Flu drug designed to kill the virus in a day approved in Japan A new drug that its makers say will kill the flu virus in just a day, called Xofluza, just received a fast-tracked approval that could bring it to store shelves in Japan by May. The drug, which […]
iPhone X Plus Leak Reveals Apple’s Old-Fashioned Gamble How do you make up for an under performing smartphone that should have boosted sales on the tenth anniversary of your debut? In Apple’s case – as it reportedly cuts the number of handset sales in Q1 2018 by fifty percent – […]
State Department point man on North Korea, Joe Yun, to retire Friday The State Department’s point-man on North Korea, Joseph Yun, will leave his post on Friday, even as there are glimmers of hope that Pyongyang might finally be willing to sit down for talks with Washington. Yun, 63, is […]
Saudi Military Leaders Replaced Amid Stalemated War in Yemen Saudi Arabia replaced its military chief of staff and other defense officials early Tuesday morning in a shake-up apparently aimed at overhauling its Defense Ministry during the stalemated war in Yemen. The kingdom also announced a new female deputy minister of […]
Thailand arrests 10 Russians who ran sex training course in Pattaya Thai police on Monday arrested a group of 10 Russians who were running a sex training class for their compatriots in the seaside town of Pattaya, and have charged them with working in Thailand without permission. Police said those […]
Senior U.S. diplomat for North Korea to retire The U.S. State Department’s special representative for North Korea policy, Joseph Yun, plans to retire on Friday, just as signs are emerging that Pyongyang may be willing to talk with Washington. The South Korean-born Yun has led the U.S. outreach to North […]
Moroccan king undergoes heart surgery in France King Mohammed VI of Morocco has undergone a medical operation in France for an irregular heartbeat. A statement Monday from his personal doctor and a French-Moroccan medical team said the 54-year-old king underwent examinations at the Ambroise Pare Clinic near Paris that revealed […]
Earthquakes rattle South Pacific, deaths feared The South Pacific is reeling from another series of powerful earthquakes that rocked the region early Tuesday. Known as the Ring of Fire, the area is home to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 56 miles from Pogera and Enga […]
Skepticism reigns about putting Trump’s pilot in charge of FAA President Donald Trump has had an unusually tangled relationship with the Federal Aviation Administration, which grounded one of his campaign planes for a paperwork violation, refused for decades to route jet traffic away from Mar-a-Lago, and even dumped his name […]
Ivanka Trump’s South Korea trip fuels White House tension She’s a policy adviser bearing sensitive new details on sanctions to the South Koreans. She’s a loyal family member who won’t entertain questions about her father’s purported infidelities. And she’s a US figurehead bearing goodwill at an international sporting event. But […]
