KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been pictured inspecting new suicide drones, which state media say have been equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). The undated images released by the secretive state’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) show Kim flanked by officials on a runway inspecting a drone. Kim agreed to a plan…
Guy Delauney Balkans correspondent Reuters Some in Kocani carried photos of loved ones who died in the blaze Thousands have gathered at cemeteries across North Macedonia for the funerals of dozens of people killed in a nightclub fire on Sunday. The blaze tore through the small Pulse club in the town of Kocani, killing 59…
Guy Delauney BBC Balkans correspondent Reuters North Macedonia has begun a week of mourning Thousands of people have protested in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, demanding justice and action against corruption after a nightclub fire killed 59 people, many of them teenagers. “Nobody should die like that – nobody,” a teenage boy told the…
Getty Images Hackers thought to be working for the North Korean regime have successfully cashed out at least $300m (£232m) of their record-breaking $1.5bn crypto heist. The criminals, known as Lazarus Group, swiped the huge haul of digital tokens in a hack on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago. Since then, it’s been a cat-and-mouse…
North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years. North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, and started to scale back restrictions in the middle of 2023. It opened up to Russian…
50 Best, the organization behind the yearly list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, announced today that it’s debuting a new list focusing exclusively on North America, including the United States, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean. This new list, which is sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, marks the first time the organization has…
North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed others to the frontline in the western Kursk region, according to South Korea’s intelligence agency. It said the exact number of extra troops sent was unknown, but military officials quoted in South Korean media have said they believed it was at least 1,000. Neither Moscow…
Jaymes O’Pheron isn’t just used to the cold — he thrives in it. O’Pheron, 34, lived in Washington, Tennessee, Texas and Ireland before moving to Fargo, North Dakota with his wife, Carla, in 2021. North Dakota ranked high on their list for its affordable cost of living, fast-growing cities and friendly policies for small businesses….
President Donald Trump greets General Motors CEO Mary Barra (R) prior to a meeting with automobile industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 24, 2017. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors believes it can mitigate up to 50% of potential tariffs President Donald…
Ukraine’s president has said North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia’s western Kursk region, after reports they had recently been withdrawn due to heavy casualties. In a video address on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian army had “brought back in North Korean soldiers” who were carrying out “new assaults” in…
