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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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Rose's 'Apt.' redefines K-pop's global appeal
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Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
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[Herald Interview] Love for K-drama, food defines 'Secret Ingredient'
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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Sinead O'Connor pleads for help, says she's living in motel
Sinead O'Connor emotionally pleaded for help from her family and opened up about her mental illness in a rambling Facebook video posted from a New Jersey motel she had been living in.The video is the latest public glimpse of the singer's ongoing struggle with mental health problems.The 50-year-old Irish singer says in the video posted Thursday that she was staying alive for the sake of others, like her psychiatrist, and if it were up to her, she'd "be gone." This file photo shows Irish singer Si
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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Kosovo Roma seek justice for lead-poisoned children
MITROVICA, Kosovo (AFP) -- Kosovo’s Roma minority “are not treated as humans,” laments Florim Masurica, who is seeking justice for his disabled son, one of the children suffering from suspected lead-poisoning contracted at post-war United Nations camps.Kosovo’s pro-independence ethnic Albanian rebels saw Roma people as guilty of cooperation with Serbs during the 1998-1999 conflict -- a gratuitous accusation as Roma largely kept out of the fighting.But some of them faced summary executions, while
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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Al-Qaida leader claims Sept. 11 suspect has died
Al-Qaida's leader has claimed in an online message that a German man believed to have provided logistical support to the Hamburg-based Sept. 11 hijackers has died.The announcement by Ayman al-Zawahri came in an Aug. 2 audio message in which he says a man he identifies as Zuhair al-Maghribi who worked for As-Sahab, the terror network's media arm, is a "martyr."He didn't provide details or say when and how al-Maghribi died.Al-Maghribi is a known alias of Said Bahaji who is believed to have helped
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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UK police seek jogger who pushed woman into path of bus
British police have appealed for witnesses to help find a jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus.London's Metropolitan Police force released surveillance camera footage Tuesday of the May 5 incident on Putney Bridge.It shows a jogger in shorts and T-shirt banging into a pedestrian, who tumbles in front of a double-decker bus. The bus stops just before hitting her.Sgt. Mat Knowles said "it was only due to the superb quick reactions of the bus driver that she was not hit by the vehicle."
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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Sanctions unlikely to halt NK nuclear program
The strongest sanctions yet against North Korea could still prove no match for the communist country's relentless nuclear weapons ambitions. While the United States hails a new package of UN penalties that could cut a third of North Korea’s exports, the sanctions themselves aren't the American objective. They’re only a tactic for getting Kim Jong-un's totalitarian government to end its missile advances and atomic weapons tests, and there is little evidence to suggest this newest round of economi
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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[Graphic News] Neymar becomes most expensive soccer player
Paris Saint-Germain -- owned by sanctions-hit Qatar -- has signed Brazilian forward Neymar from Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of $264 million.The Brazilian superstar signed a five-year deal to earn an estimated $35.5 million per year.The transfer is more than double the previous world record, set by Manchester United’s capture of Paul Pogba from Juventus last year for $125 million.
World NewsAug. 8, 2017
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Renault signs 660 mln euro deal with Iran
TEHRAN -- French automaker Renault signed on Monday a long-awaited joint venture deal with Iran worth 660 million euros ($779 million) to build up to 300,000 cars per year.The new deal puts Renault in partnership with Iran's state Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation (IDRO) and private firm Parto Negin Naseh.Renault will hold a 60-percent stake with IDRO and Parto Negin Naseh 20 percent each."The first phase of this accord worth 660 million euros provides for the annual manufactur
World BusinessAug. 7, 2017
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In push to get Model 3 to masses, Tesla starts raising cash
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Tesla is raising $1.5 billion as it ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan, its first mass market electric car.The company said Monday that it planned to offer senior notes due in 2025 and would use the offering's proceeds to further strengthen its balance sheet during rapid scaling of the Model 3.Last week CEO Elon Musk said investors should have "zero concern" about whether Tesla will be able to make 10,000 Model 3s per week by next year. Tesla just delivered the first 3
World BusinessAug. 7, 2017
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[Graphic News] UN bans key N. Korea exports over missile tests
The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday that could slash by a third the Asian state‘s $3 billion annual export revenue over its two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July.The US-drafted resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood. It also prohibits countries from increasing the current numbers of North Korean laborers working abroad, bans new joint ventures with North Korea and any new
World NewsAug. 7, 2017
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Five hurt in Istanbul airport brawl
Five people were hurt at Istanbul airport in a brawl between knife-wielding employees of two rival coach operators, the Dogan news agency reported Sunday. The fight broke out overnight Saturday at Sabiha Gokcen international airport involving around 40 people following mutual accusations of the firms "stealing one another's customers," said the agency. Airport security police had to step in to separate the two sides. At least five people who suffered minor knife wounds had to be hospitali
World NewsAug. 6, 2017
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[Graphic News] Xiaomi ranks world's No.1 wearables vendor
Xiaomi is the world’s largest wearables vendor, exceeding Apple and Fitbit, according to the market researcher Strategy Analytics.Data showed that global wearables shipments rose 8 percent yearly to 21.6 million units in the second quarter.Xiaomi delivered 3.7 million units, with 17.1 percent market share. Right after it was Fitbit, delivering 3.4 million units, with 15.7 percent market share, followed by Apple, with 13 percent market share.
