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Angela Merkel. Photo: DPA Chancellor Angela Merkel blasted US import duties on steel and aluminium imports Thursday as “illegal” and said they risked sparking a disastrous “spiral” of retaliatory measures. “The German government rejects the tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminium. We consider this unilateral measure to be illegal; the cited grounds […]

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center, speaks to reporters before departing for DMZ to attend a high-level meeting with North Korea. / Yonhap The delegations of two Koreas sit down together for a high-level meeting at Panmunjeom, Friday. / Joint Press Corps South Korea and North Korea began high-level talks Friday to discuss steps to implement […]

File image of M5S leader Luigi Di Maio shaking hands with Italy’s probable next prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. Photo: AFP Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday gave little-known lawyer Giuseppe Conte a second mandate to form a populist government in the eurozone’s third largest economy. Conte announced his ministerial line-up on Thursday evening. Far-right League leader Matteo […]

This handout photograph obtained courtesy of the U.S. Department of State shows Kim Yong-chol (R), vice chairman of North Korea, during his dinner meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) in New York, Thursday (local time). / AFP / AFP A senior North Korean official and the top U.S. diplomat had dinner in […]

Turkey’s ambassador to the U.S. Serdar Kılıç (L) meets with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım (R) at the prime ministry’s residence in Ankara, Turkey on May 28, 2018. (AA Photo) Turkey’s ambassador to Washington has returned to his post after being called to Ankara for consultations over the U.S. moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. […]

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker promised retaliatory tariffs [Dimitar Dilkoff/Reuters]  The European Union (EU) will impose “counter-balancing measures” after the United Statesannounced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the Canada, Mexico and the EU, the European Commission chief said. The tariffs, which take effect from midnight on Friday, will end a two-month […]

Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, which is one of the candidate venues for the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un slated for June 12. / Yonhap Three places seem to be on the shortlist for the historic summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]

This handout picture received via the Nature website on May 28, 2018shows a life scene in the Dolomites region, Northern Italy, about 240 million years ago, with Megachirella wachtleri walking through the vegetation (AFP Photo) Scientists said Wednesday they had tracked down the oldest known lizard, a tiny creature that lived about 240 million years ago when Earth had […]

Helping  Somali migrants stranded in Libya to return home. Photo: IOM Tripoli/Mogadishu – Yesterday (30/05), IOM, the International Organization for Migration, in collaboration with the Libyan and Somali Governments and with support from the European Union, facilitated the voluntary return to Mogadishu of 150 Somali migrants stranded in Libya. The majority of them had been held […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov / Russian Foreign Ministry Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has already exchanged several firm handshakes with Kim Jong-un during his visit to Pyongyang on Thursday. Photos show the two engaged in pleasant diplomatic protocol. In one of the photos, Lavrov has a relaxed, good-natured expression, […]