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K-pop's BTS 'worth $3.6 billion a year' to South Korea

South Korean boyband BTS are worth more than $3.6 billion to the country's economy every year -- equivalent to the contribution of 26 mid-sized companies -- a research institute said Tuesday. The fl...

December 18, 2018
Music
[Newsmaker] Explosion at Japan restaurant injures 42: police

An explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan injured 42 people late Sunday, police said, with the blast reportedly causing surrounding buildings to collapse. Fires broke out following the incident...

December 17, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Nations agree milestone rulebook for Paris climate treaty

Nations on Sunday struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world's most vulnerable countries need to ave...

December 16, 2018
World News
Fake news vs fact in online battle for truth

Since US President Donald Trump weaponised the term "fake news" during the 2016 presidential election campaign, the phrase has gone viral. Increasingly it is used by politicians around the world to ...

December 16, 2018
World News
Trump knew hush-money payments were wrong: ex-lawyer Cohen

President Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order election-eve hush money paid to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, his former lawyer Michael Cohen said in an interview to be broadc...

December 14, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Strasbourg Christmas market gunman shot dead by French police

The gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg was shot dead by French police on Thursday as the Islamic State jihadist group claimed him as one of its "soldiers". More than ...

December 14, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Canada says second citizen 'missing' in China

A second Canadian citizen who has been questioned by authorities in China is "presently missing", Canadian officials said Thursday, adding to tensions following the arrest of a top Chinese telecom ex...

December 13, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Gunman on run after killing three at Strasbourg Christmas market

A gunman killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, authorities said. A manhunt was u...

December 12, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Korea cab driver burns himself to death in carpool protest

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death on Monday in protest at an Uber-like ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, reports said. (Yonhap) South ...

December 10, 2018
Science
Six dead, dozens hurt in Italy nightclub stampede

Six people, including five teenagers, died and 120 were injured in a stampede when panic broke out during a rap concert at a packed Italian nightclub early Saturday. The suspected use of a pepper sp...

December 9, 2018
World News
China's surplus with the US hits new record in November

EIJING -- China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $35.6 billion in November, official data showed Saturday, as exports across the Pacific remained strong despite a raft of ...

December 8, 2018
World News
CNN offices evacuated after bomb threat, no explosive found

CNN's New York offices were evacuated Thursday night after a bomb threat, but no explosive was found and police later gave the all clear, the network said. The roughly 90 minute drama recalled a sim...

December 7, 2018
World News
French government yields on fuel price hikes after weeks of protest

The French government, under pressure from weeks of "yellow vest" protests over rising living costs, on Wednesday scrapped all planned fuel tax hikes for 2019 and appealed for calm. An increase sche...

December 6, 2018
World News
Putin threatens to develop nuclear missiles banned by US-Russia treaty

A defiant Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to develop nuclear missiles banned under a treaty with the United States after Washington gave Moscow a deadline to comply with the key arms control a...

December 6, 2018
World News
US senators blast Saudi prince over Khashoggi, after CIA chief briefing

Two key US Republican senators said a Tuesday briefing by the CIA's director only strengthened their conviction that Saudi Arabia's crown prince directed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Th...

December 5, 2018
World News

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