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US shrugs as North Korea demands Pompeo exit talks
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has said he's in love with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But if there's someone with whom the US president is even more smitten, it's Mike Pompeo.
UN envoy to Libya warns conflict could spark 'conflagration'
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» TRIPOLI - The UN's Libya envoy warned Thursday of "a widening conflagration" in the North African country, saying international divisions had encouraged strongman Khalifa Haftar to launch his assault on Tripoli.
Trump took no action to thwart Mueller probe: attorney general
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday that President Donald Trump took no action to thwart the special counsel's probe into Russian election interference, ahead of the long-awaited release of the final investigation report.
UN envoy to Libya warns of 'conflagration'
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» TRIPOLI - The UN's Libya envoy warned Thursday of "a widening conflagration" in the North African country, saying international divisions had encouraged strongman Khalifa Haftar to launch his assault on Tripoli.
US State Department still 'ready to engage' N.Korea
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US State Department said Thursday it remained ready to negotiate with North Korea after the regime called for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to be excluded from future nuclear talks.
Thailand busts 'seasteading' effort by American
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2019
» Authorities have raided a floating home in the Andaman Sea belonging to an American man and his Thai partner who sought to be pioneers in the "seasteading" movement, which promotes living in international waters to be free of any nation's laws.
6.1 quake causes light damage in Taiwan capital, east coast
AP, Published on 18/04/2019
» TAIPEI: A strong earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, causing scattered light damage in the capital and along the eastern coast.
Kremlin says Kim Jong Un will visit Russia this month
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2019
» MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to emerge as a broker in the long-running nuclear standoff and raise Russia's profile in regional affairs.
Loach and Malick top bill but no Tarantino - yet - for Cannes festival
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» PARIS: Veteran directors Ken Loach and Terrence Malick head the line-up of a gritty and highly political Cannes film festival next month, its director Thierry Fremaux said Thursday.
Phetchabun monk defrocked, jailed
Online Reporters, Published on 18/04/2019
» The abbot of a temple in Phetchabun was sentenced to 26 years in prison on money-laundering charges on Wednesday. He was defrocked before being jailed.