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US trade negotiators want to make "meaningful progress" in upcoming talks with China, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday, one day after conciliatory gestures by both sides boosted hopes of an eventual resolution.

Nearly 60 per cent of South Koreans who have sought reunions with family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War have died, government data showed on Friday.

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has exceeded 70,000 for the first time after marking an increase for the 49th consecutive year in the aging society whose birth rate remains low, government data showed on Friday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Thursday that he had lied to Queen Elizabeth II when requesting the suspension of parliament this month in the run-up to Brexit.

Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed on Wednesday.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to implement asylum restrictions that prevent most Central American migrants from applying at the US border.

About 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the archipelago's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday.

The Russian Interior Ministry has developed a bill on simplified procedure for obtaining citizenship by foreign graduates of Russian universities.

The United States expects to "sustain and deepen" its close ties with Japan over regional and global issues, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revamped his Cabinet.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, a move widely seen as boosting the president's push to negotiate with US foes in Afghanistan, North Korea and other trouble spots.

Italy's new government won a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday, the last hurdle to overcome before the pro-European executive could get down to work.

North Korea said on Wednesday that it tested a "super-large" multiple rocket launcher the previous day, but stopped short of declaring the test as a success, raising speculation that the latest firing might have failed to reach its intended targets.

Venezuela's armed forces chiefs said on Tuesday they had begun mobilising 150,000 troops for military exercises on the Colombian border amid renewed tensions between Bogota and Caracas.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to carry out a major reshuffle of his Cabinet on Wednesday as Japan is faced with a host of challenges such as the impact of a planned consumption tax increase slated for October 1.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on Monday for the reform of European Union budget rules and co-operation on immigration as his new government won a parliamentary confidence vote.

At least three people have died and more than 50 were injured as a powerful typhoon battered the Tokyo metropolitan area, causing transportation outages that affected nearly 3 million commuters and left thousands stranded at Narita airport east of the capital.

A top executive at the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria, is now officially unopposed in her bid to become only the second woman ever to lead the International Monetary Fund, the fund announced on Monday.

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to continue with his attempts to strike a new Brexit deal with Brussels, after losing yet another parliamentary vote on Tuesday to hold an early election.