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North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

North Korea’s Kim holds meeting to discuss bolstering nuke forces

12:27 pm May 24, 2020

Seoul: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un convened a key military meeting to discuss bolstering its nuclear arsenal and putting the country’s strategic armed forces on a high alert, state media reported on Sunday, in his first known public appearance in about 20 days. In early May, Kim quelled intense rumours about his health by […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Iran warns US not to interfere with Venezuela oil shipment

11:31 pm May 23, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s president on Saturday warned the United States not to interfere with a shipment of oil bound for Venezuela after the South American nation said it would provide an armed escort for the tankers. In a statement posted on his website, Hassan Rouhani said the United States had created unacceptable conditions in different parts […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

1:41 pm May 16, 2020

Geneva: Costa Rica’s president said Friday that COVID-19 can only be defeated if countries shun nationalism and aren’t selfish, urging access to diagnostics and treatment tools for everyone as a major meeting of the World Health Organization’s membership looms next week. Carlos Alvarado joined WHO officials for an online news conference to outline a worldwide […]

Latest stimulus package among largest in the world

11:25 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: The mega Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi includes previously announced measures to save the lockdown-battered economy, and focuses on tax breaks for small businesses as well as incentives for domestic manufacturing. The combined package works out to roughly 10 percent of the GDP, making […]

White House: US planning to ship 8,000 ventilators abroad

11:58 am May 9, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump, who’s taken to calling the US the king of ventilators, is making plans to ship 8,000 of the breathing machines to foreign countries by the end of July to help in their fight against the coronavirus. That’s a long way from the early days of the virus when US medical workers […]