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Liverpool reach Champions League final after nervy night in Rome
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» ROME - Liverpool held off a spirited Roma fightback to reach the Champions League final 7-6 on aggregate despite losing 4-2 in a hectic semi-final second leg in Rome.
Kim invites South Korean leader for talks in Pyongyang
Published on 10/02/2018
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang "at an early date", South Korean officials said on Saturday, potentially setting up the first meeting of Korean leaders in more than 10 years.
N.Korea rules out talks with US during Olympics
Kyodo News, Published on 08/02/2018
» BEIJING: North Korea has ruled out the possibility of talks with the United States during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, the North's official media reported on Thursday.
US shutdown Day 2: The blame game
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: - President Donald Trump's budget director is holding out hope that feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach a short-term spending agreement before the start of the workweek Monday, but he worries that the government shutdown could last for several more days if progress remains elusive.
Japan's Q3 economic growth revised up to 2.5%
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's economy grew an annualised real 2.5% in the July-September period, revised up from preliminary data and marking seven straight quarters of growth, the longest stretch on record, the government said Friday.
Japan braces for powerful typhoon ahead of polls
Kyodo News, Published on 21/10/2017
» TOKYO: A large, powerful typhoon is approaching the Japanese archipelago, the weather agency said Saturday, with stormy conditions predicted across wide areas of the country's Pacific coast, potentially affecting turnout for the following day's general election.
S.Korea: 'Resolute response' to new 3700km missile flight
Kyodo News, Published on 15/09/2017
» SOEUL: South Korea strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile launch Friday morning as a "clear violation" of UN Security Council resolutions and a "very serious and grave challenge" to world peace and security, urging it to cease provocations and sit down at the negotiation table.
Outcry follows N.Korea's missile launch over Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 29/08/2017
» TOKYO -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Tuesday that flew over Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean in defiance of international sanctions and criticism of Pyongyang's continued nuclear and missile development.
Japan interceptors ready for Pyongyang threat
Kyodo News, Published on 12/08/2017
» Japan has deployed missile interceptor batteries along the path that North Korean ballistic missiles would travel if Pyongyang follows through on its threat to launch four toward the US Pacific territory of Guam.
OECD upgrades global economic outlook in 2017
Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2016
» TOKYO - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Monday upgraded its global economic outlook for 2017, as growth will be supported by fiscal stimulus despite weak trade and investment.