China / World

Airport safe after nerve agent found

[2017-02-27 14:09]

KUALA LUMPUR - Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 2 was declared a "safe zone" on Sunday morning after inspection teams found no traces of a deadly poison that was used to kill a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Trump to skip correspondents' dinner as media row heats up

[2017-02-27 14:09]

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with the US media on Saturday, announcing he will skip the annual correspondents' dinner one day after a row erupted over White House press access.

Swedes puzzle over television appearance of 'security adviser'

[2017-02-27 14:09]

NEW YORK - A trans-Atlantic wave of puzzlement is rippling across Sweden for the second time in a week, after a prominent Fox News program featured a "Swedish defense and national security adviser" who's unknown to the country's military and foreign-affairs officials.

Malaysia rolls out red carpet for Saudi king

[2017-02-27 14:09]

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia welcomed Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday for the start of a rare, month-long Asian tour, where the monarch will build ties and seek to draw more investments to the oil-rich Gulf nation.

Muhammad Ali's son detained at airport, asked 'Are you Muslim?'

[2017-02-27 14:09]

MIAMI - Muhammad Ali's son, who bears the boxing great's name, was detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport and questioned about his ancestry and religion in what amounted to unconstitutional profiling, a family friend said on Saturday.

Le Pen adviser in probe over loans

[2017-02-27 14:09]

PARIS - Frederic Chatillon, an adviser to French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, on Saturday was put under formal investigation for allegedly making an illegal loan to Le Pen's National Front party. The latest news is expected to deepen the uncertainty of the race as presidential hopeful Francois Fillo faces a troublesome scandal, with frontrunner Emmanueal Macron being criticized for his policies.

Syrian rescuers miss out on Oscars show

[2017-02-27 14:09]

BEIRUT - Rescue workers from Syria's White Helmets group - the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary-will not attend this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony because of intensified conflict and a rejected passport.

Trump touts bump in nukes

[2017-02-25 07:20]

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the US nuclear arsenal is at the "top of the pack", saying the country has fallen behind in its atomic weapons capacity.

Carnival helps Rio forget crime, recession

[2017-02-25 07:20]

RIO DE JANEIRO - The economy is crumbling, public coffers are empty and street protests are turning violent.

Chemical weapon substance cited in death of DPRK man

[2017-02-25 07:20]

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said on Friday a man from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who died on the way from a Malaysian airport to hospital on Feb 13 was killed by a chemical weapon substance found on his body.

Abe's wife resigns from honorary position

[2017-02-25 07:20]

TOKYO - Japan's first lady has resigned as "honorary principal" of a private elementary school run by a man with ultranationalistic views following an escalating controversy over the low price the school paid for government land.

Nightmare without an end

[2017-02-25 07:20]

TOKYO - When Hua Yi, a journalist from Xinhua, reached an area about five kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, his radiation detector would not stop vibrating and sounding alarms.

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