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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...

Boss of major crypto exchange sued over alleged fraud

Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt Labs has filed a complaint in a California court, accusing the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, of stealing its...

Millions of people sent into Covid lockdown in China

Authorities in China’s Xi'an have put the city on lockdown, closing all non-essential shops and barring all restaurants from opening, after reporting some 140...

Met Police risk probe over response to ‘high-profile lockdown parties’

London’s Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the English police watchdog over claims that, during 2020, the force mishandled alleged parties in Downing Street...

‘I’ve waited long enough’: Ex-UFC fighter posts ‘sexy’ surgery snap

MMA fighter Pearl Gonzalez did not miss the chance to post a pouting photo in her hospital gown as she showed off her tattoos...

New UK Covid infections top 100,000 in a single day for first time

The UK has recorded 106,122 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period. The figure marks the first time daily case numbers have exceeded 100,000...

Ukraine’s slippery slope

For all the claims that the 2014 Maidan put Ukraine on the road to becoming a democracy, treason charges leveled against the country’s former...

Neighbors Bond Over Fondness for Caroling

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.pngIt’s the holiday season in the United States. And for many, that means it’s time to sing Christmas songs. VOA’s Made Yoni reports on...

France rejects 1,000s of doses of Covid anti-viral treatment

France has canceled its order for Merck’s new Covid-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir due to its weak performance in trials, and ordered Pfizer’s Paxlovid instead,...

Here’s what the EU will charge UK travelers after Brexit

The European Commission has confirmed that travelers from the UK will be charged a €7 ($7.92) visa fee from next year and forced to...

Former Disney CEO talks about why he is leaving the company

Bob Iger is leaving Disney for good at the end of this month. In a recent interview, he stated that he felt himself becoming...

Dutch prosecutors demand life sentence for MH17 disaster suspects

Prosecutors in the Netherlands have said that four men they allege were behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in...

Germany’s ethics council rules on mandatory vaccination

Germany’s leading ethics body has supported the idea of extending mandatory coronavirus vaccination to all adults, stressing, however, that direct coercion and use of...

Chelsea women seal ‘massive’ deal for Russian international defender

Roman Abramovich will be joined by a fellow Russian at Chelsea next month after the the Blues' female side announced the signing of highly-rated...

Russian claim that US is preparing ‘chemical weapon’ incident in Ukraine ‘completely false’ – Pentagon

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu’s claim that US private military companies (PMCs) are planning to stage a provocation in eastern Ukraine using chemical weapons...

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