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VP Pence Jets Into Seoul With Korea Tensions High

Vice President Mike Pence will arrive in Seoul Sunday, flying into a geopolitical maelstrom amid a possible North...

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Pollard Stars As Bulls Snap Losing Streak

Fly-half Handre Pollard booted 16 points as Northern Bulls snapped a three-loss Super Rugby run by defeating Jaguares...

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Troops Mass In Pyongyang Show of Strength

North Korea's military forces were massed in Pyongyang early Saturday for a show of strength by leader Kim Jong-Un as...

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France, Japan Aim To Land Probe On Mars Moon

France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National...

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N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack

North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

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N. Korea May Be Capable of Sarin-Loaded Missile Attack

North Korea may have the capacity to launch a warhead loaded with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

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Tensions High, NKorea Readies Nuclear Test

North Korea is ready to launch a nuclear test at its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, the 38 North monitoring group...

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No Easy Way For US To Back Military Threats To Pyongyang

President Donald Trump is raising pressure on North Korea, touting the US naval "armada" he ordered to the troubled...

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Brisbane Upset Kashima In Asian Champions League

Australia's Brisbane Roar kept their Asian Champions League hopes flickering with a 2-1 win over Japanese champions...

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Japanese Skater Asada Bows Out With ‘no Regrets’

Japan's former world champion Mao Asada said she had nothing left physically or emotionally to give to figure skating...

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UFC Return To Asia Could Spark MMA Turf War

The world´s largest mixed martial arts organisation is looking to knuckle its way into Asia amid warnings the move...

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Oscar Penalty Miss As Silva Bullet Sinks SIPG

Big-money midfielder Oscar missed a second-half penalty as Andre Villas-Boas's Shanghai SIPG lost 1-0 to Urawa Red...

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Toshiba Warns Over Survival As It Reports Delayed Results

Toshiba on Tuesday warned its survival was at risk as the struggling Japanese industrial giant reported a loss of $4.8...

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North Korea Lashes Out At US Navy Strike Group Move

North Korea has said it will defend itself "by powerful force of arms" in response to the US deployment of a Navy...

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Toshiba Faces Earnings Deadline As Delisting Looms

Toshiba faced a deadline Tuesday to publish a long-overdue earnings report with the loss-hit industrial giant's shares...

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Syria Dominates G7 Meet Before Tillerson Heads To Russia

Syria is set to dominate Tuesday's meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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Japan Thanks Retiring Figure Skater Asada

Japan on Tuesday expressed national thanks to former world champion figure skater Mao Asada, a day after she shocked...

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US Strike Wiped Out Fifth of Assad Air Force, Mattis Says

The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim...

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India’s Flipkart Raises $1.4 Bn From Microsoft, EBay, Tencent

A record funding round worth $1.4 billion has shored up India's top e-commerce company Flipkart in its fight against...