SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares got off to a weak start on Friday, taking a cue from losses in global stock markets. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 16.06 points, or 0.86 percent, to 1,845.48 in the fi
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Friday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (
Lamar Odom poses for a photo with Khloe Kardashian while attending the Yeezy Season 3 fashion show held at Madison Square Garden on Thursday (February 11) in New York City. The 36-year-old basketball player made his first appearance since his hospitalization alongside his wife Khloe. He was escorted to his seat by Kanye West himself! [...]
The deal for Syngenta could help Beijing’s IP protections.
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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went at each other early and often Thursday night in the Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee.
Thanks to data obtained by remote sensing methods, archaeology buffs have spotted several long-vanished highways.
It's only a matter of time before Jack Reynor becomes a major movie star. The 24-year-old Irish actor first grabbed Hollywood's attention in the 2012 indie "What Richard Did." Since then, he's been a standout in smaller parts, such as "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and John Carney's upcoming...
Facebook's head of global policy management Monica Bickert is working with government officials to actively police material on the social networking site viewed as supporting terrorism. Photo: Reuters
Line Webtoon
One comic app has slowly been transforming the way Korean teens and millennials read comics for over the past decade, and it’s finally starting to roll out in the US and abroad.
LINE Webtoon allows readers to scroll vertically up and down through comics unlike traditional comics which read horizontally from panel to panel. There is no fancy cover art, no variant covers to collect, and no pages to flip.
There aren’t really pages at all.
And even better? Unlike mainstream comics... Читать дальше...
Scottish government rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead is expected to face tough questions about payments to farmers later.
Fetch can identify and classify dogs by breeds and tell you what kind of human personality fits best with specific breeds.
Steve Simmons: We’re used to being the basketball step-child that nobody really wanted.
The major world powers have reached an agreement on “cessation of hostilities in Syria’s five-year-long civil war that allows for immediate humanitarian access to besieged areas, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Munich a short time ago, The Washington Post reported. The end of hostilities is scheduled to take place in one week, Kerry said with humanitarian...
She delivers emotional testimony about her father, killed by a white New York City police officer, and connects that to why she supports Sanders.
SYDNEY (AP) — A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling overseas — the second such case this week, health officials said Friday.
SYDNEY (AP) — A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling overseas — the second such case this week, health officials said Friday. Most people who contract it have either mild or no symptoms, but it is suspected of causing a birth defect that results in babies born with abnormally small heads.
HR chief Helen Marks branded a 'whore' and then dismissed from her position
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen testified at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on whether negative interest rates are on the table as a possible way to combat a recession. Photo: AP
She looks at the jobless rate, investors watch everything else.
After two injury-shortened seasons, the Yankees’ biggest investment acknowledged that his ability to pitch effectively October will be tied to the strength—and the public’s perception—of his troublesome right elbow.
Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said the attack occurred in Bujumbura on Thursday in a crowded area. Grenade and gun attacks are common in Bujumbura amid unrest stemming from President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision last year to seek a third term despite violent protests. Two suspected people-smugglers went on trial in Bodrum, Turkey on Thursday accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi — whose drowning put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis — and four other people. The image... Читать дальше...
In keeping with Pope Francis's message for Lenten 2016 asking people to let go of selfish and indifferent attitudes church leaders in the city are urging members to focus on `reaching out' rather than `cutting out'.
