SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is encouraging its beauty-conscious middle class women to choose domestic cosmetics over foreign brands in an effort to boost self-reliance as international sanctions deepen. FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju visit a cosmetics factory in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean
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(Reuters) – Canadian police said on Wednesday they found two bodies which they believe are of the fugitive teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the murders of two tourists in British Columbia. FILE PHOTO: Kam McLeod, 19 and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, suspects in the murder of an Australian tourist and
By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle FILE PHOTO: British Airways logos are seen on tail fins at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Problems with British Airways’ IT systems left passengers facing flight delays and long queues at airports on Wednesday in the midst of the
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Internet companies that do not actively combat the online exploitation of children should face financial consequences, Canada’s public safety minister hinted on Tuesday after announcing an increase in police funding to fight it. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale attends a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 7, 2018.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, South Korea said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang warned that hostile moves against it “have reached the danger line.” People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing two unidentified
Indian security personnel stand guard on a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday it was closely following events in Kashmir after India said it was revoking the special status of the territory and expressed concern about reports of detentions. “We
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s embattled leader warned on Monday that protests gripping the Asian financial center are a challenge to China’s sovereignty as strikes crippled transport across the city and led to the cancellation of more than 200 flights. Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway personnel try to prevent a protester from blocking the
(Reuters) – A gunman dressed in body armor opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, early on Sunday, killing nine people including his sister and wounding 27 others, authorities said, in the second deadly U.S. mass shooting in less than a day. Evidence markers rest on the ground after a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States says China is destabilizing the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday, charging Beijing with predatory economics, intellectual property theft and “weaponizing the global commons”. U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a joint news conference with their
SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers began leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after a local government alert over possible militant attacks, and India said it killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces. Foreign tourists disembark from a boat on the banks of Dal Lake as
Some locals who have witnessed some of his miracles claim he is this generation’s Messiah Guru Yogi Mohan Healer, Doctor, and Author of “Teachings of the Masters “practices the ancient art of healing, restoring and rejuvenating the body of all diseases, to include: Autism, Retardation, Seizures—and the newest claim—AIDS. International correspondent of I Connect You Today explored this topic
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a news conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that if a senior government scientist had betrayed his confidence regarding deforestation data, he would be fired, underlining how growing international pressure to protect
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Six bomb blasts wounded at least four people at three sites in Bangkok on Friday, as the Thai capital hosted a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United States, China and other world powers. Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers work following a small explosion at a site in
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during her visit in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday called Beijing’s ban on individual tourists to the island a “major strategic mistake” amid heightened tension with giant neighbor China. China is using mainland tourists as “political
ROME (Reuters) – The European Union ended a standoff with Italy over African immigration on Wednesday, agreeing to take 116 asylum-seekers rescued at sea last week but denied permission to go ashore by the country’s right-wing interior minister. FILE PHOTO: Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini addresses a news conference at the end of a
HONG KONG (Reuters) – More than 40 people appeared in a Hong Kong court on Wednesday charged with rioting for their role in a recent protest that turned violent when thousands of activists clashed with police near Beijing’s main representative office in the city. Supporters gather outside the Eastern Courts to support the arrested anti-extradition