Japan's exports to S.Korea plunge in October

Nov 28,2019
Strained diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea continue to weigh on their trade relationship. Japan's Finance Ministry says the amount of food and other exports to its neighbor plunged in October.
Texas plant explosions force mass evacuation
Nov 28
Two explosions at a chemical plant in the US state of Texas have left three workers injured. Authorities have ordered over 40,000 residents to evacuate.
Five years after sanctions, Russian cheeses getting top marks
Nov 27
Elvira Kovtun made her first cheese in a pot in her kitchen four years ago.
Bangladesh sentences 7 militants to death over cafe terror attack
Nov 27
 A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced seven militants to death over a case of terror attack on Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in capital Dhaka's diplomatic area Gulshan in 2016.
UNICEF: 120,000 children died of AIDS in 2018
Nov 27
The latest report from UNICEF says about 120,000 people aged up to 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes. It was released ahead of World AIDS Day.
Sri Lankan president appoints new state, deputy ministers
Nov 27
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday appointed 35 new state ministers and three new deputy ministers in the new interim government, which will function till the next parliamentary election is announced.
French soldiers killed in Mali helicopter collision
Nov 27
Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when two helicopters collided during an operation against jihadists in the country's restive north, officials said Tuesday, the heaviest single loss for the French military in nearly four decades.