Reasonable demands should be responded to

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid his third visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday.

Pentagon grounds global fleet of F-35s after crash

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon grounded the global fleet of F-35 stealth fighters on Thursday so that engineers could conduct urgent inspections following the first crash of the costliest plane in history.

Rescue teams scour chaos of Michael

PORT ST. JOE, Florida - Rescuers picked through the rubble of ravaged beach communities searching for survivors on Friday after Michael, one of the most powerful hurricanes in US history, slammed into the Florida Panhandle, killing at least seven people.

Japan unveils plan to attract more foreign workers

TOKYO - Japan on Friday unveiled a plan to attract more foreign blue-collar workers, as the world's number-three economy battles a labor shortage caused by an aging and shrinking population.

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No more taxi service to ISS after Soyuz failure

Russia has grounded rockets until an investigation concludes cause

Goat brigades help battle deadly wildfires

LORIGA, Portugal - Fernando Moura and his herd may not look like heroes, but the Portuguese farmer and his 370 goats are the latest recruits in the country's battle against summer forest fires.

Shredded painting is now worth double

PARIS - When street artist Banksy destroyed one of his works of art last week seconds after it was sold at auction, he probably added to its value, with some experts suggesting it could now be worth double its original price.

WWI brought back to life in 3D color movie

LONDON - Black and white silent film footage from World War I has been transformed by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson into a 3D color movie to mark the centenary of the end of the conflict.

Novelists aim for 'radical empathy'

FRANKFURT AM MAIN - As alarm bells over global warming ring louder, authors are increasingly turning to climate change fiction to dramatize the catastrophic effects of droughts, hurricanes and floods - and inspire action.

ROK walks back on talk of lifting sanctions

Seoul is not considering lifting its unilateral sanctions toward Pyongyang as US President Donald Trump retorted that Seoul could "do nothing" without Washington's approval.

Hawking sheds new light on black holes

The scientific paper occupying the mind of British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking when he died in March aged 76 has been finished by colleagues from Cambridge and Harvard and published online.