese goods: embassy

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –China strongly condemns and firmly opposes new tariffs to be imposed by the United States on a list of Chinese products, the Chinese Embassy in...

Female suspect dead, several hurt in YouTube shooting

6 years ago

SAN BRUNO, United States –Gunfire erupted at YouTube's offices in CaliforniaTuesday, leaving three people wounded and sparking a panicked escape before the suspected shooter -- a...

China court accuses Anbang boss of stealing billions

6 years ago

SHANGHAI –A Chinese court on Wednesday (March 28) accused the former head of troubled Anbang Insurance Group of embezzling more than $10 billion as it held...

Mob burns homes in fresh India caste violence

6 years ago

NEW DELHI – Hundreds of Indian security forces enforced a curfew on a tense district Wednesday after a mob set fire to the homes of two political...

China, Japan players celebrate ping-pong friendship in Nagoya

6 years ago

NAGOYA, Japan – Chinese and Japanese players who witnessed the ping-pong diplomacy decades ago reunited at the Aikodai Meiden High School in Nagoya on Tuesday to play...

Half of likely U.S. voters approve of Trump's job performance: poll

6 years ago

WASHINGTON – Half of likely voters in the United States said they approved of President Donald Trump's job performance, while 49 percent of voters said they disapproved, according to...

Corruption verdict on S. Korea's Park to be televised live

6 years ago

SEOUL – The corruption verdict and sentencing of South Korea's ousted ex-president Park Geun-hye will be televised live, a Seoul court said Tuesday, in a case that could see...

20 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages

6 years ago

KANO, Nigerian –Boko Haram killed at least 20 people and wounded scores of others in coordinated attacks on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint...

Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Bolivia, affects neighboring Brazil, El Salvador

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude rattled Bolivia on Monday, causing no damage or casualties but panicking residents as far as neighboring Brazil and El Salvador. ...

5 killed, 19 injured in car crash in western Myanmar

6 years ago

YANGON – At least five people have been killed with 19 others injured in a car crash in Gwa township, Myanmar's Rakhine state, the Home Affairs Ministry...