North and South Korean officials inspected work to ease tension on their militarized border on Wednesday, checking on the demolition of bunkers and probing for secret tunnels, despite scant progress on persuading the North to give up nuclear arms. Reuters Continue reading North, South Korea check work to ease tension in 'milestone' step

Security forces were searching across northeastern France on Wednesday for a gunman who killed two people and wounded 12 others at a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg. Reuters Continue reading French police hunt Strasbourg Christmas market attacker

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene with the U.S. Justice Department in the case against a Chinese telecommunications executive if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing. Reuters Continue reading Trump says would intervene in arrest of Chinese executive

Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to legalize medical marijuana, but a battle is brewing between local and foreign firms over control of a potentially lucrative market. CNN News Continue reading Weeding out foreigners: strains over Thailand's legalization of marijuana

Malaysian prosecutors on Wednesday filed new graft charges against former prime minister Najib Razak and the former chief executive of scandal-linked state fund 1MDB, in the latest cases over alleged theft of billions of dollars from the fund. Reuters Continue reading Former Malaysian PM Najib, 1MDB ex-CEO face fresh corruption charges

A top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was granted bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, 10 days after her arrest in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities sparked a diplomatic dispute. Reuters Continue reading Canada frees CFO of China's Huawei on bail; Trump might intervene

A top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was granted bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, 10 days after her arrest in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities sparked a diplomatic dispute. Reuters Continue reading Canada frees CFO of China's Huawei on bail; Trump might intervene

Two Russian cosmonauts have taken samples of their capsule’s exterior in the sixth hour of a spacewalk seeking to resolve the mystery of a small hole found in the craft docked at the International Space Station, a live broadcast by … Continue reading Russian cosmonauts take samples on sixth hour of spacewalk to crack mystery

A Canadian court on Tuesday granted bail to a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd while she awaits a hearing for extradition to the United States, a move that could help placate Chinese officials angered by … Continue reading Canadian court grants bail to CFO of China's Huawei

Two Russian cosmonauts took a spacewalk on Tuesday seeking to resolve the mystery of a small hole found in the side of a craft docked at the International Space Station. Reuters Continue reading Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk to probe mystery of craft hole

A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, just hours before a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] returned to a packed Vancouver courtroom for a bail hearing that has … Continue reading Huawei CFO back in court as Canadian said to be detained in China

Time magazine on Tuesday named journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and a pair of Reuters journalists imprisoned by Myanmar’s government, as its “Person of the Year,” in a cover story headlined “The Guardians and the War on Truth.” … Continue reading Time 'Person of Year' goes to journalists, including imprisoned Reuters pair

Hedge funds have struggled badly in 2018, but would be faring far worse were they not on the right side of two of the most reliable trades of the year: a flattening U.S. yield curve and a stronger… Reuters Continue reading Struggling hedge funds cling to dollar, U.S. yield curve bets: McGeever

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected U.S. criticism of Russian military flights to Venezuela, saying it had been inappropriate and wrong for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to condemn the flight of two nuclear-capable strategic bombers to Caracas. Reuters Continue reading Kremlin calls U.S. criticism of Russian military flights to Venezuela wrong

Stocks rose tentatively on Tuesday as investors picked through the rubble of conflagrations in some of the world’s top economies amid uncertainty over Brexit, a China-U.S. trade war, and French protests. Reuters Continue reading Tentative rebound masks unease over Brexit, trade and growth