NEW YORK (AFP) -- Donald Trump sought to reboot his  flagging presidential bid Friday, dismissing his tainted campaign chairman and seeking to broaden his shrinking support base by appealing to black voters and  visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana.The resignation of the seasoned Republican strategist Paul Manafort -- under fire for his pro-Kremlin ties and role in a Ukrainian corruption scandal -- represents the Republican nominee's latest effort to get back on track after weeks of crisis."This mor

LONDON, (AFP) -- Midnight at bustling Oxford Circus Underground station in the heart of London, a band is playing and weekend revelry is only just beginning for some residents of the Big Smoke.Excited Londoners and tourists jostle to be among the first to take the Night Tube -- a new service that will see the Victoria and Central lines run all night on Fridays and Saturdays."It's great that the tube's going to be open all night," said Omar Khan, a 27-year-old clothing designer who was planning t

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Facebook on Friday took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows teens to watch clips about the lives of their classmates.The app, called Lifestage, was released with no fanfare, and is available for anyone to download on iPhone, although seeing profiles of other users is reserved for those 21 years of age or younger.The social network allows users to make video clips to describe likes, peeves, dance styles, and

US President Barack Obama will visit China early next month for a summit of the Group of 20 countries and bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Thursday.The trip, set to begin on Sept. 2, comes as the US and China are at odds over maritime disputes in the South China Sea and the US plan to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.Obama will "conduct in-depth meetings with President Xi Jinping of China in Hangzhou, where the two leaders will discuss

The regional governments of South Korea's Gangwon Province, China's Jilin Province and Russia's Maritime Province in Northeast Asia agreed Wednesday to cooperate in resuming a maritime route involving the three regions, the Gangwon provincial government said.Gangwon Gov. Choi Moon-soon, Jilin Gov. Jiang Chaoliang and Vladimir Miklushevsky, governor of Primorsky region in the Russian Far East, signed a pact to join hands toward the resumption of the route linking Sokcho on South Korea's east coas

Republican-affiliated U.S. experts on Asia plan to issue a joint letter expressing serious concern about Donald Trump's foreign policy, one of the experts said Monday.The letter will be the latest in a series of statements that former Republican administration officials and national security and foreign policy experts have adopted in opposition to the foreign policy views of the Republican presidential nominee."I signed a letter last week of senior national security officials declaring that Mr.

South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation's public housing program, the government said Monday. South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Seoul to develop a "smart city" in Sihanoukville province, home to Cambodia's main deep-sea port on the southwestern coast.A smart

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump is now accusing President Barack Obama of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities."In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,'' Trump said Wednesday during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "He is the founder of ISIS."He repeated the allegation three more times for emphasis.Trump also pointedly referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.The

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief to focus on a new health startup. She founded The Huffington Post in 2005, and it grew to become one of the biggest online media players. It is currently owned by Verizon Communications Inc.The departure comes several weeks after Verizon said it was buying the media properties of Yahoo Inc. for about $4.8 billion.The Huffington Post is known for its celebrity

KAMPALA (AFP) -- Ugandan officials raided a prestigious private school on Thursday to seize copies of British children's author Jacqueline Wilson's "Love Lessons" on the orders of a minister who has led several crackdowns on "obscene" conduct.Minister for ethics and integrity Simon Lokodo said the book exposed children attending the exclusive Greenhill Academy to sex at too young an age. The school in the capital Kampala is popular with Uganda's elite and Western expatriates, and admits pupils b

South Korea has requested Cambodian police to thoroughly investigate the killing of a South Korean man there earlier this week, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.The man in his 50s was shot dead in a region some 30km south of Phnom Penh on Wednesday, according to the official.The victim is believed to be a resident in Cambodia, but more details of the incident are still unknown. Local police are looking into the case."The South Korean Embassy in Cambodia dispatched a consular official to

South Korea will seek wider cooperation with a development bank in Central America to help its companies tap into the sectors of infrastructure building and energy developing in the region, the trade ministry here said Wednesday.Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan held a meeting with President Nick Rischbieth of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration in Seoul to discuss ways to widen cooperation between South Korea and Central American countries, according to the Ministry of Trade, Infrast

Uncoordinated military intervention by China, South Korea or the United States in the event of North Korea's collapse could lead to war between the U.S. and China, a U.S. research institute said.RAND Corporation raised the prospect in a report titled, "War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable," saying the two super powers are in a row over a series of issues that could lead to a military confrontation.Other situations that could turn violent included China and Japan skirmishing over disp