N.Korea prepares anti-South leaflets amid heightened tensions
SEOUL – North Korea is gearing up to send propaganda leaflets over its southern border, denouncing North Korean defectors and South Korea, its state media said on Saturday, the latest…
Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense…
Mexican president says he ordered release of ‘El Chapo’s’ son
MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he personally ordered the release of Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman,…
EU should take China to UN court over Hong Kong, lawmakers say
BRUSSELS – The European Union should take China to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Beijing imposes a new security law on Hong Kong, the European Parliament…
UK says China and Russia trying to exploit coronavirus crisis
LONDON – The United Kingdom has said that China, Russia and Iran were looking to exploit weaknesses shown by the coronavirus outbreak, amid suggestions Beijing had used the crisis to…
NZ confirms two new cases ending coronavirus free run
WELLINGTON – New Zealand says that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections in the country. The new infections are a set…
Escalating intimidation, threats, ahead of high-profile treason verdict, Indonesian rights groups say
Rights groups in Indonesia have complained of escalating intimidation and security threats in the run-up to the verdict in a high-profile treason trial against seven West Papuans that is expected…
Virus-hit Beijing tightens outbound travel; Shanghai demands quarantine
BEIJING – Beijing has banned high-risk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and…
North Korean army ‘fully ready’ for action over South Korean propaganda leaflets: KCNA
SEOUL – North Korea’s army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea, state media said, in the…
S.Korea to extend virus guidelines on prevention, sanitation
SEOUL – South Korea will extend prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits, the health minister said, failing which he warned of…
