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3 killed, dozens injured after powerful quake strikes western Japan

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8 a.m. north of Osaka at a depth of about 13 kilometers, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The strongest shaking was north of Osaka, but the quake rattled large parts of western Japan, including Kyoto, the agency said.

Asia Pacific | 2018-06-18 10:00

US expected to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council

Talks with the United States over how to reform the main U.N. rights body have failed to meet Washington’s demands, activists and diplomats say, suggesting that the Trump administration will quit the Geneva forum whose session opens on Monday.

Americas | 2018-06-17 12:39

Trade war tensions rise as China hits back at US

China fired back Saturday in a spiraling trade dispute with President Donald Trump by raising import duties on a $34 billion list of American goods including soybeans, electric cars and whiskey. The government said it was responding in ``equal scale'' to Trump's tariff hike on Chinese goods in a conflict over Beijing's trade surplus and technology policy that companies worry ...

Asia Pacific | 2018-06-17 10:01

Escalating US-China trade war wreaks havoc on Korea

Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone under probe for sexual assault

"A case was presented today by the Santa Monica Police Department regarding Sylvester Stallone," Greg Risling, a spokesman at the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, told AFP.

Americas | 2018-06-14 15:26

War veterans hope peace on Korean Peninsula

While negotiations on how to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula are likely to continue well beyond this week's historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a more immediate goal could be a peace treaty to end the Korean War, which technically continues 65 years after an armistice suspended the bloodshed in 1953.

SCMP | 2018-06-12 14:50

Evidence shows gator bit, probably killed woman in Florida

A woman who disappeared while walking her dogs near a Florida lake Friday was bitten and likely killed by an alligator that was later captured, wildlife officials said.

Americas | 2018-06-09 18:14

Celebrity chef, author, TV food show host Anthony Bourdain dead at 61

Reaction to the death of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, whose body was discovered in France on Friday. He died of an apparent suicide. ``Anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. His brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so many, and his generosity knew no bounds. He was my love, my rock, my protector. I am beyond devastated. My thoughts are with his ...

Americas | 2018-06-09 12:24

Mediterranean could become a 'sea of plastic'

The Mediterranean could become a "sea of plastic", the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world's worst affected bodies of water.

Europe | 2018-06-08 13:53

White House urges US airlines to snub China over Taiwan issue

The U.S. government has urged the country's airlines not to give in to China's demands over how they refer to Taiwan, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (local time). The Trump administration has asked United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta not to comply with a Chinese demand to use “Taiwan, China” instead of “Taiwan” on their maps and websites for customers, accordin...

Americas | 2018-06-07 13:57

Miss America drops swimsuit competition…'won't judge on looks'

``We're not going to judge you on your appearance because we are interested in what makes you you,'' Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America and the new head of the organization's board of trustees, said in making the announcement Tuesday on ABC's ``Good Morning America.''

Americas | 2018-06-07 10:32

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