UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — UN chief Antonio Guterres and several representatives of the UN Security Council on Friday expressed concern about the risk of military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula.
“Any military action would have devastating and unpredictable...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AFP) – A major tax cut promised by US President Donald Trump was on track for final passage next week, after two previous holdouts in his Republican party said Friday they would vote yes on the legislation. Republicans in both houses of the US Congress, where they hold...
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 16 (AFP) – More than 5,200 delegates will head to South Africa’s ruling African National Congress elective conference from December 16 to 20 to pick a new leader to replace President Jacob Zuma.
The gathering is the fruit of many months of planning for the complex...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AFP) – The US House Ethics Committee announced Friday it had opened an investigation into a Democratic representative accused of sexually harassing two women, while a female congressional candidate who was accused of harassment dropped out of a race.The committee said in...
OSLO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — A recent research showed that 11 percent of young women in Norway’s media industry claimed to had been victims of sexual harassment or abuse over the past six months, public broadcaster NRK reported Friday. The big extent of sexual harassment in the media...
JUBA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — South Sudan children are bearing the brunt of a crisis that entered its fourth year, the UN children’s agency said in a report released on Friday. UNICEF said the children have been victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of...
LONDON, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is scheduled on May 19 next year, Kensington Palace announced Friday. The British royal family has said the wedding ceremony would take place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Local media...
MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed “urgent issues” in bilateral diplomatic relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula in a phone call Thursday, the Kremlin said in a statement. “At the initiative of...
LIMA, Dec. 15 (AFP) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski late Thursday rejected demands he resign, brushing aside an opposition ultimatum to step down or face impeachment over allegations he received bribes from Brazilian contractor Odebrecht. “I am not going to abdicate my...
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — Jobless rate among South Korean youths aged 15 to 29 stayed high last month as the labor market still struggled with uncertainties despite the government’s efforts to create decent jobs, a government report showed Wednesday. The young generation’s...
