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Powerful typhoon makes landfall in southwest Japan
September 17, 2017, 1:19 pm
TOKYO -- A powerful typhoon, the 18th of this season, made a landfall near the Minamikyushu city in Kagoshima prefecture in southwestern Japan around 11:30 a.m. local time on Sunday. According to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), typhoon Talim, with central atmospheric pressure at 975… Read More
UK to propose new security treaty on anti-terror cooperation
September 17, 2017, 1:17 pm
LONDON -- British Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Saturday said the government will suggest new security treaty to keep level of counter-terrorism cooperation with the European Union (EU) after Britain leaves the 28-member bloc. Rudd, who did not give further information on the proposed treaty,… Read More
UN expresses alarm on rise of global hunger
September 16, 2017, 10:50 am
ROME -- After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 percent of the global population, Rome-based UN food agencies said Friday. The warning was made by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for… Read More
Scores hurt after London tube terror blast
September 16, 2017, 8:06 am
MOSCOW – Some 18 people have been hospitalized after a blast hit a London underground train on Friday, the London Ambulance Service said. "We have taken 18 patients to a number of London hospitals. None are thought to be in a serious or life-threatening condition," the service said on Twitter.… Read More
UNSC to hold emergency meet on DPRK's latest missile launch
September 15, 2017, 5:57 pm
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on the latest missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday, sources said Thursday. The Ethiopian delegation, which is the presidency of the Security Council for September,… Read More
DPRK fires missile eastward: S.Korean military
September 15, 2017, 12:29 pm
SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a ballistic missile eastward Friday morning, South Korean military said. The "unidentified missile" was launched from a site near Sunan in Pyongyang at around 6:57 a.m. (local time), the Yonhap News Agency cited South Korea's Joint… Read More
DPRK's missile launch no damage to ships or aircraft: Japanese gov't
September 15, 2017, 12:27 pm
TOKYO -- The Japanese government said on Friday morning that a ballistic missile launched from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had flown over northern Japan and fallen into the Pacific. The government said the missile landed around 2,000 km east off the cape of Erimo in Hokkaido… Read More
23 students, 2 wardens killed in Tahfiz School fire in Malaysia
September 14, 2017, 5:14 pm
KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 23 students and two wardens died in a fire in the religious school, Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, at Jalan Keramat Ujung here early Thursday. According to the spokesman of the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department, six students and a member of the public were… Read More
France 'proud' to host 2024 Olympic Games: Macron
September 14, 2017, 11:13 am
PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed the nomination of Paris to host 2024 Olympic Games, adding the tournament would be an opportunity to "increase (France) international attractiveness and dynamism". "France will be proud to uphold the Olympic values of solidarity,… Read More
Record-breaking hurricane Irma causing huge devastation: UN agencies
September 13, 2017, 11:59 am
GENEVA -- Hurricane Irma has generated more cyclone energy than the first eight named storms of this year's Atlantic hurricane season combined, and is expected to cause a huge devastation in low-lying Caribbean islands and in Florida, the United States. This, according to reports by the World… Read More
BRICS vows to bolster role as engine of global growth
September 6, 2017, 1:27 pm
XIAMEN CITY – Five leaders of BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, vowed to deepen and strengthen cooperation in a bid to bolster their role as engines of global economic growth and prosperity. BRICS leaders made this commitment in the Xiamen Declaration they… Read More
China grants USD500M to combat famine in developing countries
September 6, 2017, 1:23 pm
XIAMEN CITY – China, the world’s second largest economy, has provided USD500 million grant to the Assistance Fund for South-South Cooperation to combat famine and refugee problems wrought by wars in developing countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the announcement during Tuesday’s… Read More
Hurricane Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in US: report
September 6, 2017, 11:55 am
NEW YORK -- Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas and Louisiana in Southeast United States, is likely to be the most expensive weather disaster in the US history, a report said, The total losses from Harvey would reach US190 billion or one percent of the nation's gross domestic… Read More
Category 4 hurricane Irma heads to Puerto Rico, Florida
September 5, 2017, 2:01 pm
WASHINGTON -- The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday that Hurricane Irma has strengthened to category 4, as it edges toward the southern state of Florida and the US territory of Puerto Rico. As of 8 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time (0000 GMT Tuesday), the hurricane is located 725 km east of… Read More
Death toll of Hurricane Harvey reaches 60
September 5, 2017, 10:13 am
HOUSTON -- More than 60 people have died or are feared dead in flooding or circumstances connected to Tropical Storm Harvey, according to local officials on Monday. Medical examiners are in the process of confirming which deaths are related to the flooding. The Harris County Institute of Forensic… Read More
BRICS leaders condemn NoKor's nuke test
September 5, 2017, 9:43 am
XIAMEN CITY – BRICS leaders on Monday condemned the latest nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). “We strongly deplore the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK,” stated in the Xiamen Declaration adopted by consensus of BRICS leaders during the 9th BRICS… Read More
Chinese leader seeks wider BRICS coverage
September 5, 2017, 7:42 am
XIAMEN CITY – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for broader coverage of BRICS cooperation to increase its global influence and deliver more tangible benefits to the people of other emerging market and developing countries. Speaking at the opening of the BRICS Business Forum in Xiamen on… Read More
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on NoKor nuke test
September 4, 2017, 9:25 am
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday in response to the latest nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a press release said Sunday. "Ambassador (Nikki) Haley and her counterparts from Japan, France, the United Kingdom,… Read More
Trump to withdraw from free trade deal with South Korea
September 3, 2017, 6:03 pm
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump plans to withdraw from a free trade agreement with close-ally South Korea, a move that could cause a fresh economic rift between the two countries amid heightened tensions over North Korea. Trump yesterday confirmed that he was talking with advisers amid… Read More
39 dead in Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca this year
September 3, 2017, 2:39 pm
MECCA -- A total of 39 people have died since the beginning of this year's Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local media reported Saturday. Of this number, 16 came to Mecca from Egypt and Algeria, the Okaz newspaper reported, citing the Saudi General Authority for… Read More
