Chile’s finance minister predicted on Thursday that as many as 300,000 jobs could be lost because of the impact of four weeks of rioting on one of Latin America’s strongest economies. Newly appointed Finance Minister Ignacio Briones told a legislative committee it was “highly likely” unemployment would jump 3% in ... Read More »
North Korea said on Friday it had sent South Korea an “ultimatum” about its Mt Kumgang tourist resort, saying it will unilaterally remove South Korea’s facilities there if Seoul insists on talks about the issue. South Korea had proposed talks with North Korea on how to handle its facilities in ... Read More »
Children are still developing, leaving them more susceptible to disease and environmental pollutants’ Climate change poses an unprecedented health risk to children and is already having “persistent and pervasive” effects that will last throughout their lives, a major new study has warned. Without drastic reductions in emissions, escalating temperature increases will ... Read More »
Bolivian security forces clashed on the streets of La Paz with supporters of unseated president Evo Morales on Wednesday, firing tear gas to clear crowds who hurled rocks and set fires in a test to Bolivia’s new interim leader. With Morales thousands of miles away in Mexico City after he ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun said that he might call for parliamentary consultations to name a new premier on Thursday or Friday if the parties concerned respond positively to the proposals, as he warned protesters against continued blocking of roads and state institutions. “The consultations might be held Thursday or Friday pending ... Read More »
A $5 billion demand to meet the cost of hosting American troops, and tensions between Seoul and Tokyo that threaten to undercut regional cooperation are set to top the agenda when senior U.S. defense officials visit South Korea this week. U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Seoul take on a greater ... Read More »
Technology giant says access to private medical records through deal with Ascension is ‘standard practice’ Google has secretly amassed the health records of millions of patients in the US through a partnership with the country’s second largest healthcare provider. The initiative, dubbed “Project Nightingale,” gives the technology giant access ... Read More »
Fighting corruption should be Lebanon’s priority, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Monday, saying the party was ready to cooperate with the judiciary in cases involving its members. “If there is any case related to a Hezbollah official, I urge you to start with us, and I guarantee Hezbollah’s respect,” ... Read More »
Israeli occupation targeted Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance officials in two separate attacks early Tuesday morning, killing a commander in Gaza and an official’s son in Syria. Islamic Jihad said the commander, Baha Abu al-Atta, as well as his wife were martyred in the attack in Gaza, which the Israeli military ... Read More »
Discovery follows tense summer of mysterious attacks on oil tankers and Saudi oil facilities that US blamed on Iran Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with an estimated 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said. The find could boost the country’s proven reserves ... Read More »
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