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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.
A pair of prize cocks
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/02/2018
» Thailand has again won the grand prize at the annual International Snow Sculpture contest in Sapporo, Japan, this time with a magnificent pair of Thai fighting cocks.
Couple taking selfie on rail track hit by train
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/02/2018
» Two young people trying to take a selfie on a railway track were hit by a passenger train and severely injured at Samsen station in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district early on Thursday.
Stored fireworks explode, burn down houses
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/02/2018
» Fireworks stored at the back of a family house in Pathum Thani exploded on Thursday morning, setting off a fire which destroyed three homes in Sam Khok district.
Merkel clinches German coalition deal
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel finally reached a deal Wednesday to form a new German coalition government, handing the powerful finance ministry to the country's main centre-left party in an agreement aimed at ending months of political gridlock.
Second quake rocks Hualien
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» TAIPEI: Taiwan was hit by an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude on the eastern coast of the island, the government said late on Wednesday night.
Britain's Cheddar Man: dark, blue-eyed, 10,000 years old
Published on 08/02/2018
» LONDON: DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton found in an English cave suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, researchers said Wednesday.
Kim Jong Un sends influential sister to Olympics
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, an increasingly prominent figure in the country's leadership, will be part of the North's delegation to the South Korean Winter Olympics, officials said Wednesday.
Pakistani to hang for blasphemy killing
AFP, Published on 08/02/2018
» HARIPUR, Pakistan: A Pakistani court sentenced one person to death and five others to life imprisonment on Wednesday for lynching a student accused of blasphemy, a crime which sent shockwaves through the conservative Muslim country.
US prepares 'toughest' sanctions for North Korea
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» TOKYO: US Vice President Mike Pence said Washington is preparing to announce the "toughest and most aggressive" economic sanctions against North Korea in the coming days, boosting pressure on the bellicose government during the Winter Olympics.