U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore America’s commitment to defending treaty ally the Philippines with a visit that started Sunday and involves flying to an island province facing the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has accused China of bullying smaller claimant nations. After attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Thailand, Harris flew … Read more
Powerful explosions shook the area around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Saturday and again Sunday morning, with the U.N.’s atomic energy chief calling the fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the region “extremely disturbing.” The blasts abruptly ended a period of relative calm at the facility, Europe’s largest nuclear plant. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general … Read more
The United Nations’ Security Council needs to take “significant measures” in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) major industrialized nations said Sunday. The Security Council is set to discuss North Korea in a meeting Monday at the request of the United States, … Read more
AL RAYYAN, Qatar– Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klinsmann, a pair of former coaching greats now working on technical reports for the FIFA World Cup, see pressing as a worldwide trend in football today. And they can’t wait to find out how teams will counter that during the World Cup in Qatar. “I think pressing … Read more
DOHA– After six consecutive days of training in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup, South Korea will take a breather Sunday, the opening day of the quadrennial tournament. Coached by Paulo Bento, the South Korean players have trained every day since landing in Doha on Monday, including two sessions on both Thursday and Saturday. … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea’s manufacturing confidence has improved for December despite lingering concerns over a global economic slowdown, a poll showed Sunday. The professional survey index (PSI) for the manufacturing sector’s business conditions came to 77 for next month, up from 70 for November, according to the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET). … Read more
DOHA– Jungkook of the K-pop sensation BTS will perform in the opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Sunday evening, to be joined by other stars in delivering a message on inclusion and diversity. FIFA announced Sunday that the South Korean pop star and Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi will perform “Dreamers,” from … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea will attend an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council this week to discuss North Korea’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test (ICBM), a diplomatic source said Sunday. According to the source, the South will participate in the session, to be held in New York on Monday (local time), as a … Read more