UN health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used.The World Health Organization on Tuesday updated its treatment guidelines for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, which together infect more than 200 million people every year.  It's the first such WHO update since 2003, partly due to low past budgets and priority levels, and growing scie

Aug. 30, 2016

Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp

CALAIS, France (AP) -- Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting for food and showers.For the increasingly desperate and weary travelers in the camp known as "the jungle," the path to Britain -- where most hope to go -- appears blocked.Two migrants have died in fights within a month, and the future of the sprawling makeshift camp looks increasingly precarious. It was drastically

Aug. 30, 2016

Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

PARIS, (AFP) -- Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report warned Tuesday.Already, some 3.4 million people die every year from water-borne ailments such as cholera, typhoid, some types of hepatitis and diarrhoeal diseases, said the United Nations Environment Programme."Many of these diseases are due to the presence of human waste in water," it said in a statem

Aug. 30, 2016

Korea, Morocco agree to expand cooperation in education, culture, youth exchange

South Korea and Morocco have agreed to tighten collaboration in cultural sectors that include education, sports and youth exchanges as they seek closer bilateral diplomatic ties, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.In the sixth meeting of the bilateral joint cultural committee held a day earlier at the Moroccan foreign ministry, the countries reached the agreement under a shared understanding that exchanges between the two culturally rich nations would be mutually beneficial. During the meeting, C

Aug. 30, 2016

Korean Peninsula tensions key topic for Obama's talks with Xi: White House

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula will be a key topic for US President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Monday.Obama is scheduled to visit China later this week for a summit with Xi and a summit of the Group of 20 nations.The trip comes after the North ratcheted up tensions with a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile test that demonstrated the communist nation is making fast progress in its SLBM development.The Obama-Xi summit, set f

Aug. 30, 2016

Korea expresses deep condolences to quake-stricken Italy

South Korea on Thursday expressed "deep condolences" for the victims and their families affected by a deadly quake that recently hit central Italy.In a spokesman's statement, the country's foreign ministry also hoped that they can move past the sorrow and shock of the natural disaster as soon as possible through a swift recovery of their lives. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the central region of Italy on Wednesday (local time). Foreign media reports showed that the death toll has risen to 1

Aug. 25, 2016

Majority of Koreans support THAAD, worry about impact on ties with China: survey

A majority of South Koreans are in favor of the government's recent decision to place a US missile defense system on its soil, saying it is necessary to counter North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, a survey showed Tuesday.In July, South Korea and the United States unveiled a plan to station a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery on the peninsula by end-2017. China has strongly objected to the plan on worries that it would undermine its strategic security interests, while Seo

Aug. 23, 2016

China, Myanmar vow closer ties after Suu Kyi visits Beijing

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Myanmar have pledged to forge closer ties as "blood brothers'' following Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in March.The neighboring countries said in a joint statement they would strengthen trade and cooperation on issues along the border, where fighting between Myanmar government forces and rebels have occasionally spilled over. There was no mention of progress, however, on a stalled $3.6 billion dam projec

Aug. 20, 2016

Trump seeks reboot for flagging White House bid

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Donald Trump sought to reboot his  flagging presidential bid Friday, dismissing his tainted campaign chairman and seeking to broaden his shrinking support base by appealing to black voters and  visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana.The resignation of the seasoned Republican strategist Paul Manafort -- under fire for his pro-Kremlin ties and role in a Ukrainian corruption scandal -- represents the Republican nominee's latest effort to get back on track after weeks of crisis."This mor

Aug. 20, 2016

City that never sleeps: London opens first night tube

LONDON, (AFP) -- Midnight at bustling Oxford Circus Underground station in the heart of London, a band is playing and weekend revelry is only just beginning for some residents of the Big Smoke.Excited Londoners and tourists jostle to be among the first to take the Night Tube -- a new service that will see the Victoria and Central lines run all night on Fridays and Saturdays."It's great that the tube's going to be open all night," said Omar Khan, a 27-year-old clothing designer who was planning t

Aug. 20, 2016

Facebook aims for video-loving teenagers with new app

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Facebook on Friday took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows teens to watch clips about the lives of their classmates.The app, called Lifestage, was released with no fanfare, and is available for anyone to download on iPhone, although seeing profiles of other users is reserved for those 21 years of age or younger.The social network allows users to make video clips to describe likes, peeves, dance styles, and

Aug. 20, 2016

Obama to visit China amid tensions over THAAD, South China Sea

US President Barack Obama will visit China early next month for a summit of the Group of 20 countries and bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Thursday.The trip, set to begin on Sept. 2, comes as the US and China are at odds over maritime disputes in the South China Sea and the US plan to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.Obama will "conduct in-depth meetings with President Xi Jinping of China in Hangzhou, where the two leaders will discuss

Aug. 19, 2016

Northeast Asian local gov'ts agree to resume ferry route to northeast China

The regional governments of South Korea's Gangwon Province, China's Jilin Province and Russia's Maritime Province in Northeast Asia agreed Wednesday to cooperate in resuming a maritime route involving the three regions, the Gangwon provincial government said.Gangwon Gov. Choi Moon-soon, Jilin Gov. Jiang Chaoliang and Vladimir Miklushevsky, governor of Primorsky region in the Russian Far East, signed a pact to join hands toward the resumption of the route linking Sokcho on South Korea's east coas

Aug. 17, 2016

Republican experts on Asia to issue statement opposing Trump

Republican-affiliated U.S. experts on Asia plan to issue a joint letter expressing serious concern about Donald Trump's foreign policy, one of the experts said Monday.The letter will be the latest in a series of statements that former Republican administration officials and national security and foreign policy experts have adopted in opposition to the foreign policy views of the Republican presidential nominee."I signed a letter last week of senior national security officials declaring that Mr.

Aug. 16, 2016

Korea pushes to build 'smart city' in Cambodia

South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation's public housing program, the government said Monday. South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Seoul to develop a "smart city" in Sihanoukville province, home to Cambodia's main deep-sea port on the southwestern coast.A smart

Aug. 15, 2016

Trump accuses Obama of being the 'founder of ISIS'

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump is now accusing President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities."In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,'' Trump said Wednesday during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "He is the founder of ISIS."He repeated the allegation three more times for emphasis.Trump also pointedly referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.The

Aug. 11, 2016