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Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens. The Nordic... -
North Korea engine test may be prelude to partial ICBM flight
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: North Korea has likely mastered the technology to power the different stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile and may show it off soon, analysts say, but is likely still a long way from being... -
EU says, Britain to launch Brexit process on March 29
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Prime Minister Theresa May will write to the European Union on March 29 formally announcing Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc, EU sources told Reuters on Monday, saying Brussels had been told of the plan... -
Intercepted North Korean arms shipment to Thailand in 2011, Malaysia says
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country’s police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the southeast Asian nation’s dealings with... -
Bangladesh celebrated their 100th Test with victory
Mar 19, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh celebrated their 100th Test with only their ninth-ever victory – and their first against Sri Lanka – in Colombo. Opener Tamim Iqbal made 82 and Sabbir Rahman 41 in a third-wicket stand of... -
Tillerson ends China trip with warm words from President Xi
Mar 19, 2017News Hour: With warm words from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended his first trip to Asia since taking office with an agreement to work together with China on... -
Thousands of Kurds protest against Turkey’s Erdogan
Mar 18, 2017News Hour: Around 9,000 Kurdish supporters demonstrated in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and an April referendum that would give him sweeping new powers. Protesters chanted “Erdogan terrorist” and... -
U.S., China say to work together on North Korea
Mar 18, 2017News Hour: The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take “a different course”, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday, softening previous criticism of Beijing after talks with... -
G20 financial leaders row back on free trade pledge
Mar 18, 2017News Hour: The world’s financial leaders rowed back on a pledge to keep an open and inclusive global trade system after being unable to find a suitable compromise with an increasingly protectionist United States. Making only... -
Man shot dead at Paris airport after attacking soldier
Mar 18, 2017News Hour: Security forces shot dead a man who tried to seize a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly airport on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of the busy airport and putting security back in the spotlight in...
