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SEOUL, June 28 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea’s one-person households are estimated to reach nearly 40 percent of the total households in 2050 due to low births and aging population, statistical office data showed Tuesday. The proportion of one-member households is forecast to advance from 31.2 percent […]

Brussels, June 27 (AFP/APP): Finnish and Swedish leaders will discuss their stalled NATO bids with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in a push to convince him at the start of a summit in Madrid. But Ankara said the four-way meeting, which will also […]

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany – June 27 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global […]

ANKARA, Turkey – June 27 (ONLINE) Turkey will not join the West’s anti-Russian sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday. “We are conducting a well-balanced policy in respect of Russia. <…> We are not imposing sanctions and will not […]

Elmau Castle, Germany, June 27 (AFP/APP): Leaders of the G7 were on Monday expected to announce new economic measures to tighten the screws on Moscow, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for more help in fending off Russia’s invasion. US President Joe Biden and his […]

MOSCOW, Russia – June 26 (ONLINE) Moscow will supply Iskander-M missile systems to Minsk in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday. “As you and I have agreed upon, you were […]

Srinagar, June 25 (ONLINE): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) President, Farooq Abdullah, has urged the Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government to shun its stubborn attitude and review its Kashmir policy as peace cannot be achieved through force. Addressing party leaders […]

Beijing, June 25 (AFP/APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a ceremony in Hong Kong celebrating 25 years of the city’s handover to China, state media Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday. Xi will also attend the inauguration of the next Hong Kong administration, Xinhua […]

DOHA, Qatar – June 24 (ONLINE) Qatar’s ruler will visit Egypt on Friday, his first trip to the country since Egypt and Qatar agreed last year to end a long-running regional feud, diplomatic sources said. Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who last visited Egypt […]

MOSCOW, Russia – June 24 (ONLINE) An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane crashed and caught fire while landing near Russia’s western city of Ryazan on Friday, killing four of the nine people on board, the RIA news agency reported, citing local authorities. Five people were […]