Day: December 14, 2021

S.Korea’s Omicron cases rise to 119

9:43 am December 14, 2021

Seoul: South Korea reported 5,567 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Monday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 528,652. The daily caseload was slightly down from 5,817 in the previous day, but it marked the highest Monday figure since the country’s first case was found in January last […]

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

9:37 am December 14, 2021

Seoul: Since taking power following his father’s sudden death 10 years ago this week, Kim Jong Un has erased those widespread doubts that greeted his early attempts to extend his family’s brutal dynastic grip over North Korea. Early predictions about a regency, a collective leadership or a military coup were crushed by an estimated hundreds […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens in US

9:29 am December 14, 2021

MAYFIELD: Residents of a Kentucky town devastated by a tornado could be without heat, water and electricity in chilly temperatures for a “long time,” the mayor warned Monday, as officials struggled to restore services after a swarm of twisters leveled neighborhoods and killed dozens of people in five states. Authorities are still tallying the devastation […]

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