Foreign
Stenin photo contest receives 6,000 entries
March 21, 2018, 2:24 pm
MOSCOW, Russia – Almost 6,000 photographs from 77 countries were received in the first stage of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo contest. The number of entries increased since last year, with the number of foreign applicants doubling. The contest, launched in Russia in memory of… Read More
Facebook suffers biggest drop of stocks amid alleged data leak
March 20, 2018, 11:39 am
SAN FRANCISCO -- The world's largest social media company, Facebook, suffered a 7-percent drop in its stock value on Wall Street on Monday, its biggest in a single day in four years, following the reported data leak covering its 50 million users for alleged political purposes, the Associated Press… Read More
Over 55-M Russians vote for Putin in presidential elections
March 19, 2018, 2:29 pm
MOSCOW -- More than 55 million Russians have voted for incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin in Sunday's presidential election, Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said, citing preliminary data. A total of 55,013,955 people have voted for Putin with 98.59 percent of the ballots counted.… Read More
China's parliament re-elects Xi Jinping as prexy; Wang named VP
March 17, 2018, 12:52 pm
BEIJING, China — Chinese President Xi Jin Ping has been re-elected at the 5th plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People on Saturday (March 17). Earning a landslide vote of 2,970, Xi was also unanimously voted as the chairman of… Read More
7 killed, over 20 injured in Pakistan's Lahore blast
March 15, 2018, 12:39 pm
ISLAMABAD -- At least seven persons, including four policemen, were killed and more than 20 others were injured Wednesday evening as a blast hit a police checkpost in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, the provincial health minister said. Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir said the death… Read More
US House passes bill to prevent gun violence in schools
March 15, 2018, 12:32 pm
WASHINGTON -- A majority of the US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass legislation that would provide federal grants aimed at preventing gun violence in schools. Members of the House voted 407-10 in support of the STOP School Violence Act, which authorizes USD500 million in federal… Read More
Stephen Hawking dies at 76
March 14, 2018, 2:41 pm
LONDON -- Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday. The professor died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Cambridge in London, the spokesman said. Hawking, a legendary figure in the modern history of physics, has authored several… Read More
Trump keeps pressing toward Mexico border wall despite controversy
March 14, 2018, 2:16 pm
WASHINGTON -- United States President Donald Trump is continuing his plan to build a wall along the border with Mexico, despite a sea of controversy surrounding the issue. Trump on Tuesday inspected eight prototypes in San Diego, a border city in the US state of California, for the "big beautiful… Read More
US extends lead in global arms exports, study shows
March 12, 2018, 6:02 pm
STOCKHOLM -- The United States has strengthened its position as the world's top arms seller over the past five years, providing 34 percent of total arms exports, a Swedish-based research institute said Monday. In its latest overview of global arms transfers, the Stockholm International Peace… Read More
Change is coming with inter-Korean, NoKor-US summit: SoKor prez
March 12, 2018, 4:57 pm
SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday momentous changes will come with summits between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea, and between the DPRK and the United States, which had been agreed to hold in succession in the next two… Read More
Up to 1K children abused UK's ‘worst ever' scandal
March 12, 2018, 2:29 pm
LONDON -- Girls as young as 11 were drugged, beaten, and raped in the western British town of Telford with up to 1,000 children estimated to have suffered abuse over 40 years, a British newspaper reported on Sunday. "Authorities failed to act over 40 years -- despite repeated warnings to social… Read More
2 dead in chopper crash in New York City's East River
March 12, 2018, 11:46 am
NEW YORK -- A helicopter crashed in New York City's East River on Sunday, killing at least two people, according to police. "A helicopter earlier this evening descended into the East River near East 90 St.," said the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Twitter. Eric Phillips, a spokesman for… Read More
All 11 dead on board Turkish plane crash in Iran
March 12, 2018, 10:48 am
TEHRAN -- All 11 people on board the Turkish plane crashed in Iran on Sunday are dead, Iran's Emergency Organization announced. The locals reached the wreckage of crashed plane late evening on Sunday and encountered the corps which are not identifiable and need DNA examination, the spokesman for… Read More
China vows to maintain peace in South China Sea
March 11, 2018, 11:29 pm
BEIJING – China’s determination to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea is “unchangeable and sincere”. Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi made this remark on the sidelines of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress at the Media Center on March 8.… Read More
Papua New Guinea hit by latest 6.8 earthquake
March 9, 2018, 5:45 pm
SYDNEY -- A 6.8-magnitude quake struck 20 kilometers (km) east-northeast of Taron, Papua New Guinea at 05:39 p.m. GMT on Thursday, less than two weeks after a 7.5 tremor hit the southwestern Pacific country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The latest earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.2… Read More
Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong-Un: Seoul envoy
March 9, 2018, 2:30 pm
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), by May at the invitation of Kim, a visiting South Korean envoy said here Thursday.Kim has said the DPRK "will refrain from any further nuclear or missile… Read More
2 high school students shot in U.S. state Alabama
March 8, 2018, 8:12 pm
WASHINGTON, -- Two students were shot Wednesday in a reportedly accidental shooting at a high school in the southern US state of Alabama. One of the students died on the way to the hospital, CBS affiliate WIAT-TV reported. The other was reportedly critically injured, but is in stable condition. A… Read More
Inequality, discrimination vs. women harm everyone, says UN chief
March 8, 2018, 12:59 pm
UNITED NATIONS -- In his message for the International Women's Day to be observed on March 8, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that "inequality and discrimination against women harm everyone." Emphasizing that women's empowerment was at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for… Read More
Women still less likely to be active in labor market than men: ILO
March 8, 2018, 12:56 pm
GENEVA-- Women are less likely to participate in the labor market than men and are more likely to be unemployed in most parts of the world, a new study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday. The World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 - Global snapshot was… Read More
US sanctions NoKor over use of nerve agent to kill Kim Jong-nam
March 7, 2018, 2:47 pm
WASHINGTON -- The United States imposed new sanctions on the government of North Korea for using a chemical agent to kill Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, US State Department spokesperson Healther Nauert said in a press release. "The United States determined under the Chemical and Biological Weapons… Read More
