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Kim's N. Korea gains a little economically, a lot militarily
- July 18, 2017
While China's imports from North Korea dropped 13.2 percent to $880 million in the period from January to June, exports to North Korea rose 29.1 percent to $1.67 billion, he said . North Koreans have known to have helped construct a new soccer stadium in St Petersburg, where at least one citizen is reported to have died. "He's just trying to protect himself by reinforcing his country's military power", said analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at South Korea's Sejong Institute. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
While China's imports from North Korea dropped 13.2 percent to $880 million in the period from January to June, exports to North Korea rose 29.1 percent to $1.67 billion, he said . North Koreans have known to have helped construct a new soccer stadium in St Petersburg, where at least one citizen is reported to have died. "He's just trying to protect himself by reinforcing his country's military power", said analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at South Korea's Sejong Institute. (more...)
Japan to warn of greater threat from North Korea in new report
- July 18, 2017
North Korea routinely denounces all joint U.S. The government is likely North Korea's largest user of fuel products, but most petrol and diesel bought by ordinary citizens comes from private dealers and smugglers, experts say. In all, the North has conducted five nuclear tests and numerous missile tests. When Moon visited Washington after being elected president, he and U.S. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
North Korea routinely denounces all joint U.S. The government is likely North Korea's largest user of fuel products, but most petrol and diesel bought by ordinary citizens comes from private dealers and smugglers, experts say. In all, the North has conducted five nuclear tests and numerous missile tests. When Moon visited Washington after being elected president, he and U.S. (more...)
Oppn to demand debate on China's involvement in Kashmir
- July 18, 2017
CPI-M leader Mohammad Salim said on Sunday that his party will raise the issues of cross border tensions with India and Pakistan, mob lynching by cow vigilantes, and the agrarian crisis. Apart from these issues, the CPM has requested to resolve the matter of China and that of Jammu and Kashmir. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad made it clear today that the Congress and other opposition parties would target the government over the issues. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
CPI-M leader Mohammad Salim said on Sunday that his party will raise the issues of cross border tensions with India and Pakistan, mob lynching by cow vigilantes, and the agrarian crisis. Apart from these issues, the CPM has requested to resolve the matter of China and that of Jammu and Kashmir. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad made it clear today that the Congress and other opposition parties would target the government over the issues. (more...)
UAE rejects accusations it hacked Qatari websites
- July 18, 2017
The US intelligence officials told the Washington Post it was unclear whether the UAE authorities had hacked the Qatar News Agency itself or paid a third party to do it. The incident helped spark a diplomatic rift between Qatar and its neighbours. "You can not be both our friend and a friend of al-Qaeda", he said, repeating allegations - denied by Qatar - that the country funds extremists. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The US intelligence officials told the Washington Post it was unclear whether the UAE authorities had hacked the Qatar News Agency itself or paid a third party to do it. The incident helped spark a diplomatic rift between Qatar and its neighbours. "You can not be both our friend and a friend of al-Qaeda", he said, repeating allegations - denied by Qatar - that the country funds extremists. (more...)
South Korea preparing to request military talks with North Korea
- July 18, 2017
The launch was believed to have been a successful test of a ballistic missile with inter-continental range. South Korea President Moon Jae In, who took office in May, has been advocating engagement with North Korea despite high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear arms and missile programs, in stark contrast to his two predecessors, who maintained a harder-line policy toward the North. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The launch was believed to have been a successful test of a ballistic missile with inter-continental range. South Korea President Moon Jae In, who took office in May, has been advocating engagement with North Korea despite high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear arms and missile programs, in stark contrast to his two predecessors, who maintained a harder-line policy toward the North. (more...)
US Lists NAFTA Priorities as Renegotiation of the Deal Looms
- July 18, 2017
Trump's team believes the trade deficit with Mexico has contributed to a dire scene in US manufacturing towns. The move appeared aimed at future trade deals rather than specifically at Canada and Mexico, which are not considered currency manipulators. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Trump's team believes the trade deficit with Mexico has contributed to a dire scene in US manufacturing towns. The move appeared aimed at future trade deals rather than specifically at Canada and Mexico, which are not considered currency manipulators. (more...)
UAE minister denies any hacking of Qatar
- July 18, 2017
The hack also involved the planting of damning false stories about Qatar's emir. The hacking of Qatari media services in May saw the tiny Gulf state's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, quoted as praising Hamas and describing Iran as an "Islamic power". (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The hack also involved the planting of damning false stories about Qatar's emir. The hacking of Qatari media services in May saw the tiny Gulf state's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, quoted as praising Hamas and describing Iran as an "Islamic power". (more...)
