The finalists in the race to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister wooed voters Friday in Scotland, where frontrunner Boris Johnson’s “no-deal Brexit” threats are fanning the flames of independence. Built…
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India recovers 13 bodies after monsoon dam breach
Thirteen bodies have been recovered in western India after the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade breached a dam and caused mayhem in Mumbai, authorities said Thursday. Eleven people were still missing…
Heavy rain prompts evacuation orders for 1.1 million in Japan
Japanese authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than one million people as heavy rain hits southern parts of the country, a year after deadly floods that killed over 200 people. Small…
Xi urged Trump to ease North Korea sanctions in ‘timely’ fashion
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump to “show flexibility” towards North Korea, including the “timely” easing of sanctions, at the G20 summit last week, China’s foreign minister said Tuesday….
Trump aide lashes out at N.Korea nuclear freeze idea
US National Security Advisor John Bolton lashed out Monday at a report that Washington might settle for a nuclear freeze with North Korea, calling it a “reprehensible attempt” to box in President…
Trump leaves South Korea for US after historic step into the North
International Desk ; US President Donald Trump left South Korea on Sunday after a trip to Asia that took in a G20 summit in Japan and a historic meeting with North Korean…
Eight election commission employees killed in Afghanistan
International Desk : At least eight election commission employees were killed in a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. The Taliban used explosive-filled vehicles to attack Maruf district centre in…
Trump ‘angry’ about Khashoggi murder, but says ‘no one’ blames Crown Prince
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he is “extremely angry” about the murder of a Saudi journalist but that nobody had “pointed a finger” at the Kingdom’s crown prince. “I am extremely…
US, Russia FMs to start talks on nuke arms control: Putin
Foreign ministers from the United States and Russia will begin talks over nuclear arms control but it may not lead to an extension of the START3 nuclear disarmament treaty, President Vladimir Putin…
Trump plays nice as divisive G20 opens
World leaders kicked off one of their most high-stakes G20 meetings in years Friday, with rows brewing over a bruising US-China trade war and climate change despite a more conciliatory tone from…
Mules, tools and old bricks: Rebuilding China’s Great Wall
Nature, time, neglect and millions of footsteps have taken their toll on the Great Wall of China leaving much of it crumbling, but repairing it can be painstaking — and controversial —…
Double suicide blasts wound nine in Tunisia capital
Two suicide bombers attacked police and the national guard in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, wounding at least nine people including several civilians, the interior ministry said. One attack on the main…