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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...

Former Russian security agent comes out as trans

She decided to come out publicly for the sake of fighting discrimination ...

Merkel offered UN job – media

UN chief Antonio Guterres offered a job to Germany’s ex-chancellor, Angela Merkel, a report says ...

Europe doesn’t take Ukraine seriously enough – Kiev

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany blamed Berlin for supposedly disrespecting his country's rich culture ...

Trump Organization accused of fraud

New York attorney general wants former president and his two eldest children to testify under oath ...

Tackle scientific misinformation, but don’t delete it, says UK Royal Society report

The solution to online scientific misinformation is not to wipe it off the internet, according to a report released today by the U.K.’s Royal...

Blinken Visits Ukraine as He Urges Russia to De-escalate Border Tensions

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kyiv for talks Wednesday with Ukrainian leaders as part of what he called a “diplomatic effort...

Astronomers complain about SpaceX satellites

Nearly one in five twilight astronomical photos now contain bright streaks caused by low orbit satellites ...

Former US Hostage in Iran to Begin Hunger Strike to Press for Prisoner Deal

https://ift.tt/uRtLh4 former U.S. hostage in Iran is set to begin a hunger strike in Vienna on Wednesday to press U.S. and Iranian officials to...

A Year in, Biden’s Legislative Agenda Is a Mixed Bag

https://ift.tt/2g8SCQE Joe Biden is ending his first year in office with low approval ratings largely due to an economic recovery dragged down by inflation...

Taiwan buys Washington lobbyist for ally

The island agreed to foot the bill for lobbying efforts in the United States on behalf of Guatemala ...

Americans Begin Ordering Free At-Home COVID Tests

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH U.S. government quietly conducted a soft launch Tuesday of its website where Americans can request free rapid coronavirus tests — a day ahead...

Multiple flights to US suspended over 5G fears

A number of airlines have expressed concern that 5G deployment near airports could endanger air traffic safety ...

Don’t call it warfare. West grapples with response to Ukraine cyber aggressions

In the stand-off between Russia and the West over Ukraine, hackers have upped the ante with cyberattacks and disinformation targeting the eastern European country. The...

Vestager: Metaverse poses new competition challenges

The EU’s digital chief Margrethe Vestager wants the future operation of the so-called metaverse to face more scrutiny, saying that plans to create an...

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