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Venezuela’s power struggle turns to winning military favor

Juan Guaido

The standoff has plunged troubled Venezuela into a new chapter of political turmoil that has already left more than two dozen dead as thousands took

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Asian shares meander on worries over US-China trade talks

Asian markets were flat in subdued trading Wednesday as Japan reported weak export data and news surfaced of possible hiccups in China-US trade talks.

China
China’s 2018 economic growth sinks to 3-decade low

Growth slowed to 6.6 percent from 2017′s 6.9 percent as both the world’s appetite for China’s exports and domestic consumer spending weakened, official data showed Monday.

Trump
Thousands join US women’s marches despite discord

Thousands of women marched Saturday in the US capital and across the country to convey a now-annual message opposing Donald Trump and supporting women's rights, but internal divisions appeared to

China’s Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland: state-run media

BEIJING, Jan 12, 2019 – Huawei said Saturday it has fired a Chinese employee who was arrested in Poland on espionage allegations, as China’s telecom giant distanced itself from the

Japan FM to visit Moscow amid tensions over island dispute

MOSCOW, Jan 11, 2019 : Japan’s foreign minister Taro Kono will visit Moscow next week for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on a decades-long row over four disputed

Korea
N. Korea’s Kim ends Beijing visit as Trump summit looms

BEIJING, Jan 9 : Kim Jong Un’s train left Beijing on Wednesday after the North Korean leader visited his key ally on a trip seen a strategy session ahead of

Record $3.1 million paid in New Year’s tuna auction at Japan’s new market

TOKYO, Jan 5, 2019 : A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo’s new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late

Chinese economy stays within reasonable range in 2018 : Xi

BEIJING, Dec. 31 : President Xi Jinping on Monday said that China’s economy stayed within a reasonable range in 2018, when delivering a New Year speech. The campaign to prevent

Two dead in Bangladesh election day clashes: police

DHAKA, Dec. 30 – Two people were killed in election-related clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, police said, following a deadly campaign marred by outbreaks of violence. One man died when