‘Water coming your way’, Trump warns during hurricane tour
CONWAY – US President Donald Trump has warned South Carolina “water is coming your way” in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, as the death toll from the massive storm rose…
N.Korea’s Kim agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks
SEOUL – North Korea says it will permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, in a new gesture by leader Kim Jong Un to revive faltering talks…
Tropical Maldives heads to polls amid criticism over fairness of vote
MALE/COLOMBO – More than a quarter of a million people will vote on Sunday for the next leader of the tropical Maldives in an election criticised internationally for a lack…
SpaceX’s first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa
HAWTHORNE – SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space transportation company, has named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo. A…
Leaders of two Koreas meet for high-stakes summit with nuclear talks in jeopardy
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has greeted Moon Jae-in with hugs and smiles as the South Korean president arrived in Pyongyang for a third summit between the…
A child dies every five seconds, and most are preventable deaths: UN
LONDON – An estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays in 2017, or one every five seconds, mostly due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic…
Ex-Trump adviser Flynn could be sentenced as soon as Nov 28: filing
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, could be sentenced as soon as November 28, according…
Japan’s Murakami withdraws from consideration for alternative Nobel award
TOKYO – Japanese author Haruki Murakami has asked for the withdrawal of his nomination for an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, postponed this year over a sexual misconduct…
‘Super typhoon’ nears Hong Kong, China after slamming Philippines
HONG KONG – A hurricane force “super typhoon” swirled towards Hong Kong and the Chinese coastline today, gaining in force over the South China sea after hurtling through the Philippines…
“Brothers and sisters” of the Mafia, repent, pope says in Sicily
PALERMO – Pope Francis appealed to Sicily’s Mafia on Saturday to abandon a life of crime and violence, saying the island needed “men and women of love, not men and…
