GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations' top official in charge of migration said Tuesday that the crisis rocking Europe needs a "global response", insisting that countries worldwide must be asked to do their share."We should have a European response as part of a global response," UN Special Representative for Migration and Development Peter Sutherland told reporters in Geneva, hinting at the need for an international conference "where every country is held up to the spotlight and asked what they are

World Sept. 8, 2015

President Park Geun-hye pledged Tuesday to inject $100 million over the next five years to help 13 poor countries combat infectious diseases.Park said South Korea's financial support will begin next year. South Korea "will make utmost efforts to ensure that many people in those countries can have a hope toward a better future by living a secure life free from the threat of infectious diseases," said Park in a welcoming dinner for delegates of the Global Health Security Agenda.The global health s

International Sept. 8, 2015

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, on Tuesday radically simplified them and said bishops should give greater help to divorced couples.In a move that again showed his desire for the Church to bemore merciful to Catholics in difficulty, Francis reaffirmed traditional teaching on the "indissolubility of marriage", but streamlined annulment procedures many considered cumbersome, lengthy, outdated and expe

World News Sept. 8, 2015

Midsized Korean builder Dongbu Corp. recently sent a letter explaining the sales process and qualities of the firm to attract potential Chinese investors, local reports said Tuesday. According to the reports, NH Investment & Securities, which manages the company’s sale, sent the letter written in English and Chinese to about 10 Chinese firms that are interested in expanding into Korea and Japan. If successful, Dongbu will mark the first large construction firm in Korea to be sold to a Chinese co

Industry Sept. 8, 2015

Amazon.com Inc is adding staff for a new division dedicated to restaurants in Seattle and New York, with indications the unit is trying to rapidly expand a meal delivery service, according to posts on LinkedIn and the company's jobs site.Amazon, which declined to comment on Friday, is best knownas a place to buy millions of products including books and electronics. It has increasingly moved into services, offering customers the ability to book everything from plumbers to local getaways.The onlin

World Business Sept. 5, 2015

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's financial crisis loomed over dueling Friday campaign appearances by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio, two presidential contenders with sharply different positions on a key issue for Puerto Rican voters whose influence is growing in U.S. politics. In a speech delivered entirely in Spanish, Rubio blamed Clinton supporters for the U.S. territory's economic problems as he railed against giving Puerto Rico bankruptcy protection to

World News Sept. 5, 2015

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A fleet of Hungarian buses has delivered more than 1,000 migrants to the border of Austria, where charity workers have offered the surprised newcomers beds, hot tea and a warm welcome. Saturday's pre-dawn move eases immediate pressure on Hungary, which has struggled to manage the flow of thousands of migrants arriving daily from non-EU member Serbia. Officials warn that the human tide south of Hungary is still rising. Hungary relented in its demand for the travelers to

World News Sept. 5, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior member of Hillary Rodham Clinton's inner circle testified before a House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya as a nasty spat erupted between a Republican staffer and a Democratic lawmaker who insists it's time for the committee to disband. Jake Sullivan, a former policy director and deputy chief of staff under Clinton at the State Department, was questioned by the panel in a daylong session of testimony behind closed doors on Friday. Sullivan said at

World News Sept. 5, 2015

CHANGCHUN, China, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- A total of 24 North Korean business entities took part in an annual trade fair hosted by China, showing off a range of food and medicine, including a blood thinner. The 10th China-Northeast Asia Expo in Changchun, the capital city of China's Jilin province that shares a border with North Korea, drew hundreds of companies from South Korea, North Korea, China, Russia, Mongolia and Japan. Among products displayed by North Korean firms were a blood thinner, an o

North Korea Sept. 5, 2015

BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has brushed aside the Japanese complaints over his attendance at this week's huge military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II, saying the U.N. is an "impartial body." China displayed its fast-growing military capabilities during the Thursday military parade with leaders such as South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin watching the event. Most Western leaders snubbed the military parade

World News Sept. 5, 2015