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China turbulence knocks Asian shares to nine-month low as trade war fears grow

open view web desk TOKYO – Chinese stocks went into a tail spin on Tuesday as turbulence gripped equity markets in Asia, which sank to nine-month lows as investors feared the Sino-U.S. trade row could derail a rare period of synchronized global growth. Speculation was rife the central […]

Over 270,000 displaced by south Syria violence, UN says

open view web desk More than a quarter of a million people have fled a Russian-backed government onslaught on southern Syria, the United Nations said Monday, in the latest civilian exodus in the seven-year war. For nearly two weeks, regime forces and their Russian allies have battered rebel-held […]

UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps

open view web desk UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard “unimaginable” accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to Bangladesh’s refugee camps and called for Myanmar to be held responsible for “crimes” against the Rohingya. Guterres described the situation for the persecuted Muslim minority as “a […]

Trump wants his ‘people’ to be like Kim’s ‘people’

open view web desk Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 15: United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that he wants “his people” to listen to him, like people of North Korea listens to their leader Kim Jong Un. “He’s the head of a country. And I mean, he is the strong head,” Trump said during […]

Analysis: India airlines spread their wings to escape airfare war at home

open view web desk NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE – Indian airlines are turning to the international market in search of better returns as the intensifying fight for a bigger share of the world’s fastest growing domestic market – where price is king – drives down profits. While global airlines’ profits […]

Trump says summit ended N. Korea nuclear threat

open view web desk US President Donald Trump arrived home Wednesday, insisting his historic summit with Kim Jong Un had ended North Korea’s nuclear threat and the world could sleep safer. “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” Trump tweeted as Air Force One returned […]

Trump says he will stop ‘war games’ with South on Korean peninsula

open view web desk The US will stop holding military exercises on the Korean peninsula, President Donald Trump said Tuesday after his summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. Washington and Seoul are security allies, with around 30,000 US troops stationed in the South to defend it […]

Trump says he will stop ‘war games’ with S. Korea

open view web desk The US will stop holding joint military exercises on the Korean peninsula, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, making a major concession to North Korea after his summit with Kim Jong Un. Washington and Seoul are security allies, with 28,500 US troops stationed in the […]

Trump and Kim’s joint statement

open view web desk SINGAPORE- Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong […]

Historic Trump-Kim summit ends with promise, light on substance

open view web desk SINGAPORE- U.S. President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged at a historic summit on Tuesday to move toward complete denuclearisation, while the United States promised its old foe security guarantees. The start of negotiations aimed at banishing what Trump described […]

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