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20 million historical artifacts destroyed in fire at National Museum of Brazil
An archive of more than 20 million items is said to have been destroyed in Sunday's fire at National Museum of Brazil. There have been no reports of any casualties in the blaze at the 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro, but museum officials have described the loss to Brazilian science, history and culture as inca...
2018-09-04 07:37:25 KST -
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Argentina's Macri raises export taxes, slashes gov't ministries in bid to stabilize peso
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri has announced new austerity measures in an attempt to control the country's currency crisis. They include new taxes on exports and cutting government ministries by half - though it is not yet known which will be axed. The duties on agricultural exports would be a rollback on on...
2018-09-04 07:37:25 KST -
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Myanmar court jails Reuters reporters over breach of "Secrets Act"
A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison, accusing them of breaching a law on state secrets. For more on this and other news around the world let's turn to our Ro Aram… Aram… what kind of reaction has this sparked around the world? Well Mark… as you'd expect the reaction...
2018-09-04 07:37:25 KST -
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95-year-old breaks his own record as world's oldest scuba diver
A 95-year-old man has broken his own record as the world's oldest scuba diver. British World War Two veteran Ray Woolley took the plunge to explore a shipwreck off the coast of Cyprus. Woolley spent nearly 45 minutes under water, and said he hopes to break the record again next year. ...
2018-09-03 06:59:36 KST -
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John McCain laid to rest at U.S. Naval Academy
The body of late Republican Senator John McCain has been laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland. The burial caps a week of memorials for the Vietnam war veteran. Political heavyweights from both sides of the aisle gathered at his funeral over the weekend, with the exception of incumbent President Donal...
2018-09-03 06:59:36 KST -
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China's Xi to woo African leaders amid China-U.S. trade war
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to offer African nations billions of dollars in aid and loans. President Xi is hosting the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing where the leaders of nearly 50 African nations will gather. The event is being seen as China's apparent attempt to secure more allies and p...
2018-09-03 06:59:36 KST -
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Saudi-led coalition admits "mistakes" in deadly Yemen airstrike
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has admitted an airstrike that hit a school bus last month, killing dozens of civilians, was unjustified. For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram… Aram… it's rare for the coalition it own up to its wrongdoings…. That's right Mark… it comes after m...
2018-09-03 06:59:36 KST -
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U.S., Canada trade talks on NAFTA to resume next week after Trump remark leaks
A media leak of an off-the-record comment by U.S. President Donald Trump about Canada has rocked the ongoing NAFTA talks in Washington, but officials say negotiations will resume next week after the two sides missed the Friday deadline. A bizarre set of circumstances played into the delay after "off the record" comm...
2018-09-01 09:58:32 KST -
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Progress on inter-Korean relations should be in parallel with denuclearization: U.S. State Dept.
South Korea will be sending a team of presidential envoys to Pyongyang next Wednesday to discuss a range of issues, including the upcoming inter-Korean summit. And we now have Washington's response to that. A spokesperson at the U.S. State Department says progress on inter-Korean relations must happen in lockstep w...
2018-09-01 09:19:18 KST -
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Asian stocks under pressure by Trump's trade war threats
Asian stocks are under pressure after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the World Trade Organization. During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday local time, Trump warned that if the WTO does not "shape up", the U.S. might opt out of the organization. In response to Trump's threat, Chinese...
2018-08-31 18:06:27 KST -
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UN urges Japan to solve 'comfort women' issue
A UN committee on discrimination has urged the Japanese government to adopt a victim-centered approach toward the problem of Japan's past wartime sexual slavery. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published the report on Thursday, saying that the Japanese government did "not take a fully victi...
2018-08-31 12:03:32 KST -
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Trump ready to slap tariffs on US$200 billion of China imports: report
The Bloomberg report notes that President Trump's position is not final. It also suggests that if any tariffs were to be imposed, they would be enacted in installments. Any announcement on the matter is likely to come out late next week after the public-comment period. Companies and members of the public have u...
2018-08-31 08:23:34 KST
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Presidential address on Pyeongyang summit: Pres. Moon says he had been assured by Kim on completely denuclearizing regime
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Moon to visit New York for talks with Trump, U.N. General Assembly
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President Trump says he is in no rush into his denuclearization talk with North Korea
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Pres. Moon fulfills wish of visiting Mt. Baekdusan through N. Korean route
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South Koreans start heading to hometowns for Chuseok holiday
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