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North Korea silence speaks volumes on US talks
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» SEOUL: Pyongyang has maintained a deafening silence as news that US President Donald Trump will meet its leader Kim Jong Un made global headlines -- and analysts say the nuclear-armed North is keeping its powder dry, retaining room to manoeuvre.
Xi's rise crushes political reform predictions
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's Xi Jinping strode onto the leadership stage in 2012 to sunny predictions that he would usher in a new era of political reform. But after a stunning power grab, all bets are off.
'Black Panther' tops 'Wrinkle' as Disney dominates at the box office
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» LOS ANGELES - "Black Panther" kept up its record-setting ways in North American theaters over the weekend, easily defeating a challenge from another Disney product, newly released "A Wrinkle in Time," to again dominate box offices, industry analysts said.
Thailand girds itself for Trump trade war
Business, Published on 12/03/2018
» A long-standing ally of the US, Thailand has seen its steel industry rattled by a looming trade war as President Donald Trump's rhetoric on slapping hefty tariffs on steel imports has morphed into reality.
All hail Xi, China's 'Chairman of Everything'
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» BEIJING - Mao was the "Great Helmsman", Deng the "Paramount Leader" -- now meet Xi Jinping, whose growing personality cult has some calling him China's "Chairman of Everything".
The new Mao: China's Xi secures lifetime presidency
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday handed President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely.
Putin's sabre-rattling raises tensions with West ahead of vote
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's pre-election nuclear sabre-rattling has raised the stakes in Moscow's confrontation with the West on the eve of his fourth Kremlin term.
With little suspense, Xi to secure lifetime presidency
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's rubber-stamp parliament is set Sunday to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote.
Five diplomatic rows looming over Russia's World Cup
AFP, Published on 10/03/2018
» PARIS - The World Cup is a prime opportunity for the host country to burnish its international image -- but Russia's tensions with the West mean that will prove tricky this year.
AU chief meets Tillerson, says Trump slur in 'the past'
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» ADDIS ABABA - Washington's top diplomat began his first Africa tour Thursday by meeting with the African Union chief, who said the continent had moved on from a reported insult by President Donald Trump.