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[Graphic News] Swine fever to affect pork market for years

Millions of pigs have been culled as African swine fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to Americ...

Jun 9, 2019
World News
UK's May quits as party leader, starting succession race

LONDON (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brex...

Jun 7, 2019
World News
Macron praises May and looks beyond Brexit on D-Day

VER-SUR-MER (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron looked beyond the current tensions with Britain over Brexit on Thursday as he paid tribute to the neighbours' shared history and "common future" ...

Jun 6, 2019
World News
Amid trade war, China's Xi talks up economy, heads to Moscow

Chinese President Xi Jinping is talking up the Chinese economy's resilience as he heads to Moscow for a state visit affirming increasingly close ties between the former Cold War rivals. In interview...

Jun 5, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Brazil largest coffee producer in world

Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world, having produced more than 51 million bags of beans in 2017-2018. The world’s second largest producer is Vietnam, with production of 29....

Jun 5, 2019
World News
Trump baby blimp flies in London as protests greet president

LONDON (AP) _ Thousands of protesters greeted President Donald Trump's UK visit with anger and British irony Tuesday, crowding London's government district while the US leader met Prime Minister Ther...

Jun 4, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Emerging nations to dominate world economy in 2050

By 2050, China will not only have overtaken the United States, but its economy will be much, much bigger than the US. According to a PwC report, its gross domestic product will stand at around $58...

Jun 4, 2019
World Business
Silence, security in Beijing on 30th Tiananmen anniversary

BEIJING (AFP) -- China marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security after arresting activists and tightening internet censorship ahead of ...

Jun 4, 2019
World News
Apple iTunes to play last song

SAN JOSE (AFP) -- Apple on Monday announced the demise of its groundbreaking iTunes platform in favor of three more tailored apps, as it refines its offerings to be a stage for digital music, films, ...

Jun 4, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] China produces 95% of world’s rare earths

China produces more than 95 percent of the world’s rare earths, and the US relies on China for more than 80 percent of its imports. In 2018, Beijing increased rare earths mining by 15,000 tons, wh...

Jun 2, 2019
World
Son Heung-min becomes 2nd S. Korean to start UEFA Champions League final in Tottenham's loss

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has made a small piece of history in the UEFA Champions League final. Son became only the second South Korean to start the championship match in the top European cl...

Jun 2, 2019
World News
12 dead after gunman fires 'indiscriminately' in Virginia govt complex

A municipal employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on Friday in the US state of Virginia, police said, killing 12 people and wounding four in the latest mass sho...

Jun 1, 2019
World
China must stop eroding neighbors’ sovereignty: US

The United States warned China on Saturday against threatening its neighbors’ sovereignty and said Washington was investing in new military technology in the next five years to keep Asia stable. Was...

Jun 1, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] More climbers die on crowded Everest

A traffic jam of climbers in Everest’s “death zone” was blamed for two of four new deaths reported Friday, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety on the world’s highest p...

May 30, 2019
World
Two feared dead, 17 hurt after Japan mass stabbing

TOKYO (AFP) -- Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing attack that also injured 17 people in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, the local fire department said. "One ma...

May 28, 2019
World News

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