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U.S. B-52 bomber deployed in S. Korea in retaliation for DPRK's nuke test
A U.S. B-52 bomber, capable of delivering a nuclear missile, has been deployed in South Korea.
The long-range bomber departed from the U.S. Anderson base in Guam on Sunday morning.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that the bomber arrived and flied over South Korea's Osan air base at about noon.
Air forces of South Korea and the United States made the joint announcement of the bombers arrival.
The deployment came after North Korea said Wednesday it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
If confirmed, it would mark North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test and the fourth nuclear test in total.
DPRK top leader says H-bomb test "self-defensive step", "legitimate right"
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has congratulated the country's military commanders on what he called a successful test of Pyongyang's first H-bomb.
The official KCNA news agency quotes Kim as saying that the H-bomb test is the legitimate right of a sovereign state and a fair action that is above criticism.
Kim made the remarks to military officers when visiting the Ministry of the country's People's Armed Forces.
He stressed the need for the military to enhance offensive and defensive capabilities.
The comments were the first by the top North Korea leader after the country's announcement on Wednesday that it has successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, which would be its fourth nuclear test overall.
Interbank RMB transactions hit 618.12 tln yuan in 2015
China's interbank local currency market transactions totalled nearly 618 trillion yuan, or 94 trillion U.S. dollars in 2015.
RMB pledge-style repo businesses, short-term RMB financing transactions with bonds as pledge of rights, account for 432 trillion yuan of the total.
China Development Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Postal Savings Bank of China, Bank of China Limited and China Everbright Bank are the top five banks in terms of transaction volume.
Shanghai bourse caps share-holding reduction rate
China's two main bourses have issued circulars to cap the share sell-off rate for large shareholders, in an effort to subdue the market's free fall.
The new rules apply to major share holders with stakes at 5 percent or above of a listed company.
Those share holders are forbidden from selling more than 1 percent of that company's share capital every three months through the stock exchange's centralist bidding system.
The restriction was announced as stocks plummeted 7 percent half an hour into trading on Thursday, triggering a newly introduced circuit breaker.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has tightened control on short-term big share sales since last year by imposing fines on profiteering trading practices.
No Ticket Matched All 6 Powerball Numbers
Lottery officials have announced that no ticket matched all six multi-state Powerball numbers following last night's drawing for a record nearly 950 million U.S. dollar jackpot.
This has boosted the expected payout for the next drawing on Wednesday to 1.3 billion dollars.
Many statisticians believe that the odds to win the largest lottery prize in U.S. history were one in over 290 million.
The last Powerball jackpot winner was in November when a ticket holder from Tennessee claimed over 144 million dollars.
The previous record North American lottery jackpot payout was in March 2012, when 656 million dollars was won in a Mega Millions draw.
Egypt's New Parliament Convenes Opening Session
A new Egyptian parliament convened its opening session on Sunday.
The country had been without a parliament for three years. The last one was elected in 2011, after the ouster of former leader Hosni Mubarak. A court order dissolved it in 2012.
The new parliament is considered the third and final phase of Egypt's three-step roadmap to democracy. The plan was announced by the military in 2013, after the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi.
All bills issued by the president now must be reviewed and approved by the nearly 600-seat legislative body.
Market fire in Yangon destroys more than 1,600 shops
It's estimated a huge fire which broke out at a major market in the city of Yangon in Myanmar overnight on Saturday destroyed more than 16-hundred shops.
Total losses are estimated at some 2.7 million U.S. dollars.
The fire broke out early Saturday in the upper floors of the market, eventually torching 3 floors of the building before crews were able to put it out.
The cause of the fire remains unknown at this point.
Cold front to chill north China, rain to soak south
Forecasters are predicting a blast of cold air is going to be hitting northern China, while rain will continue to linger in the south.
The National Meteorological Center is forecasting a cold front will bring snow and sleet to parts Xinjiang, as well as along the Yellow and Huaihe River valleys.