UAE says report that it was behind Qatari cyber hack is "false"
- July 18, 2017
The report said that information accessed by US intelligence officials has confirmed that senior members of the UAE government had discussed the plan and its implementation. The Gulf states who cut ties with Qatar last month have given their strongest hint yet that they plan to expel Qatar from the Gulf Cooperation Council, the regional trade and security group. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The report said that information accessed by US intelligence officials has confirmed that senior members of the UAE government had discussed the plan and its implementation. The Gulf states who cut ties with Qatar last month have given their strongest hint yet that they plan to expel Qatar from the Gulf Cooperation Council, the regional trade and security group. (more...)
Panama case: Sharif discusses counter strategy with top aides
- July 18, 2017
It has been revealed that a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who is counted in the inner circle of PM, provided joint investigation team (JIT) with all the documents. The investigators alleged his family's wealth was beyond its means, and accused his children, including his daughter and presumed heir Maryam, of signing forged documents to obscure ownership of posh London flats. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
It has been revealed that a close aide of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who is counted in the inner circle of PM, provided joint investigation team (JIT) with all the documents. The investigators alleged his family's wealth was beyond its means, and accused his children, including his daughter and presumed heir Maryam, of signing forged documents to obscure ownership of posh London flats. (more...)
Monsoon session 2017 begins today, here is the agenda
- July 18, 2017
However, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are unlikely to transact any business tomorrow and adjourn till July 18 on the account of the death of its members: Vinod Khanna (Lok Sabha) and Anil Dave and P. He said the Congress "is not in favour of stalling the proceedings of Parliament, but we are forced to do so when the government does not agree to our genuine demands". (more...)
- July 18, 2017
However, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are unlikely to transact any business tomorrow and adjourn till July 18 on the account of the death of its members: Vinod Khanna (Lok Sabha) and Anil Dave and P. He said the Congress "is not in favour of stalling the proceedings of Parliament, but we are forced to do so when the government does not agree to our genuine demands". (more...)
Cities across the province stepping up to accept wildfire evacuees
- July 18, 2017
Williams Lake had been under an evacuation alert for days before the evacuation order was implemented. The Burnaby Fire Department is sending two engine companies, with a captain and three firefighters each, along with a support vehicle pulling a supply trailer, fire Chief Joe Robertson told the NOW. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Williams Lake had been under an evacuation alert for days before the evacuation order was implemented. The Burnaby Fire Department is sending two engine companies, with a captain and three firefighters each, along with a support vehicle pulling a supply trailer, fire Chief Joe Robertson told the NOW. (more...)
Teen electrocuted in bathtub sent photo of frayed cord before death
- July 18, 2017
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Lovington Police Department have determined that the phone itself never was submerged in the tub. It is believed she took the photo, sent it with a text to a friend, just before she died. The teenager's grandmother Donna O'Guinn said that the girl was her "shining star" and Madison was wiser than her age. "She was such a bright, vibrant, very intelligent, loving, caring young lady", O'Guinn-Downs said. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Lovington Police Department have determined that the phone itself never was submerged in the tub. It is believed she took the photo, sent it with a text to a friend, just before she died. The teenager's grandmother Donna O'Guinn said that the girl was her "shining star" and Madison was wiser than her age. "She was such a bright, vibrant, very intelligent, loving, caring young lady", O'Guinn-Downs said. (more...)
North Korea fuel prices surge after China cuts oil supplies
- July 18, 2017
North Korea has launched a number of ballistic missile tests since the start of 2017. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon also called for the restoration of military and government hotlines across the border, which had been cut by the North previous year in response to the South imposing economic sanctions after a nuclear test by Pyongyang, Reuters reported on July 16. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
North Korea has launched a number of ballistic missile tests since the start of 2017. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon also called for the restoration of military and government hotlines across the border, which had been cut by the North previous year in response to the South imposing economic sanctions after a nuclear test by Pyongyang, Reuters reported on July 16. (more...)
Extend martial law in Mindanao, AFP, PNP ask Duterte
- July 18, 2017
Joseph Victor Ejercito, who is generally supportive of an extension given a "sufficient and convincing justification". President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law in Mindanao island on May 23 following the siege laid by the ISIL-linked Maute group in the city of Marawi. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Joseph Victor Ejercito, who is generally supportive of an extension given a "sufficient and convincing justification". President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law in Mindanao island on May 23 following the siege laid by the ISIL-linked Maute group in the city of Marawi. (more...)
