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NKorea's Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

N Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised weapons tests

9:08 am August 11, 2019

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul. The report by North Korean state […]

Jeffrey Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

Jeffrey Epstein suicide sparks fresh round of conspiracy theories

8:56 am August 11, 2019

New York: Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide Saturday morning in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online in a saga that has provided fodder for them for years, fueled by Epstein’s ties to princes, politicians and other famous and powerful people. Online theorists Saturday quickly offered unsubstantiated speculation — including some retweeted by President Donald […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Centre to bring supplies to Kashmir; Pakistan to go to UN

6:34 am August 11, 2019

New Delhi: Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Kashmir will bring in trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remained in a lockdown Saturday after India’s decision to strip it of its constitutional autonomy. Pakistan said that with the support of China, it will take up India’s […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Joe Biden is still the Democrat to beat, but rivals see weakness

3:12 am August 11, 2019

Iowa: In a barn down a gravel road in Iowa, Joe Biden tore into President Donald Trump’s moral character, declaring in one of the fiercest speeches of his campaign that the words of the American president matter. The next day, Biden’s own words tripped him up. He told an audience in Des Moines that poor […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests

3:05 am August 11, 2019

Berkeley Heights: President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to meet once again to “start negotiations” after joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises end. He also said Kim apologized for the flurry of recent short-range missile tests that has rattled U.S. allies in the region. Trump is tweeting more details from […]