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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...

Airline CEO says masks ‘do little if anything’ to stop Covid-19 on flights

The CEO of Southwest Airlines claimed in a Senate hearing that wearing face masks to stop the spread of Covid-19 on flights is excessive...

Blinken Cuts Short Southeast Asia Trip Because of COVID-19 Case

https://ift.tt/2kmUBVA. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is cutting short his trip to Southeast Asia after a member of his delegation tested positive for COVID-19....

US CDC: Omicron Now About 3% of All COVID-19 Cases

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH White House COVID-19 Response team Wednesday said early data indicates the omicron coronavirus variant is spreading in the U.S., but current vaccine boosters...

WATCH: Armed men surround Tripoli government HQ

Heavily armed men have surrounded the offices of the Libyan government in Tripoli, while a militia threatened to cancel the upcoming presidential election, which...

1 soldier killed as Syria air defenses respond to ‘Israeli aggression’ – state media

Syrian air defenses shot down “most of” the incoming missiles that were reportedly launched by Israel from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights...

The sad state of on-screen fantasy, 20 years after ‘The Lord of the Rings’

In December 2001, 20 years ago this month, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ was released in theaters. Since then,...

US Federal Reserve Signals 3 Interest Rate Hikes in 2022

https://ift.tt/2u9L75o at the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, moved aggressively Wednesday to fight raging inflation in consumer prices for American shoppers and businesses.  The...

Hidden water reserves discovered on Mars

A joint European and Russian mission has discovered “significant amounts of water” lying just below the surface of Mars – and scientists say it...

Pelosi says whether Congress members should trade stock

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is facing heavy criticism after she shot down the idea of a ban on members of Congress trading stock, an...

Biden overtakes Trump on Covid-19 deaths

The US has passed 800,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19, doubling the toll from the time of President Donald Trump’s departure. However, President Joe Biden’s...

Moscow likens treatment of Assange to ‘cannibalism’

The treatment of Julian Assange amounts to “real cannibalism” by Western governments, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, pointing out that the WikiLeaks founder is...

Kremlin reveals when Putin and Biden might meet again

Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a new round of talks with his American counterpart Joe Biden before the end of the year, the...

Big Tech faces new curbs as European Parliament passes landmark rules

Big Tech companies are set to face unprecedented restrictions after EU lawmakers on Wednesday backed a package of rules geared at reining in the...

NASA Probe Becomes First Spacecraft to Enter Sun’s Atmosphere

https://ift.tt/wEcZxH U.S. space agency NASA says its Parker Solar Probe this week became the first spacecraft to enter the Sun’s atmosphere, also known as the corona.  The space agency announced the...

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