Showman Trump abandons cautious Obama approach to North Korea When President Barack Obama counseled his successor Donald Trump on the global threats he should expect to face once he assumed office last year, a nuclear North Korea and its unpredictable leader were at the top of the list. But while […]
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South Korean officials prepare to reassure partners ahead of North Korea summit South Korean officials who met with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un this week will depart for Washington on Thursday, seeking to reassure their U.S. ally ahead of negotiations about ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and preventing the outbreak […]
At U.N., China delays U.S. bid to blacklist ships, companies over North Korea China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said on Friday. The United States […]
Flu drug designed to kill the virus in a day approved in Japan A new drug that its makers say will kill the flu virus in just a day, called Xofluza, just received a fast-tracked approval that could bring it to store shelves in Japan by May. The drug, which […]
North Korea sanction SECRET ship-to-ship transfer with China SNEAKY North Korea have ignored strict UN sanctions after a ship marked with Chinese characters was spotted in an apparent cargo transfer with Kim Jong-un’s men, the Japanese foreign ministry have claimed. This incident marks the third time this year that Tokyo […]
Japan and India vow to combine forces in AI to create elite ROBOT soldiers JAPAN and India are planning to work together and strengthen ties by increasing cooperation in defence, robotics, and AI to undermine China’s regional ambitions and North Korea’s nuclear plans, it has been revealed. There has been […]
Microsoft issues update to disable Intel’s buggy Spectre patch Microsoft Corp issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker’s fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal. Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables […]
South Korea government rejects ‘Pyongyang Olympics’ criticism Seoul’s presidential Blue House rejected criticism on Tuesday that next month’s Winter Games had been hijacked by North Korea, saying the event will help defuse tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Some opposition politicians and conservative civic in South Korea have criticized […]
China says sunken Iranian tanker may be leaking bunker fuel Bunker fuel may now be leaking from the Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea last Sunday, China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said, underlining fears for contamination from the world’s worst oil ship disaster in decades. In […]
Trump says Russia probe will be fair, but timeline unclear Trump says Russia probe will be fair, but timeline unclear:- President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes he will be fairly treated in a special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, but said he did […]
