The Republic of Korea and the United States will in early April start a joint military exercise that was postponed because of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, an ROK presidential security adviser said, according to the ROK's Yonhap news agency.
SYDNEY - Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled to reach the hardest-hit areas in Papua New Guinea's remote, mountainous highlands.
A Chinese cough syrup has gained popularity among New Yorkers as the United States is facing its worst flu outbreak in nearly a decade.
MEXICO CITY - Storms, floods and other extreme weather events are hitting cities much harder than scientists have predicted, said the head of a global network of cities tackling climate change.
WASHINGTON - The most comprehensive elephant genome study ever conducted, covering seven living and extinct species, is offering some surprises about the family tree of the world's largest land animal while also settling a debate about Africa's elephants.
MEXICO CITY - The crowd goes wild as the masked wrestlers toss each other around the ring in colorful spandex.
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year prison term for former president Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country's first female leader and conservative icon.
PANAMA CITY - Located in the heart of the Americas, Panama aspires to become a gateway to Latin America for Chinese visitors, the country's tourism minister said.
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a Russian-drafted resolution on a technical rollover of the Yemen sanctions regime, Xinhua News Agency reported.
JAKARTA - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade disputes, monetary policy normalization and technological change.
MELBOURNE - Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports of up to 30 people killed.
The 30-day cease-fire recently adopted by the United Nations Security Council may not end the fighting in Syria, but will allow access for urgent humanitarian aid to the war-torn country, analysts said.
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