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A new period in inter-Korean history was beginning, the North's leader Kim Jong Un said Friday at the opening of a summit with the South. Kim Jong Un hailed a new era ahead of a summit with Moon Jae-in (Reuters) SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:   A new period in inter-Korean history was beginning, the North's leader Kim Jong Un said Friday at the opening of a summit with the South. "I came here determined to send a starting signal at the threshold of a new history," he told his host Moon Jae-in in the Demilitarized Zone, promising a "frank, serious and honest mindset".

Further details of Kim Jong Un's trip to China were not known yet. This would be Kim Jong Un's first known overseas trip since taking power in 2011. (File photo) Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said. Further details of his trip, including how long Kim would stay and who he would meet, were not immediately available. The people asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the information. Speculation about a possible visit by a high-ranking North Korean official circulated around the Chinese capital Monday, after Japan's Kyodo News reported that a special train may have carried Kim through the northeastern border city of Dandong. Nippon TV showed footage of a train arriving Monday in Beijing that looked similar to one used by Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, to visit the country shortly before his death in 2011. The unannounced visit is the ...

The young Catholics called for more flexibility too, arguing that "unreachable" moral standards should not be the only way to live an authentically Catholic life. The young Catholics called for a more transparent and "authentic" church (File) On Saturday, hundreds of young Catholics gathered to give Pope Francis a piece of their minds. They called for a more transparent and "authentic" church, one with a bigger role for women and more wisdom about the benefits and challenges of technology. They called for more flexibility too, arguing that "unreachable" moral standards should not be the only way to live an authentically Catholic life. These findings were part of a 16-page report assembled by 300 young people at a week-long conference sponsored by the Vatican. It drew, too, on online submissions from 15,000 others. "We, the young church, ask that our leaders speak in practical terms about subjects such as homosexuality and gender issues, abou...

The announcement adds Tumblr to the list of platforms targeted in a social media campaign which US officials said sought to disrupt 2016 election. Tumblr said it is now free to disclose what happened (File) WASHINGTON:  Tumblr announced Friday the blogging platform was used by a shadowy Russian internet group to spread disinformation during the 2016 election campaign as it published the 84 account handles linked to the effort. Tumblr, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2013 and now is part of Verizon unit Oath, said it uncovered the scheme late last year, helping an investigation that led to the indictment in February of 13 individuals linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency. The announcement adds Tumblr to the list of internet platforms targeted in a social media campaign which US officials said sought to disrupt the 2016 election and help boost Donald Trump's bid to defeat Hillary Clinton. A Tumblr statement said it discovered the accounts "were being used as part of...

The White House said that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had found that individuals with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria presented a risk to military effectiveness. Donald Trump signed a memorandum reversing the Obama-era policy of accepting transgenders in US military. WASHINGTON:  President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday that bans most transgender individuals from serving in the US military, but gives the armed forces some latitude in implementing policies. The memorandum said that transgender individuals with a history of "gender dysphoria," which was defined as "those who may require substantial medical treatment, including through medical drugs or surgery," are disqualified from military service "except under certain limited circumstances." It added that the secretaries of defence and homeland security "may exercise their authority to implement any appropriate policies concerning military service by transgender individuals." The Wh...

The announcement was made after air raids targeted the part of southern Ghouta under the control of the Faylaq al-Rahman rebel group. The regime's offensive on Ghouta has killed more than 1,500 civilians since February 18 (File BEIRUT LEBANON:  A Syrian rebel group which still controls a pocket of the Eastern Ghouta enclave on Thursday announced a ceasefire from midnight to allow negotiations with the regime's ally Russia, a spokesman for the faction said. The announcement was made after air raids targeted the part of southern Ghouta under the control of the Faylaq al-Rahman rebel group, leaving at least 38 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The ceasefire move also came as the first evacuations of rebels and civilians took place in Eastern Ghouta under a Russian-brokered deal that is the first for the shrinking opposition enclave outside Damascus. The evacuation deal further isolated the rebel groups that control the remaining two pockets of Ghou...

" And everybody is born with mutations. This person just happened to roll snake eyes," said the geneticist who examined this strange skeleton. The Atacama skeleton, named after the Chilean desert where the remains were found, has 10 pairs of ribs. The Atacama skeleton, or Ata, named after the Chilean desert where the remains were found, has 10 pairs of ribs. The average person has 12. Ata's skull narrows to a ridged peak. Her bones are as calcified as those of a child between the ages of 6 and 8. Yet her skeleton's apparent age is at odds with her size. If Ata ever stood, she stood 6 inches high, barely tall enough to peek over a spring crocus. Her features attracted UFO hunters and extraterrestrial investigators, who suspected her bones might represent something remarkable. Ata is indeed remarkable. And she is human, according to the story told by her genes, which was published Thursday in the journal Genome Research. "We were able to look at all the mutations t...

The announcement was made after air raids targeted the part of southern Ghouta under the control of the Faylaq al-Rahman rebel group. The regime's offensive on Ghouta has killed more than 1,500 civilians since February 18 (File) BEIRUT, LEBANON:  A Syrian rebel group which still controls a pocket of the Eastern Ghouta enclave on Thursday announced a ceasefire from midnight to allow negotiations with the regime's ally Russia, a spokesman for the faction said. The announcement was made after air raids targeted the part of southern Ghouta under the control of the Faylaq al-Rahman rebel group, leaving at least 38 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The ceasefire mov e also came as the first evacuations of rebels and civilians took place in Eastern Ghouta under a Russian-brokered deal that is the first for the shrinking opposition enclave outside Damascus. The evacuation deal further isolated the rebel groups that control the remaining two pockets of G...

