BA NG KOK — Shares were mixed early Monday in Asia in the absence of fresh news on the tariffs standoff between the U.S. and China. Markets in the U.S. and Britain were closed for holidays. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index advanced 0.3% to 21,182.58 after visiting President […]
TOKYO — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not “personally bothered” by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is hosting the president on four-day state visit full of pageantry Standing beside Trump at […]
The 2018/19 Italian Serie A season finished on Sunday with Juventus once again crowned champions for the eighth straight year and 35th time in their history. AFP Sport looks at the tops and flops of the league campaign in Italy: Cristiano Ronaldo’s surprise arrival from Real Madrid […]
The Europa League final on Wednesday in Baku is just the latest major sporting event Azerbaijan has hosted in an attempt to smooth over its atrocious human rights record. Hosting events such as the 2015 European Games and an annual Formula 1 Grand Prix, the oil-rich Caspian […]
Italian-US auto giant Fiat Chrysler presented a merger proposal to France’s Renault on Monday that would create the world’s third largest automaker. Fiat Chrysler delivered a non-binding letter to Renault proposing “a combination of their respective businesses as a 50/50 merger”, with a group that would be […]
North Korea slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday, calling him a “war maniac” and “war monger”, just as President Donald Trump offered a positive outlook on relations with Pyongyang. Talks between Washington and Pyongyang have been deadlocked since the collapse of a summit between […]
Myanmar U19 striker San Thaw Thaw fled from her family’s paddy fields to follow her footballing dreams, inspired by her girlhood hero Wayne Rooney. One of five daughters, the 18-year-old grew up in Nyaung Tone township in Ayeyarwaddy division obsessed with football in a country that often […]
Wallabies great Phil Kearns has called for the Jaguares to be kicked out of Super Rugby, claiming they have an unfair advantage as their line-up is so similar to Argentina’s national team. The hooker, now a television pundit, said the franchise had “hoodwinked” governing body SANZAAR and […]
Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was set Monday to lose a no-confidence vote from MPs, which will see him removed from office over a corruption scandal that brought down his coalition government. Norbert Hofer, chief of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), said Monday that his party “will support” […]
The United States does not seek “regime change” in Iran despite mounting Middle East tensions, President Donald Trump said Monday, in dovish comments also praising North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un as a “very smart guy.” Speaking after summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump […]
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