Facebook Tweet Email Link Tokyo, Japan — History was made this weekend. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung made his first overseas trip for bilateral diplomacy, with stops in both Washington DC and Tokyo. But unlike his predecessors, Lee didn’t visit the United States first. Instead, his first stop was Japan — South Korea’s former colonizer….
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Hong Kong police are investigating whether a fire that led to a woman’s death in her flat on Sunday morning is linked to her smoking. Police said they had received a call around 7.43am from a security officer at Hoi Tat Estate in Cheung Sha Wan that smoke was emanating from one of the building’s…
The CEO of the Saudi Pro League has played down any suggestion of his competition following in the footsteps of Spain’s La Liga by taking a regular-season match overseas. Omar Mugharbel said this week’s Saudi Super Cup in Hong Kong was his country’s means of exposing its Pro League (SPL) to global audiences, along with…
Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations, on Friday stressed on the importance of India-US relationship, warning that alienating New Delhi at a time of rising Chinese assertiveness would be a ‘strategic disaster.’ Nikki Haley’s remarks come against the backdrop of Trump slapping 50% tariff on Indian goods(AP) Her remarks came in the…
It can be disheartening to witness how carelessly some people treat the environment. While some of this behavior may stem from ignorance, much of it just reflects a conscious disregard for the ways something might lead to waste, littering, or pollution. In July, surveillance footage in New Orleans caught an individual in a pickup truck…
The Trump administration has said it plans to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, months after he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, in a case that has become a flashpoint in the president’s wider crackdown on immigration. In a filing, lawyers for Ábrego asked the courts to dismiss the case against him on grounds…
The winning numbers for one of the largest Powerball jackpots this year were announced Saturday night. They were 11, 14, 34, 47, 51, with a Powerball of 18. It was not immediately announced if any winning jackpot tickets were sold. The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $700 million, making it the eleventh-largest jackpot…
Taiwan and China are engaged in an increasingly bitter battle of narratives about the legacy of World War Two, which ended 80 years ago. Here is a timeline about Taiwan, China, the war and its aftermath. 1895 – After being defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, China’s Qing dynasty signs the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceding…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board launched a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, characterizing the recent FBI raid on the Maryland home and office…