Published On: September 19, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, Sept 19: The North and South Korean leaders presented a joint agreement during their summit in Pyongyang on Wednesday that Kim Jong-un said represented a "leap forward" for peace on the peninsula.
Published On: September 19, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Agencies
On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered his administration to levy 10% tariffs on about $200bn in Chinese goods on September 24 and to increase the rate in January to 25% if Beijing refuses to offer trade concessions.
Published On: September 19, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, Sept 19: Leaders of South and North Korea held one-on-one talks on the second day of their summit on Wednesday, aiming to announce steps to rekindle stalled negotiations on the North’s nuclear program and deepen bilateral ties.
Published On: September 18, 2018 06:33 PM NPT By: Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 18: South Africa’s highest court on Tuesday allowed the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found the criminalization of cannabis was unconstitutional.
Published On: September 18, 2018 05:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
VENEZUELA, Sept 18: As Venezuelans live with an unprecedented and recurring shortage of food and medicines, suffering through an economic crisis characterized by the highest inflation in the world and the lowest wages in the region, President Nicolas Maduro continues to send millions of barrels of subsidized crude oil to Cuba.
Published On: September 18, 2018 05:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan eyes nearly $8 billion investment from China and Saudi Arabia, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), in road, energy and oil sectors, after the new government decided to pick schemes on their ‘merits’.
Published On: September 18, 2018 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Sept18: China said Tuesday it will take “counter-measures” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a “downward spiral” in their trade battle appears certain.
Published On: September 18, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Agencies
TEHRAN, Sept 18: India will not lower its guard along the border with China while maintaining border peace in sync with the “Wuhan” spirit, Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, according to reports.
Published On: September 18, 2018 12:45 PM NPT By: Agencies
Sept. 18: Saudi Arabia plans to invest $1 billion in Lucid Motors, an electric car company that may be a potential competitor with Tesla.
Published On: September 18, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Agencies
TEHRAN, Sept 18: It’s that time of year again when the campaigners of truth and justice, cutting across ethno-sectarian and ideological lines, rally to pay homage to the ‘master of the martyrs’, a 7th century revolutionary historical figure who redefined the ideas of resistance and resilience on the desert plains of Karbala (Iraq) 1400 years ago.