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Abe nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Kyodo News, Published on 18/02/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese government officials confirmed Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after a request from Washington last year, a move that could spark controversy at home and abroad.
Macron sworn in as youngest French president
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2017
» PARIS -- Emmanuel Macron, the pro-European Union victor in the French presidential election, was sworn in Sunday as the youngest French president in history.
Paris climate agreement poised to go into force
Kyodo News, Published on 22/09/2016
» UNITED NATIONS - Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change on Wednesday, surpassing a major hurdle toward putting the landmark pact into force.
Carver of Buddha images takes to YouTube
Kyodo News, Published on 17/01/2016
» A young Japanese "busshi," or carver of wooden Buddha statues, has been posting videos of his work on YouTube, hoping to explain his craft to the world.
Beijing issues first-ever smog 'red alert'
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2015
» BEIJING - City authorities on Monday issued for the first time a red alert for air pollution, the highest of four danger levels, requiring schools to close and at least half of vehicles to be pulled off the roads.
Knife attacker slashes 3 in London
Kyodo News, Published on 06/12/2015
» LONDON - A knife-wielding man slashed three people in a London metro station on Saturday, seriously injuring one of them, according to local media.
'IS suicide bombers' threaten Asean summit
Kyodo News, Published on 20/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - The chief of Malaysian police said late Thursday that they have yet to confirm information about the presence of alleged Islamic State suicide bombers in Kuala Lumpur, where leaders from 18 countries including the United States, Japan, China and Thailand gather this weekend for a series of meetings.
Apec ministers meet to discuss free trade, terrorism
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2015
» Ministers of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began a two-day meeting Monday to discuss antiterrorism cooperation in the wake of Friday's attacks in Paris and a region-wide free-trade initiative following the deal for a Pacific trade pact.
Thailand, Japan agree to fight terrorism after Paris attacks
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2015
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and his Japanese counterpart agreed Monday to cooperate with the international community to combat terrorism in the wake of deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, as well as a bombing in Bangkok in August.
3 Cambodians 'confess' to beating opposition lawmakers
Kyodo News, Published on 04/11/2015
» Three suspects in the beating of two Cambodian opposition lawmakers last have confessed, according to a government statement.