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Fire contained in building near Seoul’s Jogye temple, treasures spared
Fire near South Korea's Jogye temple contained, treasures spared

SEOUL, South Korea: A fire broke out this week in a building near the historic Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul. The building holds some...

ITALY-SCIENCE LEADER-CHINA-AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
ITALY-SCIENCE LEADER-CHINA-AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

(250617) -- FLORENCE, June 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This video clip taken on June 12, 2025 shows Massimo Vincenzini, president of Italy's...

CHINA-FUJIAN-NINGDE-MA YING-JEOU-TAIWAN YOUTH-VISIT (CN)
CHINA-FUJIAN-NINGDE-MA YING-JEOU-TAIWAN YOUTH-VISIT (CN)

(250617) -- FUZHOU, June 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, and members of a delegation...

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-TRAIN MAINTENANCE (CN)
CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-TRAIN MAINTENANCE (CN)

(250617) -- TAIYUAN, June 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on June 17, 2025 shows staff members examining and maintaining trains...

US, Taiwan likely to maintain military edge over China by 2027, says Ex-Pacific Commander
US, Taiwan likely to maintain military edge over China by 2027, says Ex-Pacific Commander

Washington DC, [US] June 17 (ANI): The United States and Taiwan are expected to retain a joint military superiority over China in the...

Japan Defence Ministry panel proposes defence spending above 2% of GDP
Japan Defence Ministry panel proposes defence spending above 2% of GDP

TOKYO, 17th June 2025 (WAM) -- A Defence Ministry panel of Japan is set to propose that the government consider raising defence spending...

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Nippon Steel deal requires US security agreement
Trump signs order backing Nippon Steel's US investment

WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that facilitates Nippon Steel's potential investment...

Spotify, Discord disrupted by brief Google service glitch
Google resolves global outage affecting major platforms

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: On June 12, Google announced that it had fixed a temporary global service disruption that impacted several...

U.S. stocks forge ahead despite Mideast turmoil
Technology stocks lead Wall Street higher Monday

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stock markets closed in positive territory Monday despite the raging war in the Middle East which has killed...

Foxconn iPhone exports from India now mostly headed to the US
Apple sends 97% of India iPhone exports to US amid tariff risk

NEW DELHI, India: Amid mounting U.S.-China trade tensions, Apple has sharply increased iPhone shipments from India to the United States,...

US: China lags in AI chips, but catching up fast
Huawei can make 200,000 AI chips in 2025, US says

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. government estimates that Huawei will only be able to manufacture up to 200,000 advanced AI chips next year—well...

Chime soars in debut, giving fintech sector a much-needed boost
Chime IPO pops 59%, valuing digital bank at $18.4 billion

SAN FRANCISCO, California: After months of muted IPO activity in the fintech world, digital bank Chime Financial reignited investor...