Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korea's KOSPI stock index added more than 1 percent on Wednesday, tracking overnight gains in Wall Street which surged on upbeat earnings reports. The Korean won strengthened against the dollar, while bond yields climbed. ** As of 0129 GMT, the KOSPI was up 31.25 points or 1.46 percent at

YouTube, the Google-owned streaming service, said it was looking into reports of issues with its services after several people took to Twitter to complain about broadcasting issues.

* Group of Seven foreign ministers adds voices of concern (Adds IMF chief not attending Saudi investment conference)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has deferred a planned trip to the Middle East, which included a stop in Riyadh to attend an investment conference, the IMF said in a statement on Tuesday.

One of television's best-known families returned on Tuesday without its matriarch, as the character of feisty Roseanne Conner was killed off through an accidental opioid overdose.

Netflix Inc hooked 7 million new streaming subscribers from July to September, a third more than Wall Street had expected, reassuring investors who had worried the company was facing a slowdown in its fast-paced growth.

KIEV, Oct 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was the poems that gave it away. Heartfelt writings about a man's love for a man and a woman's love for a woman found on the family computer sent Olena Globa into a seething rage when she confronted her then-teenaged son about his sexuality.

Brazilian retailer Carrefour Brasil posted a strong boost in third-quarter sales on Tuesday, supported in part by the end of a deflationary cycle for food products and strong growth of the firm's e-commerce initiatives.

The Trump administration said late on Tuesday it has withdrawn or delayed more than 2,200 regulatory actions since taking office in January 2017 as it vows to reduce the role of government.

Humming away in an industrial estate in the eastern Chinese resort city of Hangzhou, electric vehicle designer Automagic is one of hundreds of companies looking to ride the country's wave of investment in clean transportation.