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How Seoul raced to conclude U.S. trade deal ahead of North Korea denuclearization summit
South Korean trade officials braved snowstorms, ate instant noodles to save time and spent weeks hotel-hopping in Washington as they raced to overcome major trade hurdles with their U.S. ally ahead of high-stakes nuclear discussions with North Korea. What was meant to be a weeklong ...
The national security advisers of Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed at a meeting in San Francisco over the weekend to work together closely in pursuing the denuclearization of North Korea, the Japanese government said Monday. The trilateral talks Sunday brought Japanese national ...
FDR's gun-control strategy was based on taxes
His administration gave gangsters 3,700 reasons to stop buying machine guns.
Returning to the edge of the nuclear cliff
The U.S. and Russia seem determined to restart a nuclear arms race.
American skip John Shuster produced a masterstroke to earn a rare five-pointer as the United States beat Sweden 10-7 to win its first ever Olympic men's curling title on Saturday. With U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka among the crowd, Shuster all but wrapped up ...
U.S. women beat Canada in dramatic fashion in shootout to capture gold medal
A goal by Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson in the sixth round of the shootout gave the United States a dramatic 3-2 victory over Canada in the women's gold-medal game at Gangneung Hockey Centre on Thursday afternoon. The triumph was the second for the Americans in Olympic play, ...
Czech Republic prevails in shootout, eliminates United States in quarterfinals
Pavel Francouz stopped all five shooters and Petr Koukal scored the shootout winner as the Czech Republic eliminated the United States from the Olympics with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Jan Kovar and Tomas Kundratek scored in regulation for the Czech Republic, which ...
Japan says it won't fall for North Korean 'charm offensive' amid detente with U.S. and South
The stance risks making Tokyo appear at odds with Washington and Seoul — its two top allies in dealing with the North.
U.S. bobsledders pay emotional tribute to late teammate Steven Holcomb
United States bobsledder Steven Holcomb's untimely death last year shocked the fraternity and brought them closer, members of the team said on Friday. Holcomb, 37, who came back from a suicide attempt over impending blindness to win Olympic gold in 2010, was found dead in ...
Christian Pulisic burst up the field, scoring with a brilliant touch to complete an 11-second, breakneck, field-length attack just eight minutes in. Then his cross found Jozy Altidore's right foot like an arrow striking a bull's-eye , leading to a two-goal lead in the 19th ...
Fighters' Brandon Laird returning to U.S. after relative killed in Las Vegas shooting
Third baseman Brandon Laird will return to the United States after learning that a female relative has died in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters announced on Tuesday. The Fighters, who are near the bottom of the Pacific League standings, ...
North Korea's nuclear progress isn't the only bad news
Washington's neocon warriors have forgotten noneof their arrogance and bad habits, and learned nothing from their string of earlier disastrous errors.
