Seoul’s presidential Blue House rejected criticism on Tuesday that next month’s Winter Games will be the “Pyongyang Olympics,” saying the event will help defuse tensions over North Korea’s weapons programs. Some opposition politicians and conservative civic in South Korea have been criticizing North Korea’s participation in the Games, to be held in the South Korean […]
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Singer Neil Diamond announces retirement following Parkinson's diagnosis
World-renowned singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond has announced his retirement from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Acting on medical advice, Diamond cancelled the upcoming Australia and New Zealand legs of his 50th Anniversary tour, which were set to commence in March. Parkinson’s disease is a long-term degenerative disorder which affects the motor […]
Read moreIt seems like a game everyone wins: some of China’s biggest tech companies, looking to hook in new consumers, are using cash prizes to draw millions of contenders to mobile-based online quiz shows. Up to 6 million people at a time log into the free, live games on their smartphones to answer a series of […]
Read moreChina invited Latin American and Caribbean countries to join its “One Belt, One Road” initiative on Monday, as part of an agreement to deepen economic and political cooperation in a region where U.S. influence is historically strong. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the region was a natural fit for the initiative, which China has […]
Read moreSouth Korea said on Tuesday the government will complain to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a U.S. decision to slap tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels, saying the decision is “excessive” and “regrettable”. “It is clear that the latest safeguard measures would violate the WTO rules,” South Korea’s trade minister Kim Hyun-chong […]
Read moreFacebook’s virtual reality division has come up with a new unit of time — called Flicks — to measure the speed of digital audio and video. In an online forum used by developers of open source software, the company described Flicks as “a unit of time, slightly larger than a nanosecond that exactly subdivides media […]
Read moreSamsung Electronics said on Tuesday a U.S. government decision to impose tariffs on washing machines was a great loss for American consumers and workers. “Everyone will pay more with fewer choices,” the South Korean company said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump has approved recommendations to impose safeguard tariffs on imported large residential washing […]
Read moreNetflix CEO Reed Hastings is playing it cool about pending competition from Disney‘s upcoming over-the-top video service. Hastings said that he plans to subscribe to Disney’s upcoming service, which would not only compete with Netflix, but could include a lot of content that Disney says it will pull from Netflix. “I think in particular Disney, […]
Read moreStreaming is transforming the music industry, but taking music from artists without paying is wrong, said legendary music producer Quincy Jones. “It’s a question of integrity,” he said Monday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” “Singers, songwriters and musicians have to work hard to know how to do what they do,” he said. “And it’s just not […]
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