Beth Evans and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Joshua Moran, said a flight attendant overheard Evans' conversation and expressed concerns about her health - even though she said she rated her pain "1 out of 10," according to the Times of London. Just before the plane was scheduled to depart Birmingham, England, on Saturday afternoon, they said, they were booted from the flight, according to the Sun. Beth Evans and her boyfriend Joshua Moran were booted from the Emirates flight A 24-year-old woman in the United Kingdom said she and her boyfriend were removed from an Emirates flight bound for Dubai after an attendant overheard her complaining about menstrual cramps. Beth Evans and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Joshua Moran, said a flight attendant overheard Evans' conversation and expressed concerns about her health - even though she said she rated her pain "1 out of 10," according to the Times of London. Just before the plane was scheduled to depart Birmingham, Engla...

Neha Kakkar shared a picture on social media showing off her latest possession - a brand new Mercedes-Benz GLS 350. Neha took delivery of the car recently and we're glad that she chose the company's flagship SUV to get around. The singer took delivery of her brand new Mercedes-Benz GLS 350 recently Luxury carmakers have always found a patron in celebrities. Audi and BMW have their share of fans as also Jaguar Land Rover, Jeep and Mercedes-Benz. The latest celebrity to join this club is singer Neha Kakkar. The vocalist shared a picture on social media showing off her latest possession - a brand new Mercedes-Benz GLS 350. Neha took delivery of the car recently and we're glad that she chose the company's flagship SUV to get around. The company launched the GLS 350 back in May 2016 and it comes priced at over ₹ 80 lakh. Cosmetically, the 2017 Mercedes GLS falls in-line with the S-Class and gets a revised front including the contoured headlamps with Multi-Beam lamps along wi...

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted the 13 Russian nationals, as well as three companies, for running a secret campaign to tilt the presidential election. Donald Trump has repeatedly dismissed claims of Russian interference as "fake news". (File) WASHINGTON  :  US President Donald Trump on Friday held up the indictment of 13 Russians -- and no Americans -- for meddling in the 2016 election as vindication that his campaign team did not collude with Moscow. "Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for president," Trump tweeted, pointing to details of the indictment as evidence of his name being cleared. "The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!" US Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted the 13 Russian nationals, as well as three companies, for running a secret campaign to tilt the presidential election. The unsealed indictment details a stunning...

The White House did not immediately reply to a request for comment, but in a statement to NBC a spokesperson said the president had previously denied having a relationship with Karen McDougal, calling the claims "fake news." Karen McDougal claims she and Donald Trump had a sexual relationship in 2006. WASHINGTON :  A second woman has made allegations of an affair with Donald Trump, describing complex legal and financial agreements in an alleged bid to cover it up. Former Playboy model Karen McDougal claims that she and Mr Trump had a sexual relationship in 2006, months after first lady Melania Trump gave birth to the president's youngest son. The White House did not immediately reply to a request for comment, but in a statement to NBC a spokesperson said the president had previously denied having a relationship with McDougal, calling the claims "fake news." According to the New Yorker, the nine month relationship ended quietly, but years later - during the 2016 ...

Sea lions, on the other hand, come ashore to rest and pup, and they do so in fairly accessible areas. Their presence has allowed scientists to take stock of the population and measure its response to environmental changes. And what they're seeing suggests the sea lion boomtime might not last.  According to research, California sea lions number in the hundreds of thousands (File) Just a few decades ago, the California sea lion seemed on the verge of becoming an endangered species. It was 1964, and hunting and fishing had caused the breeding population off the West Coast to shrink to just 35,000. How times have changed. After the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 made it illegal to kill or harass sea lions, their ranks steadily grew - and grew, and grew. Now, according to recent estimates by the National Marine Fisheries Service, California sea lions number in the hundreds of thousands, making them comfortably within the range of what experts call the "optimal sustainable pop...

The disclosure came two days after police say Cruz gunned down 17 people, most of them teenagers, at a high school in Parkland, Florida. A makeshift memorial in Pine Trails Park for the victims of the Florida School shooting. PARKLAND, FLORIDA :  FBI investigators failed to act on a warning that 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz might attack a school, ignoring a concerned call the bureau received just weeks before Cruz allegedly carried out a shooting rampage at a high school in South Florida on Valentine's Day, the FBI said Friday. The disclosure came two days after police say Cruz gunned down 17 people, most of them teenagers, at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The FBI - already facing intense scrutiny for its handling of political matters - described a Jan. 5 tip from "a person close to Nikolas Cruz," a tip officials acknowledge should have initiated a response. The caller reported concerns about Cruz's "gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and d...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Post Master General has notified 245 posts for direct recruitment to the cadre of Postman and Mail Guard in the Postal Divisions/ RMS Divisions in Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle.  There are 234 vacancies of postman and 11 vacancies of mail guard in this AP Post recruitment. NEW DELHI :  Andhra Pradesh Chief Post Master General has notified 245 posts for direct recruitment to the cadre of Postman and Mail Guard in the Postal Divisions/ RMS Divisions in Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle. Online applications are invited from the eligible candidates to fill up the posts of Postman and Mail Guard and March 15 is the last date for the registration of this recruitment. The candidates may access the official website AP Post and register themselves for this Postman and Mail Guard jobs now. According to the notification released by AP Post, there are 234 vacancies of postman and 11 vacancies of mail guard.