News Headlines - 10 January 2018

▽US welcomes meeting between North, South Korea on Olympics security- Nikkei Asian Review

The U.S. State Department welcomed Tuesday's meeting between North and South Korean officials aimed at ensuring a safe Winter Olympics, and said it would work with Seoul to ensure North Korea's participation does not violate U.N. sanctions.

▽China puts senior general on trial for bribery

One of China’s most senior military officers is to be prosecuted for bribery, as President Xi Jinping ramps up his half-decade-old anti-corruption drive.
General Fang Fenghui, who sits on China’s central military commission, which oversees the People’s Liberation Army, was transferred to military prosecutors for investigation on Tuesday, China’s official news agency Xinhua reported.

▽Kodak joins cryptocraze with digital photo licensing site

The 130-year-old company said Tuesday it has used blockchain, the technology underpinning popular digital currencies such as bitcoin, to create a new platform for digital photography with its own digital currency, called KodakCoin... Shares of Kodak more than doubled Tuesday, closing at $6.80. They were also trading 5.8 percent higher in the after-market.

▽Australia to Allow Export of Cannabis-Based Medicines

Australia is to become the fourth country in the world to allow exports of cannabis-based therapies. The federal government hopes the reforms will help Australia become a world leader in the medicinal cannabis market.
Laws to allow exports of Australian cannabis-based therapies will come into force in February, according to the federal health minister.

▽Strong earthquake prompts tsunami threat message in Mexico, other coastal countries - CNN

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves were possible for several countries in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Mexico, after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck 27 miles (43 kilometers) off the coast of Honduras.