By Sangmi ChaSEOUL -North Korea’s ruling party has amended its rules to create a de facto second-in-command under leader Kim Jong Un as he looks to revamp domestic politics, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said…
By Ben Blanchard and Liang-sa LohTAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan raised its coronavirus alert level on Saturday in the capital, Taipei, and the surrounding city, bringing curbs for a period of two weeks that will shut…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s early plan to combat COVID-19 was a “disaster” and “awful decisions” led to the government imposing lockdowns that could have been avoided, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former top adviser said.Dominic Cummings,…
By Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA – Egypt’s intelligence chief met Hamas leaders in Gaza on Monday to try to bolster a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel and to discuss reconstruction plans following the recent…
German investigators have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the high-profile heist of jewellery from a museum in Dresden.A 22-year-old man - the twin brother of another suspect in custody - was arrested at…
MEXICOCITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday hinted at possible changes to his cabinet in the second half of his administration, saying that mid-term elections marked a “before and after” point when…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the violence between Israel and Hamas to come to an immediate end.Opening an emergency online meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, Guterres said the current hostilities…
Unlike many of its EU partners, Italy still does not have laws to punish homophobic hate crimes.But now a law proposed by Alessandro Zan, an MP with the Democratic party, has been passed by the…
It was the turn of the heavyweights on day 3 of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam in Kazan, Russia, the final event of this year’s tour. And the honours were evenly shared, with Japan,…
European diplomats have voiced serious concerns over how the World Health Organization (WHO) has handled sex abuse allegations involving its own staff.An investigation by the Associated Press claimed that senior WHO management was informed of…
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