Koreas set up 1st hotline between leaders ahead of summit
AP, Seoul :North and South Korea installed the first-ever telephone hotline between their leaders Friday as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed...
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Cuba’s new President Diaz-Canel vows to ‘continue’ revolution
AFP, Havana, Cuba : Cuba’s new President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who was on Thursday named as Raul Castro’s successor, vowed to keep the Caribbean island on...
Alabama executes inmate, 83, oldest in modern US history
Reuters, Alabama :Alabama on Thursday executed an 83-year-old man convicted of a deadly 1989 serial bombing spree, making him the oldest known person put to...
Koreas set up 1st hotline between leaders ahead of summit
AP, Seoul :North and South Korea installed the first-ever telephone hotline between their leaders Friday as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed...
Trump says porn star Stormy Daniels is conning the media
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump accused porn star Stormy Daniels on Wednesday of pulling a “total con job” by releasing an artist’s sketch of...
UN in talks with Syria, Russia on security for chemical weapons experts
AFP, United Nations :A UN team is discussing security arrangements with Syrian and Russian authorities in Douma to allow experts to deploy soon to investigate...
Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba’s President
AP, Havana :A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family...
Modi confronted by angry protests in London
Reuters, London :Hundreds of noisy protesters greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived in London on Wednesday, demonstrating over a rising tide of...
Trump hopeful for Kim summit, but not afraid to walk away
AFP, United States :US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he hoped his improbable summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un would go ahead-but warned he...
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Taiwan calls Chinese military drills a threat to regionAP, Beijing Taiwan’s government said Thursday that recent Chinese military drills aim to intimidate the island and...
Modi confronted by angry protests in London
Reuters, London :Hundreds of noisy protesters greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived in London on Wednesday, demonstrating over a rising tide of...
Trump says porn star Stormy Daniels is conning the media
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump accused porn star Stormy Daniels on Wednesday of pulling a “total con job” by releasing an artist’s sketch of...