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Chinese entrepreneurs of Korea?China Young Leaders Association meet former British PM David Cameron

The former British Prime Minister David Cameron attended an unscheduled meeting with the Korea–China Young Leaders Association’s Chinese entrepreneurs. The meeting took place on July 4 at the Seoul ...

Aug 30, 2017
World Business
Danish submarine scanned for clues to journalist's death

STOCKHOLM - Copenhagen police said Tuesday they were scanning an inventor's homemade submarine for possible hidden rooms as they investigate the death of a Swedish journalist last seen on board befor...

Aug 29, 2017
World News
UK PM 'outraged' by N. Korea missile ahead of Japan trip

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May, due in Tokyo on Wednesday, is "outraged" by North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, her Downing Street office said. "The prime minister is out...

Aug 29, 2017
World News
Trump: 'All options' on table after missile test

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "all options are on the table" in terms of a US response to North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan. In a terse, written statement Tuesday...

Aug 29, 2017
World News
[Graphic News] Beijing hosts more global companies

Asia is home to more Fortune Global 500 companies today than any other continent. Beijing alone has 57 companies which are among the world’s 500 largest companies, according to a list compiled by ...

Aug 29, 2017
World
UN chief seeks 'dream' of Israel-Palestinian peace in first visit

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held talks with Israeli leaders Monday on his first visit since taking office, making a forceful argument for a two-state solution with the Pa...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
India, China to pull back troops from border confrontation

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India and China have agreed to pull back their troops from a face-off in the high Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, signaling a thaw in the monthslong standoff, India's ...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
Battered by Harvey, Houston braces for even more flooding

HOUSTON (AP) -- Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city's downtown from devastating floods but that could ...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
[Graphic News] Iceland safest country in world

Iceland has been named the safest country on Earth, according to the 2017 Global Peace Index. The report ranked 163 nations according to their “levels of peacefulness.” The rankings were determine...

Aug 28, 2017
World
An odd trend in wheat country: not much wheat

An odd thing has happened in wheat country _ a lot of farmers aren't planting wheat. Thanks to a global grain glut that has caused prices and profits to plunge, this year farmers planted the fewest ...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
Indian 'rape guru' awaits sentencing amid huge security

An Indian guru convicted of rape awaited sentencing Monday, with authorities ramping up security amid fears of fresh violence days after protests over his guilty verdict left 36 dead. Barbed-wire ba...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
Pet-friendly China acupuncturist gets tails wagging again

Looking like a furry brown pincushion, eight-month-old French bulldog "Dan Jiao" whimpers nervously as he waits for the end of a Chinese acupuncture session aimed at curing partial paralysis caused b...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who...

Aug 28, 2017
World News
Woman sentenced for beating, starving nanny from China

WOODBURY, Minn. -- A woman accused of beating and starving a woman she brought from China to work as a nanny in Minnesota will be deported after she spends a year in jail. Lili Huang, 36, pleaded gu...

Aug 26, 2017
World News
Yellen defends bank regulations passed after 2008 crisis

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday emphatically defended the web of regulations the Fed helped enact after the 2008 financial crisis, saying it helped restore the b...

Aug 26, 2017
World Business

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