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North Koreans dodge style patrols as constitution enshrines the socialist lifestyle

North Koreans are finding quiet ways around the socialist lifestyle crackdown in 2026, even after Kim Jong Un’s government wrote the campaign into the country’s revised constitution. Sources inside...

FM Lin hosts Marshall Islands trade delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for a Marshall Islands delegation led by...

UK, Taiwan hold SME Artificial Intelligence Forum

The Ministry of Economic Affairs Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration and the...

New Yalu River Bridge opens, but customs delays leave trucks waiting for hours

The New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea opened on Oct. 15,...

Lavrov destroys BBC’s ‘hybrid war’ play (VIDEO)

The Russian foreign minister ignored the British state broadcaster’s leading question, pointing instead to Western-supplied weapons being fired at Russia ...

Russia says domestic light industry now accounts for 45% of market

Moscow says local light industry goods now hold 45% of the market, with the government aiming to raise that to 60% ...

Strikes paralyze France as Macron’s popularity flatlines (VIDEOS)

The embattled French president is facing two overlapping protest movements and an approval rating of less than 20% ...

China’s AI strategy ‘paradox’ really isn’t one

Beijing’s latest initiatives reveal an ambition to shape global cooperation while treating AI as a core national security priority ...

EU nation reacts to Israel stripping West Bank diplomat’s credentials

The Netherlands has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the move, which West Jerusalem is calling a response to Dutch sanctions ...

US state recognizes Eid as official holiday

California is home to one of the country’s largest Muslim communities, estimated at up to one million people ...

EU states push farm aid cuts to fund military buildup

Germany and five other countries have threatened to veto the bloc’s next budget unless Brussels cuts hundreds of billions in spending ...

The good and the bad news about Germany’s rearming project

The German party system is fracturing as defense spending rises, but its place in a US-led security order limits Berlin’s freedom to act ...

Russian Navy traverses iceberg-filled Arctic strait for first time (VIDEO)

The Shokalsky Strait lies along the strategically important Northern Sea Route, the shortest maritime passage between Asia and Europe ...

The RAF Fairford ‘terror plot’: Unpacking escalation in the UK echo-chamber

London’s foreign-state theory is looking increasingly shaky after five suspects were bailed and no explosives were found ...

Zionist West Bank occupation mobs are burning Palestinian homes (VIDEO)

Reporting from Jalud, Charlotte Dubenskij details how settlers are defying an order from Israel’s High Court ...

Transgender NYT executive charged with child-abuse before being killed

Jonathan McKinsey was embroiled in a bitter custody battle when he was allegedly shot dead by his in-laws, court documents show ...

Kiev corruption a bigger problem than Russian strikes – Ukrainian poll

A new survey indicates deep concern over graft after a series of scandals involving officials close to Vladimir Zelensky ...

North Koreans race into the hills at dawn as the acorn harvest pays off

North Koreans in mountainous parts of South Pyongan province are heading into the hills before dawn this autumn to gather acorns, and the 2026...

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