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6:22pm, 30th April, 2019

K-Pop stardom lures Japanese youth to Korea despite diplomatic chill

Yuuka Hasumi put high school in Japan on hold and flew to South Korea in February to try her chances at becoming a K-pop star, even if that means long hours of vocal and dance training, no privacy, no boyfriend, and even no phone.

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

2:40pm, 29th April, 2019

Business

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute.

U.S. to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

2:18am, 12th March, 2019

World

U.S. to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department said late on Monday, citing the deteriorating situation in the country after months of political unrest.

U.S. says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

11:38pm, 11th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

The United States is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department announced late on Thursday.

Iran, France to swap ambassadors after diplomatic spat

9:40am, 8th March, 2019

World

Iran, France to swap ambassadors after diplomatic spat

Iran and France are to exchange ambassadors after Paris suspended nomination of an envoy to Tehran last year over accusations that Iranian intelligence had planned an attack on an opposition group in Paris, official reports said.

UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection

5:50am, 8th March, 2019

UK

UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection

Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to put pressure on Iran to release her.

Britain hands jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection

7:10pm, 7th March, 2019

UK

Britain hands jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection

Britain will hand diplomatic protection to British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to underline the government's belief that Iran has behaved unjustly in its treatment of her, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday.

U.S. returns higher diplomatic status to EU's Washington mission

8:12am, 4th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. returns higher diplomatic status to EU's Washington mission

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has restored a higher protocol status to European Union diplomats in Washington after a snub that highlighted how the traditional allies were becoming estranged.

Singapore to Hanoi: The bumpy diplomatic road since Trump and Kim first met

12:27am, 14th February, 2019

World

Singapore to Hanoi: The bumpy diplomatic road since Trump and Kim first met

It's been the better part of a year since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stood face to face for the first time at their unprecedented summit in Singapore.

Britain plans expansion of diplomatic network after Brexit

6:57pm, 30th October, 2018

UK

Britain plans expansion of diplomatic network after Brexit

Britain is to hire nearly 1,000 more diplomatic staff as it looks to expand its links with countries around the world after Brexit, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce on Wednesday.

In East-West diplomatic drama, Helsinki punches above its weight

8:36am, 11th July, 2018

World

In East-West diplomatic drama, Helsinki punches above its weight

For a city of just 600,000 people on the northeast periphery of Europe, Helsinki has played an outsized role in the fraught relationship between its giant neighbor Russia and the West.