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North Korean candy finds a market in China as defectors seek a taste of home

North Korean candy and snacks are quietly finding a market in northeastern China, where defectors, longing for home, are buying them despite prices that exceed comparable Chinese products. A...

Beijing agency launches North Korea tour packages on direct Pyongyang flights

A Beijing travel agency has begun recruiting tourists for direct-flight package tours to North...

North Korea’s trade officials are running a pay-to-work racket

To get a coveted work posting in China, North Korean trade workers are being...

North Korean traders make fake calls to cover Chinese phone use

North Korean traders near the Chinese border have been deliberately placing brief international calls...

New law bans laughing at weddings

Russian region imposes decree to ban loud talking, exclamations, and drinking at a registry office ...

Russia’s non-energy exports booming – report

The volume of Russian shipments that aren’t oil, gas and other fuels increased by 36% in 2021, according to the Russian Export Center ...

Moscow gives green light for new summit with Washington

A round of talks between top American and Russian diplomats is set for Friday, Moscow has confirmed ...

‘Destruction of the world’ forecasted amid US-Russia spat escalation

Former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has warned ‘life as we know it’ will end if tensions between Moscow and Washington continue to ‘escalate’ ...

Alec Baldwin sued in Capitol riot defamation case

Hollywood star faces defamation case after allegedly calling sister of slain US Marine an ‘insurrectionist’ ...

Journalists boycott Macron-EU press conference as no questions taken

The French president has been accused of using the event as a photo opportunity ...

US college officials announce new trans athlete policy

Requirements for trans athletes are set to be determined by each sport's individual national governing body in line with the IOC ...

European Parliament bans targeted ads based on people’s health, religion or sexual orientation

The European Parliament moved closer on Thursday to banning targeted ads based on sensitive data including religious beliefs, sexual orientation and racial or ethnic origin.   A large majority...

Sexual abuse victims to receive $490 million

The survivors were exploited by a late University of Michigan sports physician ...

Ex-Pope Benedict XVI knew about child sex abuse – report

A report into sexual abuse in the German diocese of Munich has accused former Pope Benedict XVI of failing to prevent wrongdoings by clerics ...

Putin’s battle plans & Ukraine invasion maps as (un)-covered by Western media

‘Russian invasion’ scenarios imagined, complete with detailed maps and phases of the incursion ...

US youth mortality rate twice as high as other wealthy nations – report

A new report on the disproportionate death rate found that accidents, suicides, and homicides kill twice as many young people in the US as...

Agony for Raducanu as teen battles blisters in Aus Open defeat

The US Open champion crashed out of 2022's first Grand Slam in the second round ...

Robbie Williams to sell his Banksy collection

Williams puts up three Bansky pieces for auction, set to be worth millions ...

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