The anti-poverty agency predicts global growth will decelerate slightly from a solid 3.1 per cent this year to 3 per cent next year and 2.9 per cent in 2020. The world economy is generally healthy but must contend with rising interest rates in wealthier countries and weaker demand for commodities in developing nations. It also … Read more
“I am going to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong Un. The world welcomes the remarkable events in the Korean peninsula brought about recently by the outstanding political calibre and wise leadership of HE Kim Jong Un,” Assad said on May 30, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported, using the initials of the … Read more
Trump was speaking with reporters on the White House lawn after meeting with a senior North Korean official in the Oval Office. Trump first told reporters the letter from Kim was “a very nice letter … a very interesting letter” but then said he had not opened it. Trump appeared to significantly lower expectations for the outcome of … Read more
“I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation,” Sanjita said. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) tested positive for testosterone. The sample was … Read more
Sanchez won Friday’s no-confidence motion with 180 votes in favour, 169 against and 1 abstention. “I am going to face all our country’s challenges with humility and commitment and, above all, with a lot of determination first, to transform and modernise our country which is what the Socialist Party has always done when we have … Read more
Making the remarks in a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kim added he hoped North Korea-U.S. relations and denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula would both be solved on a “stage-by-stage” basis, KRT said. The report also said Kim and Lavrov agreed to boost exchanges and cooperation between North Korea and Russia, with … Read more
Malaysia said last week the search by Texas-based company Ocean Infinity would end today after two extensions of the original 90-day time limit. Australian Transport Minister Michael McCormack said the four-year search had been the largest in aviation history and tested the limits of technology and the capacity of experts and people at sea. “Our … Read more