Ostia, dopo la nebbia la tromba d'aria
- July 18, 2017
Colpo di coda della tromba d'aria anche a Torvaianica , dove intorno alle 13 si è alzato un forte vento che in pochi secondi ha fatto volare sdraio e ombrelloni, spaventando e colpendo alcuni bagnanti, fortunatamente senza conseguenze. Quattro persone sono state medicate sul posto, 2 persone con traumi cranici sono stati portati a Ostia in codice giallo, una persona con un trauma toracico è stata trasportata a Pomezia , sempre in codice giallo. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Colpo di coda della tromba d'aria anche a Torvaianica , dove intorno alle 13 si è alzato un forte vento che in pochi secondi ha fatto volare sdraio e ombrelloni, spaventando e colpendo alcuni bagnanti, fortunatamente senza conseguenze. Quattro persone sono state medicate sul posto, 2 persone con traumi cranici sono stati portati a Ostia in codice giallo, una persona con un trauma toracico è stata trasportata a Pomezia , sempre in codice giallo. (more...)
Jennifer Rubin: Some consistency in all the GOP health-care plans
- July 18, 2017
House Republicans are giving their Senate colleagues some space to get their health care bill through, but there are already some concerns surfacing about the changes to the bill that could be made through the amendment process and whether they could support the final product. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
House Republicans are giving their Senate colleagues some space to get their health care bill through, but there are already some concerns surfacing about the changes to the bill that could be made through the amendment process and whether they could support the final product. (more...)
GOP Senate health care bill teetering on edge of collapse
- July 18, 2017
Shares of health-care companies were more or less flat as traders awaited the outcome of legislative negotiations on the health-care overhaul. A revised version of the bill he released earlier this week quickly drew two firm no votes - Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of ME - leaving the Kentucky Republican with no margin of error. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Shares of health-care companies were more or less flat as traders awaited the outcome of legislative negotiations on the health-care overhaul. A revised version of the bill he released earlier this week quickly drew two firm no votes - Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of ME - leaving the Kentucky Republican with no margin of error. (more...)
Sean Spicer contradicts Trump Jr and insists Russian meeting was about adoption
- July 18, 2017
In the days following Trump Jr .'s appearance on Fox News' "Hannity", additional information about the meeting has slowly leaked. According to reports , the unreported meeting, which took place on June 9, 2016 at Trump Tower in Manhattan, was attended by Trump's campaign chairman, Paul J. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
In the days following Trump Jr .'s appearance on Fox News' "Hannity", additional information about the meeting has slowly leaked. According to reports , the unreported meeting, which took place on June 9, 2016 at Trump Tower in Manhattan, was attended by Trump's campaign chairman, Paul J. (more...)
Massive quake expected to trigger tsunami
- July 18, 2017
The quake was originally reported as a 7.4 magnitude, but it was subsequently upgraded to 7.8. It was also very shallow, only 10km below the seabed, which would have amplified its effect, but it was far from any mainland. All areas within 186 miles (300 km) may see hazardous tsunami waves, the PTWC said. Civil Defence said it was assessing the risk to New Zealand but swiftly confirmed there was no risk. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
The quake was originally reported as a 7.4 magnitude, but it was subsequently upgraded to 7.8. It was also very shallow, only 10km below the seabed, which would have amplified its effect, but it was far from any mainland. All areas within 186 miles (300 km) may see hazardous tsunami waves, the PTWC said. Civil Defence said it was assessing the risk to New Zealand but swiftly confirmed there was no risk. (more...)
Chinese figures show trade is up with North Korea, but questions abound
- July 18, 2017
Two senior US officials were also quoted as saying last week, the USA was preparing new sanctions on Chinese banks and shell companies, that could be implemented "within weeks". Kim's statement suggested he will order more missile and nuclear tests until North Korea develops a functioning ICBM that can place the entire US within its striking distance. (more...)
- July 18, 2017
Two senior US officials were also quoted as saying last week, the USA was preparing new sanctions on Chinese banks and shell companies, that could be implemented "within weeks". Kim's statement suggested he will order more missile and nuclear tests until North Korea develops a functioning ICBM that can place the entire US within its striking distance. (more...)
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