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Person To Person: North And South Korea Get Neighbourly With Hot Line

Moon Jae-in will now be able to pick up his office phone to talk to Kim Jong Un. (File)

Seoul:  Diplomatic foes North and South Korea installed a direct phone line between their leaders on Friday as they prepare for the first summit since 2007 - and the connection was great, the South's presidential office said.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sixty-six U.S. senators signed a letter released on Friday urging Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan to release an American pastor on trial in Turkey on charges he was linked to a group accused of orchestrating a failed military coup.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin, spoke with Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel and ex-president Raul Castro over the phone on Friday, the Kremlin said on its website.
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Years From Now, Largest Mammal On Earth May Be A Domestic Cow: Study

The domestic cow may become the biggest mammal if humans keep up extinctions (Reuters)

OSLO:  The spread of humans around the world from Africa thousands of years ago wiped out big mammals in a shrinking trend that could make the cow the biggest mammal on Earth in a few centuries' time, a scientific study said on Thursday.

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China Air Force Goads Taiwan With Hokkien-Language Video

In Taiwan, Hoklo is widely spoken in public, seen as a symbol of the island's distinctiveness (Reuters)

Beijing:  China's air force has released a propaganda film dubbed into Hokkien, a language strongly identified with Taiwan's pro-independence movement, showing bomber aircraft which have been involved in flying patrols
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Asia's Second-Hand Jet Market Soars As Super-Rich Eye Bargains

Brokers said customers included Chinese companies, buying jets to support overseas expansion

Shanghai:  Asia's super-wealthy are increasingly opting for second-hand private jets rather than buying new ones, as private buyers look for deep discounts and shorter waiting times, aircraft brokers said.

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