After Japan collision, USS Fitzgerald back in fighting shape
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, which collided with a container ship off Japan in 2017,...
Month: June 2020
Abe’s knack for taking public’s pulse dented by coronavirus
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has tried to make up for gym closures due to the coronavirus pandemic by walking 10,000...
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says liaison office will be destroyed
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would...
Kim Yo Jong warns North Korea will destroy ‘useless’ liaison office
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would...
Legal firms target car dealers over ‘PPI-style mis-selling’ of leases
Specialist legal firms are targeting car dealers with a wave of mis-selling claims, stoking fears that the boom in leasing...
Pacific islands await ‘travel bubble’ as French Polynesia reopens solo
APIA, Samoa -- Pacific island states are pushing hard to restart quarantine-free travel and boost their battered economies, as cautious...
Legal row as Cineworld drops $1.7bn Cineplex deal
The cinema chain Cineworld is bracing for a court battle with its latest takeover target after pulling out of the...
Superpowers clash in the battle to crown the new head of the WTO
Airtight as Mamdouh’s CV is, for many it is too similar to that of Azevêdo, who Peker notes is “obviously...
Lost lives are the cost of economic disaster
It has been clear for some time that we are facing the deepest economic slowdown in more than 300 years....
Pompeo to meet China’s top diplomat in Hawaii, seeking to ease tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii, trying to...
