Aladdin in the flesh: Disney to release live-action remake next May
LONDON – The street rat is back – and this time in the flesh. Disney has announced that it is planning to release a live-action adaptation next May of its…
Hundreds attend funeral of murdered Bulgarian journalist
RUSE – Hundreds of Bulgarians have queued silently at a church in Ruse to pay their last respects to Viktoria Marinova, the television journalist whose brutal rape and murder shocked…
S.Korea says no change on N.Korean sanctions
SEOUL – South Korea has never considered lifting sanctions against North Korea imposed over the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship, the country’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said. South…
US says China spy charged with trying to steal aviation secrets
WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department says it has arrested and indicted a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security on charges of economic espionage and attempting to steal trade…
Last day of search for victims of Indonesia disaster; 3 dead in Java quake
PALU – Rescue workers have scoured the rubble of devastated communities on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, in the last day of the search for victims of a 7.5 magnitude quake and…
Taiwan pledges to boost national security amid Chinese pressure
TAIPEI – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to boost national security, saying her government would not submit to Chinese suppression as Beijing ramps up pressure to assert its sovereignty…
More Asiatic lions in India test positive for virus after 23 deaths
MUMBAI – At least 21 more Asiatic lions, an endangered species found only in India, have tested positive for a highly contagious virus that has been blamed for recent lion…
US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley quits, to take time off
WASHINGTON – The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is resigning “to take a little time off,” President Donald Trump said, as she became the latest in a long…
Trump says next meeting with North Korea’s Kim being set up
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump says his next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is happening and officials are in the process of setting it up. Trump,…
Freshly minted Justice Kavanaugh gets to work at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Just three days after he was narrowly confirmed to the US Supreme Court despite facing allegations of sexual assault, Brett Kavanaugh is set to take his seat on…
