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North Korea’s donju go dark as post-congress crackdown spreads fear

North Korean donju — the wealthy private traders who form the backbone of the country’s informal market economy — are going dark. Amid a sweeping crackdown on private wealth...

North Korea’s farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row

A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization...

US envoy to Ukraine to resign over disagreements with Trump – FT

Julie Davis is reportedly leaving her post in protest over dwindling aid to Kiev ...

OPEC loses key member: Will the oil bloc survive?

The UAE says its decision is driven by “national interests” as Middle East tensions...

Lukashenko trolls EU

The Belarusian leader claims he won’t let Europe freeze this winter ...

Woman with ‘toy gun’ gets thousands from bank

A client took hostages in a Beirut bank claiming that she needed her frozen funds back ...

UK house prices soar – report

The rise in July represents the highest annual inflation rate seen since May 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics ...

Putin-Xi meeting agenda revealed 

The leaders will address the Ukraine crisis and Taiwan tensions during their sit-down in Uzbekistan, the Kremlin has said  ...

From Brezhnev to Khrushchev: Ukraine had a huge influence on the Soviet Union, something Kiev now prefers to downplay

It's not commonly understood in the West today that Ukrainians were hugely influential in the USSR ...

End of Covid in sight – WHO

Deaths linked to the virus are at their lowest point since March 2020 ...

Nordic nation offers energy crisis solution

Denmark plans to allow households and businesses to pay excess energy costs over time ...

Hackers target Russian-led military bloc – statement

The CSTO page went down for several hours while attempts were made to edit some informational messages on the site ...

Another arrest in Tokyo Olympics bribery case

Businessman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa was apprehended on Wednesday morning ...

Valieva doping investigation completed – Russian officials

The figure skater found herself at the center of a storm at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ...

Armenia asks Russian-led alliance for military assistance

Yerevan has accused Azerbaijani troops of seizing Armenian territory ...

Majority of voters say Biden dividing the US – survey

Only one in five polled think the president has honored his campaign trail promises of unity ...

US to disburse $3.5bn of frozen Afghan funds

Washington is set to transfer part of the country’s central bank reserves to a fund in Switzerland ...

Zelensky guard appears to wear Nazi insignia

A photo released by the presidential office showed him with a soldier apparently boasting an SS symbol  ...

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