China said it wants to halt THAAD US anti-missile defense system in South Korea and dismantle relevant equipment.
Kim Byung Man gained attention when he suffered severe injuries in a skydiving training in the US last month.
The Korea Institute for Corporate Reputation analyzed 139.17 million pieces of big data from July 4 to August.
A British model was kidnapped and held captive for six days in Italy. The 20-year-old woman was drugged and put into a suitcase by a Polish national on 11 July. Lukasz Herba is accused of luring the woman to Milan with a fake photoshoot. He threatened to auction her off on the dark web as a sex slave. Italian media reports that Herba has links to the Black Death criminal organisation. He eventually dropped the woman off at the British consulate in Milan. The woman has a two-year-old child and may have been released because gangs rules; prevent them from trafficking mothers.
These animals at Oregon Zoo know how to keep cool. Portland has suffered from extreme temperatures all week. Theres no better way of coping with a heatwave than a dip in the pool. Male Asian elephant Samudra and polar bear Nora made a splash while southern sea otter Eddie snacked on some seafood on ice.
Russian President Vladimir Putin embraced the wilderness of Siberia in his latest holiday/photo op. This time Putin went spear-fishing, swimming and sunbathing near the Mongolian border. The 64-year-old is known for his strong-man publicity stunts. They contribute significantly to his popularity. The next Russian presidential election takes place in March 2018 and Putin is expected to win comfortably.
19-year-old Panda Tian Tian loves a good snack and the frozen sugar cane fed to him at Smithsonians National Zoo in Washington, D.C. definitely hit the spot. The cute video of Tian Tian munching away went viral and received more than 45,000 views.
The police have seized the tanker and its driver was taken into custody.
An anti-tourism campaign in Spain hopes to discourage tourists from visiting the country. Masked men of the leftist youth movement Arran Jovent slashed tires of a tourist bus in Barcelona. In another stunt, several protesters climbed yachts in Mallorca and threw confetti at tourists in a restaurant. The group called the protests not vandalism, but self-defence. They said locals are driven out of tourist hot spots and suffer from terrible living conditions. A demonstration is planned in San Sebastian on August 17 by another left-wing group.
Venezuela has inaugurated the new legislative superbody elected last week. The 545-member constituent assembly has been condemned by governments across Latin America, the U.S. and EU. Opposition protesters clashed again with security forces in Caracas. They believe the assembly endangers Venezuelas democratic freedoms. The all-powerful body may decide to dissolve the opposition-run congress and will rewrite the constitution, giving the ruling Socialist Party vast new powers.
The Ombudsman Office filed the case at the Sandiganbayan Court for violating the Anti Graft and Practices Law.
President Donald Trump is set to go on a 17-day golf vacation, despite having criticized his predecessor for taking time off and playing golf. During his first six months, Trump spent at least 7 weekends at Mar-a-lago, 15 weekends at golf clubs.
This is the second visit President Rodrigo Duterte made as commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The Harvard-Harris survey, released Monday, found only 43 percent of voters have a positive view of BLM, while more than half of voters—some 57 percent—have an unfavorable view of the organization.
U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions has warned that the Trump administration is taking a stand against unauthorised leaks of classified information, describing it as a matter of national security.
