PYONGYANG, Aug 26 (Reuters): North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since US President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader...
Read morePolluted air increases the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) which occurs when a person's kidneys are damaged, or cannot filter blood properly, researchers, including one of Indian origin, have found, reports IANS.The study highlighted that people with diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure or heart disease are at an increased...
Read moreKNOCK (Ireland), Aug 26 (Reuters): Pope Francis on Sunday asked for forgiveness for the “scandal and betrayal” felt by victims of sexual exploitation by Catholic clergy as he continued his tour of Ireland where years of abuse scandals have shattered the Church’s former dominance.On the first papal visit to Ireland...
Read moreKABUL, Aug 26 (Reuters): Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said.The resignations from Defence Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami and Interior Minister Wais Barmak, as well as Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the National Directorate of Security, were...
Read moreTEHRAN, Aug 26 (AP): Three earthquakes, included one at magnitude 6, have struck western Iran, with state media reporting at least two people killed and 241 injured.The US Geological Survey says two other earthquakes, measuring 4.4 and 4.2 magnitude, struck early Sunday near the city of Javanrud in Iran's Kermanshah...
Read moreTOKYO, Aug 26 (AFP): Shinzo Abe confirmed Sunday he would run in his ruling party's leadership election, putting him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier and bolstering his dream of reforming the constitution.Abe is expected to be re-elected head of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) easily, with the...
Read moreCANBERRA, Aug 26 (AP): Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she's quitting following the selection of a new prime minister in an internal party vote.Bishop issued a statement Sunday, saying she'll remain in Parliament.She says, "Today I advised the prime minister that I will be resigning from my Cabinet position...
Read moreYANGON, 26 (Reuters): The judge in the trial of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar on accusations of obtaining secret state documents said he will deliver his verdict on August 27, in a case seen as a test of press freedom in the fledgling democracy.The judge set the date after...
Read moreZimbabwe's president takes oath amid US censure over voteHARARE, Aug 26: Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since Robert Mugabe was ousted from power. "I Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa swear that as president...
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