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Korean War

North Korea pulls out of women’s 2020 soccer qualifiers in South

By: Reuters | Published: December 31, 2019 9:39:41 am North Korea has withdrawn its women’s soccer team from the final round of 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers. (Representational Image)North Korea has withdrawn its women’s soccer team from the final round o…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Silk Road

Central Asia: Is Now The Time To Invest In Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev addresses attendees of the Newroz celebrations at EXPO ... 2017 in Astana on March 21, 2018. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Global investors tend to group Kazakhstan along with Russia and the Commonwealth of Indepe…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Kim Jong Un urges #39;positive and offensive#39; security measures ahead of nuclear talks deadline

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure the country's security before a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearization talks with the United States, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim convened a weekend mee…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Putin

Vladimir Putin Weighs Future Options As He Marks 20 Years In Power

MOSCOW (AP) As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power, he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future a reticence that fuels wild speculation about his intentions. Putin points to the revival of Russias globa…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

NASDAQ

Asian shares lower as investors book decade-end profits

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares slipped on the last trading day of the decade, echoing falls on Wall Street, as investors locked in gains made since the United States and China reached a preliminary trade deal earlier this month. Early in the Asian tradin…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Refugees

China took their parents: the Uighur refugee children of Turkey

The school on the outskirts of Istanbul is a rare place where Uighur child refugees from China can study their language and culture. But for several, it has also become an impromptu orphanage. Having fled a worsening crackdown on Uighur Muslims in northwest…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Scotland

The Best Things To See And Do In Edinburgh

Exterior of The Balmoral from Princes St Gardens (with Scott Monument) The Balmoral/Adrian Houston Limited The Scottish capital is the second most visited city in the UK (after London) and its obvious why. Edinburgh writer Alexander McCall Smith said this …

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Putin

Moscow brings in fake snow to ring out Russia’s hottest year on record – CTV News

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country's weather chief said on Monday, as climate change pushes global temperatures to record highs. "This year in Russia was the hottest for the entire period of instrumental obse…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Gundam

Syd Mead Has Died

Legendary concept artist and futurist Syd Mead, famous for his work on movies like Blade Runner and Tron, has died. He was 86 years old. Mead had only announced his retirement in September. His career as a concept artist saw him work on projects like the afo…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

China internet: Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors

Image copyrightGetty Images China has one of the most tightly controlled internet environments in the world, but despite this its 854 million internet users yet again in 2019 found ways to challenge the government or talk about the issues they want to discus…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

North Korea pulls out of women’s 2020 soccer qualifiers in South

Central Asia: Is Now The Time To Invest In Kazakhstan?

Kim Jong Un urges #39;positive and offensive#39; security measures ahead of nuclear talks deadline

Vladimir Putin Weighs Future Options As He Marks 20 Years In Power

Asian shares lower as investors book decade-end profits

China took their parents: the Uighur refugee children of Turkey

The Best Things To See And Do In Edinburgh

Moscow brings in fake snow to ring out Russia’s hottest year on record – CTV News

Syd Mead Has Died

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