Putin ready to meet North Korea's Kim at 'early date': KCNA
August 15, 2018 | 15:39
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported on Wednesday (Aug 15), amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.
Floodlight search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse
August 15, 2018 | 13:44
Italian rescuers searched through the night Wednesday (Aug 15) for any survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as investigators probed what could have caused such a catastrophic collapse.
Tonga PM calls on China to write-off Pacific debt
August 15, 2018 | 09:46
Tonga Prime Minister Akalisi Pohiva has called for China to write-off debts owed by Pacific island countries, warning that repayments impose a huge burden on the impoverished nations.
Genoa bridge collapse a disaster 'waiting to happen'
August 15, 2018 | 09:10
Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge, a 200-metre portion of which collapsed on Tuesday (Aug 14) killing dozens of people, has been riddled with structural problems since its construction in the 1960s, which has led to expensive maintenance and severe criticism from engineering experts.
Erdogan says Turkey to boycott US electronic goods
August 15, 2018 | 08:58
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (Aug 14) said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods like the iPhone in retaliation for punitive sanctions from Washington, as the Turkish lira finally clawed back some of the ground lost in its stand-off with Washington.
Masked vandals torch dozens of cars in Sweden
August 14, 2018 | 20:51
Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said on Tuesday (Aug 14), in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election.
Foreign tourists get surprise bonanza from Turkey woes
August 14, 2018 | 20:45
The collapse of the Turkish lira has caused trauma as Turks see their purchasing power slashed, but bargain-hunting foreign tourists visiting the country at the peak of the summer season are cashing in on a currency windfall.
Italy highway bridge collapses in Genoa, at least 22 dead
August 14, 2018 | 20:39
A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday (Aug 14) over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in what the transport minister said was likely to be "an immense tragedy".
Nine killed in Taiwan hospice blaze
August 13, 2018 | 16:50
Nine people were killed and 30 injured in a blaze that broke out early on Monday (Aug 13) at a hospice for the terminally ill near Taiwan's capital Taipei, fire officials said.
Corruption scandal in Argentina fells titans of business
August 13, 2018 | 11:59
Records kept in notebooks of the kinds used by schoolchildren are bringing down titans of Argentina's industry in a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal.
Eight bodies found in Indonesian plane crash
August 13, 2018 | 11:55
A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed eight people in mountainous eastern Indonesia, authorities said Sunday (Aug 12).
100 technology experts and scientists to gather in Vietnam
August 13, 2018 | 09:33
The MPI will invite 100 overseas Vietnamese technology experts and scientists to bring Industry 4.0 to Vietnam.
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb
August 13, 2018 | 09:00
Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday (Aug 12) as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.
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