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S Korea seeks nuclear agreement with N Korean at summit
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's leader Kim Jong Un opened a new round of talks at a summit in Pyongyang on Wednesday with the North Korean nuclear arsenal high on the agenda, but Seoul warned they may not reach an agreement.
Japan trade surplus with US shrinks for second month
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» TOKYO - Japan's sensitive trade surplus with the United States shrank sharply for the second consecutive month, according to official data published Wednesday, as Tokyo nervously eyes Washington's trade war with China.
Milan Fashion Week regales in green-tinted luxury
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» MILAN - Milan Fashion Week kicks off on Wednesday with cutting-edge couturiers taking over the city to present their women's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2019 collections, while doffing a collective cap to the environment.
EU summit to defuse migrant tension, set Brexit countdown
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» BRUSSELS - European leaders will gather Wednesday for a summit to put summer tensions over migration behind them and to set up the last stretch of talks for a Brexit deal.
China's 'Maradona': the 'Soccer Nut' still going strong at 63
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - Friends call him "Maradona" and Chinese media have dubbed him "Soccer Nut" -- Zhao Chongshan is 63 but he still plays football three times a week and has no plan to hang up his boots.
Knights of the tripe: French food cults defend local fare
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» BAGNOLES-DE-L'ORNE (FRANCE) - On a Saturday morning in September in the Normandy countryside a group of men and women gather for an ancient French initiation ceremony.
North and South Korea to bid for 2032 Summer Olympics
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» SEOUL: North and South Korea will bid jointly for the 2032 Olympics, they announced Wednesday, in an ambitious plan built on hopes of deepening a diplomatic thaw catalysed by this year's Winter Games in the South.
Chinese premier slams 'unilateralism' in trade disputes
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» TIANJIN (CHINA) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang railed against "unilateralism" on Wednesday in a veiled allusion to the trade fight with the United States, and threw his weight behind further opening of the world's second largest economy.
New Malaysia child marriage draws UN condemnation
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» The marriage of a 15-year-old Malaysian girl to a man almost three times her age drew condemnation from the United Nations Wednesday, putting fresh pressure on the Muslim-majority country to halt such unions.
SET extends gains, Philippine shares fall on foreign selling
Published on 19/09/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index rose, while financial shares dragged down the Philippine market on Wednesday.