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December 9, 2019 World Business

Official: China hopes for US trade pact as tariff hike nears

A Chinese official says Beijing wants a prompt settlement of its trade war with Washington. A deputy commerce minister said Monday that Beijing wants "satisfactory results as soon as possible.'' The...

World Anti-Doping Agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia

The Russian flag and national anthem were banned from next year's Tokyo Olympics and other major sports events for four years on Monday. Russia's hosting of world championships in Olympic sports als...

December 9, 2019
World News
Historical documents show Japan's role in sex slaves: Kyodo

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed by Kyodo News service that highlight the...

December 8, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Europeans again condemn North Korea's missile launches

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Half a dozen European countries on Wednesday again condemned North Korea's 13 "provocative" ballistic missile launches since May, saying they violate UN Security Council resolu...

December 5, 2019
North Korea
North Korea warns US against meeting on its human rights

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea warned Wednesday that tensions on the Korean peninsula will increase and the situation "take a turn for the worse again" if the United States goes ahead with a UN S...

December 5, 2019
North Korea
Trump says China deal could wait until after election

US President Donald Trump appeared to downplay the chances for a deal to end the US-China trade war before the end of the year. Speaking in London he is attending a NATO summit, Trump said Tuesday t...

December 3, 2019
World News
China accuses UN rights chief of inflaming Hong Kong unrest

HONG KONG (AP) -- China accused the UN high commissioner for human rights of emboldening "radical violence" in Hong Kong by suggesting the city's leader conduct an investigation into reports of exces...

December 1, 2019
World News
US says cryptocurrency expert violated N. Korea sanctions

NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors have charged a cryptocurrency expert with violating economic sanctions against North Korea by presenting at a conference there this year after the US government denied...

November 30, 2019
North Korea
Son of former German president stabbed to death in Berlin

The son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker was stabbed to death while he was giving a lecture at a hospital in Berlin where he worked as a head physician, police said Wednesday. A 57...

November 20, 2019
World News
A Hong Kong protester on why he won't surrender to police

Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He hugged his body with his arms, whether because of the chill in the air ...

November 20, 2019
World News
E-commerce giant Alibaba raises $11 billion in share listing

The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has raised at least $11 billion in a share offering in Hong Kong, netting the city's biggest offering since 2010 despite recent political turmoil. Alibaba said W...

November 20, 2019
World Business
SuperM, BoA to perform at 2020 Global Goal in South Korea

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- K-pop supergroup SuperM and singer BoA will perform at a Global Citizen event in Asia as part of a massive multi-continent concert next year. The advocacy organization says the p...

November 20, 2019
Music
Baby Shark run continues with new tour dates

NEW YORK (AP) -- Most viral videos have a finite shelf life, but the "doo doo doo" of "Baby Shark" shows no sign of abating. The little ditty and dance about a family of sharks that captivated the t...

November 20, 2019
World News
[Newsmaker] Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters

HONG KONG (AP) -- Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons. Anti-go...

November 18, 2019
World News
Hong Kong police fire blue-dyed water cannons in new protest

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong police water cannon trucks drove over bricks and nails strewn by protesters and sprayed them at close range Sunday, as opposition lawmakers criticized the Chinese military...

November 17, 2019
World

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