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Will music make Swiss cheese tastier?

Project aims to show impact of sound on solid bodies

Google workers walk out in 'MeToo' protest

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of Google employees joined a coordinated worldwide walkout on Thursday to protest at the US tech giant's handling of sexual harassment as the company's chief vowed that "concrete steps are coming" in response to the concern.

Writer 'strangled and dismembered'

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was choked to death right after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and his body quickly dismembered, a top Turkish prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Trump increases troops on border

FORT MYERS, United States - US President Donald Trump further hardened his pre-election anti-immigration rhetoric in a Florida campaign stop on Wednesday, after threatening to deploy as many as 15,000 soldiers on the Mexican border - equal to the size of the US contingent in Afghanistan.

S. Korea eases rules on military service

SEOUL - South Korea's supreme court ruled on Thursday that moral and religious beliefs are valid reasons to refuse the country's mandatory military service, in a case that has implications for hundreds of conscientious objectors.

Expectation of UK financial services deal boosts pound

After months of wrangling and with the clock ticking down to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, there may be a glimmer of light at the end of the Brexit tunnel, with reports suggesting a deal has been struck guaranteeing the UK's financial services sector continued access to Europe.

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ROK: DPRK top leader to visit Seoul this year

The Republic of Korea said on Thursday that Kim Jongun, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is expected to visit Seoul "soon" as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, with analysts saying the move may pave the way for a second summit between the DPRK and the United States.

Black box retrieved from debris

JAKARTA - Indonesian divers on Thursday retrieved a black box from a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed into the shallow sea off the coast of the capital, killing all 189 people onboard.

Langfang Dachang Movie Town gets rave reviews at global forum

China's Langfang Dachang Movie Town project was named as a Global Model of Characteristic Town at the 2018 annual session of the Global Forum on Human Settlements in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of October.

NATO drill raises regional tension

TRONDHEIM, Norway - NATO on Tuesday showcased its air, sea and land forces in a high-profile demonstration as part of its biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War in Norway amid escalating tension with Russia.