World BusinessAug. 6, 2017
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[Newsmaker] Iran's Rouhani sworn in as tensions simmer over nuclear deal
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned the US against tearing up the nuclear deal as he was inaugurated for a second term Saturday, but he also faces challenges closer to home amid accusations he is rolling over to conservatives.Rouhani met with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini before the ceremony and called for greater efforts to safeguard the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers in the face of new US sanctions."Iran will not be the first to violate the nuclear deal... bu
World NewsAug. 6, 2017
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US officially tells UN it wants out of Paris climate deal
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department‘s announcement doesn’t formally start the process of the U.S. getting out of the voluntary agreement. That‘s still to come. Still, the department described its communication as a ``strong message’‘ to the world, following President Donald Trump’s decision in June to leave the accord. ``The State Department is tell
World NewsAug. 5, 2017
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US jobless rate: How much better can it get?
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A drop in the unemployment rate to a 16-year low raises a tantalizing question about the job market: How much better can it get? Earlier this year, economists worried that the low unemployment rate meant businesses would struggle to find workers and that would drag down the pace of hiring. Those fears were heightened by a tiny job gain in March and modest hiring in May. Yet Friday‘s jobs report suggests such concerns are premature. Employers added 209,000 jobs, after a solid
World BusinessAug. 5, 2017
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A journalist’s murder underscores growing danger in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ The absence of editor Javier Valdez Cardenas is deeply felt at the weekly newspaper he co-founded, but his presence is everywhere. A large photo of Valdez displaying his middle finger, with the word ``Justice,‘’ hangs on the facade of the Riodoce newspaper building in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan. Two reporters in their 30s, Aaron Ibarra and Miriam Ramirez, wear T-shirts that display his smiling, bespectacled face or his trademark Panama hat. The masthead of the pape
World NewsAug. 4, 2017
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US trade deficit narrowed to $43.6 billion in June
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in June as exports hit the highest level in 2 { years. The Commerce Department says the trade gap slid 5.9 percent in June to $43.6 billion. Exports of goods and services rose 1.2 percent to $194.4 billion, the highest amount since December 2014. Services exports reached a record $65.4 billion. Overall imports slipped 0.2 percent to $238 billion. So far this year, the trade deficit is up 10.7 percent to $276.6 billion. A shrinking trade gap ad
World BusinessAug. 4, 2017
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US gains 209K jobs, unemployment rate falls to 4.3 pct
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains that underscore the economy‘s vitality as it enters a ninth year of expansion. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate slipped to 4.3 percent, matching a 16-year low first reached in May. Growth in Americans’ paychecks, however, remains stubbornly slow. Average hourly pay rose by 2.5 percent from a year earlier, the same tepid annual pace as in June. That‘s below the 3.5 per
World BusinessAug. 4, 2017
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OSCE urges Poland show ‘restraint’ against reporter
WARSAW, Poland (AP) _ The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it is concerned about legal steps the Polish government is taking against a reporter who alleges the defense minister has longstanding ties with Russian military agents and members of the Russian mafia.Tomasz Piatek, an investigative reporter for the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, published his allegations about Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz in a new book, ``Macierewicz and his Secrets.‘’The ministry filed a complai
World NewsAug. 4, 2017
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With live-fire drill, China warns India not to test Beijing
BEIJING (AP) _ Beijing is intensifying its warnings to Indian troops to get out of a contested region high in the Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, saying China‘s ``restraint has its limits’‘ and publicizing live-fire drills in Tibet. Indian troops entered the area in the Doklam Plateau in June after New Delhi’s ally, Bhutan, complained a Chinese military construction party was building a road inside Bhutan‘s territory. Beijing says Doklam is located in Tibet and that the border d
World NewsAug. 4, 2017
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Flames engulf 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) _ A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. (Yonhap)More than 40 floors of the 86-story Torch Tower were burning on one side of the building, an Associated Press journalist near the scene of the blaze said. Building residents could be seen on the street outside crying with several saying the fire broke out just after 1 a.m. local
World NewsAug. 4, 2017