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North Korea shifts education costs onto the public with new funding law

North Korea has formalized a system requiring institutions, enterprises, and ordinary citizens to financially support state education through a newly obtained law, shifting the cost of educational development away...

Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic monuments

North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the...

N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session

A provincial party official in North Hamgyong province was seized by State Information Bureau...

North Korean elite school student expelled for tutoring during school holiday

A student at an elite provincial school in North Hamgyong province has been forcibly...

Canada’s Trudeau contracts Covid

The positive Covid test comes after prime minister’s family were moved to an “undisclosed location” amid protests against pandemic measures ...

Poll reveals favorite to become next UK PM

Boris Johnson still enjoys popularity within his own party but not among the wider public ...

Americans don’t want Biden focused on race or gender of Supreme Court nominee – poll

Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court has been met with accusations of politicization ...

Democracy icon goes on trial for election fraud

Former Myanmar leader faces fraud charges in court on February 14 ...

Inquiry into UK govt’s ‘Partygate’ publishes initial findings

Downing Street gatherings ‘represent a serious failure’ to observe even the general standards expected from the British public during lockdowns, Sue Gray has concluded ...

Yanis Varoufakis slams NFTs and P2E games

“The rise of crypto applications will only make our society more oligarchic, exploitative, irrational, and inhuman,” he says ...

‘Corona Lisa’ goes on auction

An Irish nurse has put her Covid-themed take on da Vinci’s masterpiece up for sale ...

Chaos hits youth basketball game as coach ‘chokes out referee’ (VIDEO)

A video clip from a youth basketball game in the United States has gone viral for all the wrong reasons ...

Free speech, drugs, COVID controversies: Why Joe Rogan remains the world’s most popular podcaster?

‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast and its host are hated by many, but loved by many more – and both have grown way beyond...

Sputnik V could play major role in global Covid vaccination effort – French expert

A study showing the Russian-made jab’s efficacy against Omicron means regulators should speed up its registration, the top scientist says ...

Medvedev drops hint over future after Australian Open heartbreak (VIDEO)

Daniil Medvedev has pledged to return to his tennis roots after his razor-thin loss to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final ...

Actor admits Covid diagnosis days after immunity claim

Actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox claimed last week that he didn’t need a vaccine because he had an immune system ...

EU divided over Russia sanctions – Polish PM

However, Mateusz Morawiecki noted that the bloc’s united in agreement that Ukrainian sovereignty must be defended ...

Nine in 10 believe Boris Johnson must resign – poll

The survey of Independent readers was released as senior civil servant Sue Gray delivered her report on the Partygate scandal to Downing Street ...

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