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Rice prices climb again in North Korea as fresh corn drives grain prices down

Rice prices in North Korean markets turned upward again in early October 2026, even as corn prices kept falling. The split shows how slowly this year’s rice harvest is...

New Yalu River Bridge opening sparks last-minute cargo surge on old crossing

Chinese traders are rushing cargo across the aging Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge ahead of the...

FM Lin visits Poland, gives speech at Warsaw Security Forum

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung gave a keynote speech at Poland’s Warsaw Security...

President Lai receives Canadian parliamentary delegation

President Lai Ching-te welcomed a Canadian parliamentary delegation Oct. 14 at the Presidential Office...

Moscow plays down US ban on Russian uranium

The move is unlikely to jeopardize the country’s nuclear industry, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said ...

West wants ‘color revolutions’ in Central Asia – Moscow

Investments promised by the US and its allies are nothing but bait, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has warned ...

Russia fueling Indian economic growth – Jaishankar

New Delhi’s decision to purchase energy supplies from Moscow despite Western pressure is not limited to oil, the foreign minister has said ...

NATO country rules out sending troops to Ukraine 

Estonia’s defense minister has dismissed remarks by a presidential advisor regarding a possible military deployment ...

EU partially switches to ‘war economy’ – official

The bloc is on track to be producing 2 million shells per year for Ukraine, the European commissioner for the internal market has said ...

Moscow slams UK’s ‘desperate lies’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has accused Russia of attempting a “nuclear escalation” and cutting off gas supplies to the West ...

Nigerian unions rally against drastic electricity tariff hikes

Protesters picketed utility offices in major cities, demanding action against price hikes amid a national cost-of-living crisis ...

Dozens detained at anti-govt protests in ex-Soviet state (VIDEOS)

Activists are demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a border agreement with Azerbaijan ...

Blinken promises Zelensky new US weapons will be game changer – media

The US Secretary of State is on a surprise visit to Kiev as Russian forces continue to gain ground near Kharkov ...

German chancellor touts difficult decision on Patriot

Berlin’s pledge to send another battery to Kiev should encourage more military aid, Olaf Scholz has said ...

EU state may veto new Russia sanctions – Politico

Hungary is reportedly opposed to restrictions targeting LNG imports ...

Egypt to join genocide case against Israel

Cairo has described the move as a response to the worsening intensity of attacks on civilians in Gaza ...

Biden approves ban on Russian uranium

The move will backfire on the US economy, Moscow’s ambassador has warned ...

High-ranking Russian Defense Ministry official arrested

Yury Kuznetsov is suspected of taking a bribe on “a particularly large scale,” the Investigative Committee has said ...

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