Diplomatic flurry suggests US-North Korea summit may go ahead
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea has dispatched top officials to the United States and Singapore, media reported on Tuesday, the latest indication that an on-again-off-again summit...
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Anti-FARC conservative wins in Colombia, faces leftist in runoff
AFP, Bogota :Conservative candidate Ivan Duque won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election but fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid...
Amid nuclear doubt, China to host Rouhani
Reuters, Beijing: :China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit aimed at avoiding disruption of joint projects, its foreign ministry...
Trump degrades `what it means to be an American`: Chelsea Clinton
HuffPost :Chelsea Clinton skewered President Donald Trump’s character in a recent interview, accusing him of degrading “what it means to be an American.”Clinton, a philanthropist...
Italy plunges into political crisis, PM-designate gives up govt formation bid
AFP, Rome : Italy could be forced to hold new elections after Giuseppe Conte gave up his bid to form a government following the collapse of...
South Korea calls for more impromptu talks with North Korea
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Monday there could be more impromptu talks and summits with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, as...
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George Bush taken to hospital againReuters, MaineFormer U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 93, was taken to a hospital in Maine on Sunday after experiencing low...
Ireland ends abortion ban as ‘quiet revolution’ transforms country
Reuters, Dublin :Ireland’s prime minister on Saturday hailed the culmination of “a quiet revolution” in what was once one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries...
North Korea committed to US summit, denuclearization: Seoul
AP, Seoul :South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed in the rivals’ surprise meeting to sitting down...
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Huge lightning storms in UK disrupt travelAP, London British meteorologists say up to 20,000 lightning strikes hit the U.K. during a powerful overnight thunderstorm, and...
Alan Bean, US astronaut and moonwalker, dies at 86
Reuters, New York :American astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission and commanded a...
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi declare emergency ahead of storm
Reuters, Washington :Florida, Alabama and Mississippi declared states of emergency on Saturday as Subtropical Storm Alberto drove north toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, threatening to...