A wildfire in northern California has killed three people, local authorities report. The fire broke out near the town of Redding, some 200 miles north of San Francisco. All summer long, the western United States has been plagued by persistent natural ties that have killed dozens of people and […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in wants to reopen the military hotline with North Korea. Moon said on Monday that he wants to prevent more unexpected incidents from happening. Moon’s statements follow the shooting of an employee of the South Korean Ministry of Fisheries. The man was shot by North […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has apologized for shooting a South Korean who may have wanted to defect to the north. That happened earlier this week. The government employee disappeared from a South Korean ship. According to South Korea, he was shot by North Korean soldiers while floating in […]
A group of former top soldiers supports Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. According to the letter seen by Reuters news agency, this includes the former second man of the Pentagon, retired general Paul Selva. Selva’s name, who retired last year, is on a list of 489 public figures who […]
The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hope to have a draft agreement on the sale of advanced F35 fighters in early December. Possibilities to make those devices more visible to Israeli radar systems are still being explored, and insiders tell Reuters news agency. Washington traditionally does […]
At least six people died and more than 100 injured after Hurricane Noul hit Vietnam’s central coastline. The tropical storm made landfall near the popular tourist cities of Hue and Da Nang on Friday. Four people died in Hue province, and one in each of the neighbouring provinces of […]
More than 1,900 new coronavirus infections have been identified in Germany in the past 24 hours. That is about three hundred fewer than the day before when almost 2,200 new cases were reported. This is reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German equivalent of the National Institute […]
The number of corona infections diagnosed during the last 24 hours in Germany has further increased to over two thousand. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German equivalent of the RIVM, reported early in the morning on Thursday that a further 2,194 cases have been registered. This means that […]
Yoshihide Suga, cabinet secretary under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has resigned for health reasons, has been formally elected Prime Minister of Japan. To nobody’s surprise, it was announced on Monday that Suga would also succeed Abe as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Japanese ruling party […]
The US law enforcement authorities are regularly guilty of irregularities during investigations and lawsuits, the authors of a report released Tuesday said. Police in the United States has been under fire in recent months over racism and the use of excessive force. Scientists examined the files of nearly 2,500 […]
