U.S.-China trade dispute weighs on equity markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A broad index of world stock markets edged lower on Tuesday as it struggled to maintain momentum amid lingering concerns over a trade dispute between Washington and Beijing.
Monthly Archives: September 2018
India ‘assassination’ plot reaches Paris, but credibility is lost in translation
The arrests of prominent Indian activists last week sparked condemnations across the world. But as details of police attempts to link them to an international assassination plot are starting to emerge, they’re triggering howls of laughter.
The leaders of the two Koreas will hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, Seoul said Thursday, as the North’s leader Kim Jong-un renewed his commitment to the denuclearisation of the flashpoint peninsula.
The announcement of the September 18-20 summit — the third between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in this year — comes as US efforts to dismantle the North’s nuclear arsenal have stalled. The two leaders will meet in the North Korean capital to discuss “practical measures to denuclearise” the Korean peninsula, South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong told reporters.