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The KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile, which has a range of at least 6,200 miles, can be difficult to track if it’s properly designed and developed.

While Valentine’s Day is mostly a Western tradition, given its roots in Christianity, the holiday has caught on in countries around the world in recent years.

The rout in the Asian stock markets Friday was led by Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Index, which slumped to its lowest level in more than a year, but several European indexes rose.

"The markets are clearly starting to price-in a sharp slowdown in the world economy," a chief strategist at Mizuho Asset Management said.

Central banks are resorting to negative interest rates to stimulate growth — Fed Chair Janet Yellen is considering them — but they are not as effective as investors had hoped.

U.S. lawmakers have become increasingly interested in the possibility the Federal Reserve might consider negative interest rates.

The region's markets responded to comments from the U.S. Fed chair, which included concerns about China's economic slowdown.

The turn underscores the volatility of world markets and concerns about slowing global growth.

Janet Yellen raised the possibility that the Fed could reverse its December decision to raise rates in testimony before Congress on Wednesday.

South Korea, meanwhile, suspended operations at a joint industrial park amid international criticism over Pyongyang's rocket launch.

The Japanese brewing giant has reportedly offered to buy the two beer brands that SABMiller and AB InBev want to sell to address regulatory concerns.

A group reportedly affiliated to the collective Anonymous claimed the hack that suspended several websites early Wednesday.

The Kim Jong Un-led country conducted a rocket launch Sunday, triggering calls from Western nations for stricter sanctions.

Japan government bond yields turned negative on Tuesday, underscoring risk aversion, following drops in U.S. stocks.

U.S. intelligence warned that once started, it would take a few weeks to create nuclear stockpiles.

Markets across the globe fell on growing concerns about a global slowdown.

Following a day of tumultuous trading in Japan — which saw investors fleeing toward safe assets — European stock markets traded in the red Tuesday.

On Tuesday, as investors scrambled toward safe-haven assets, yields on longer-term Japanese bonds fell below zero for the first time in history.

While North Korea's rocket launch was criticized internationally, a U.S. defense official said the satellite was incapable of functioning accurately.

Stocks slumped in Japan and Australia early Tuesday while markets elsewhere in the region remained closed for Lunar New Year.

After North Korea claimed to launch a rocket Sunday, Beijing is reportedly concerned over news that the U.S. could deploy a missile system nearby.