North Korean foreign minister replaced - report

Published On: January 18, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

SEOUL, Jan 18: North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho has been replaced, Seoul-based NK News reported on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 18:  An avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal’s mountains, leaving at least four South Koreans and three Nepali guides missing, authorities said Saturday.

NAYPYITAW, Jan 18: China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbour increasingly isolated by the West.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Amid forecast of the US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that the smoke from Australia's fires will make a full circuit around the world, there are concerns around the world if this would leave impact on other countries as well. Meteorologists and atmospheric scientists in Nepal, however, say there is no need to panic although there are some chances of receiving slightly visible effects in the sky over this Himalayan nation should the fire keep on razing at a dangerous pace.

AZAZ, SYRIA, Jan 17: Syrian teacher Ahmad al Hilal listens to his young pupils sitting on a mat reciting the Arabic alphabet in a makeshift school in a tent on the outskirts of a sprawling refugee camp city along the Turkish border.

KIEV, Jan 17: Ukraine’s prime minister Oleksiy Honcharuk submitted his resignation on Friday after an audio recording suggested he had criticised the president, but then appeared to suggest in comments to Reuters that he might stay in his job.

Which company just hit $1 trillion? Google it.

Published On: January 17, 2020 11:43 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, Jan 17: As Google-parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) became on Thursday the fourth U.S. company to top a market value of more than $1 trillion, some funds holding its shares are wondering whether now is the time to cash in on the stock’s extraordinary gains.

WASHINGTON, Jan 17: U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump.

Prince Harry appears in public for first time since royal split

Published On: January 16, 2020 08:38 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Jan 14: Britain’s Prince Harry made his first public appearance on Thursday since Queen Elizabeth acceded to the wishes of her grandson and his American wife Meghan to step back from their senior royal roles and seek a more independent future.

Russia's ruling party approves Putin's pick for new PM

Published On: January 16, 2020 04:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Jan 16: Russia’s ruling party on Thursday unanimously backed President Vladimir Putin’s surprise choice for prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, a man with almost no political profile