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Seoul shares open lower due to global market losses

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares got off to a weak start on Friday, taking a cue from losses in global stock markets. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 16.06 points, or 0.86 percent, to 1,845.48 in the fi

Friday's weather forecast

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Friday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (

Lamar Odom Makes First Public Appearance Since Hospitalization at Yeezy Season 3 Show

«Just Jared» 

Lamar Odom poses for a photo with Khloe Kardashian while attending the Yeezy Season 3 fashion show held at Madison Square Garden on Thursday (February 11) in New York City. The 36-year-old basketball player made his first appearance since his hospitalization alongside his wife Khloe. He was escorted to his seat by Kanye West himself! [...]

China's Biotech Play

WSJ.com 

The deal for Syngenta could help Beijing’s IP protections.

In debate, Sanders and Clinton appeal to minorities, women, seniors

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Ann Marie Awad
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went at each other early and often Thursday night in the Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee.



'Glassland's' working-class cliches get a boost from Jack Reynor's authenticity

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

It's only a matter of time before Jack Reynor becomes a major movie star. The 24-year-old Irish actor first grabbed Hollywood's attention in the 2012 indie "What Richard Did." Since then, he's been a standout in smaller parts, such as "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and John Carney's upcoming...

Facebook Steps Up Anti-Terror Efforts

WSJ.com 

Facebook's head of global policy management Monica Bickert is working with government officials to actively police material on the social networking site viewed as supporting terrorism. Photo: Reuters

Millions in Korea are obsessed with these revolutionary comics — now they're going global

BusinessInsider.com 

Line Webtoon

One comic app has slowly been transforming the way Korean teens and millennials read comics for over the past decade, and it’s finally starting to roll out in the US and abroad.

LINE Webtoon allows readers to scroll vertically up and down through comics unlike traditional comics which read horizontally from panel to panel. There is no fancy cover art, no variant covers to collect, and no pages to flip.

There aren’t really pages at all. 

And even better? Unlike mainstream comics... Читать дальше...

Payments row minister faces farmers

BBC 

Scottish government rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead is expected to face tough questions about payments to farmers later.

'Cessation Of Hostilities' In Syria Reached By Major World Powers In Munich Talks

WN.com 

The major world powers have reached an agreement on “cessation of hostilities in Syria’s five-year-long civil war that allows for immediate humanitarian access to besieged areas, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Munich a short time ago, The Washington Post reported. The end of hostilities is scheduled to take place in one week, Kerry said with humanitarian...

2nd pregnant Australian woman tests positive for Zika virus

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

SYDNEY (AP) — A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling overseas — the second such case this week, health officials said Friday. Most people who contract it have either mild or no symptoms, but it is suspected of causing a birth defect that results in babies born with abnormally small heads.

Masahiro Tanaka Makes His Case (Again) to Be the Ace

WSJ.com 

After two injury-shortened seasons, the Yankees’ biggest investment acknowledged that his ability to pitch effectively October will be tied to the strength—and the public’s perception—of his troublesome right elbow.

News of the Day From Around the World

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said the attack occurred in Bujumbura on Thursday in a crowded area. Grenade and gun attacks are common in Bujumbura amid unrest stemming from President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision last year to seek a third term despite violent protests. Two suspected people-smugglers went on trial in Bodrum, Turkey on Thursday accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi — whose drowning put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis — and four other people. The image... Читать дальше...

For Lent, churches say `reach out' not `cut out'

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

In keeping with Pope Francis's message for Lenten 2016 ­ asking people to let go of selfish and indifferent attitudes ­ church leaders in the city are urging members to focus on `reaching out' rather than `cutting out'.





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