N. Korea missile explodes in midair after launch, South’s military says
SEOUL - North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, but it exploded in midair, South Korea's military...
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty on Wednesday to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in...
North Korea is still building borders 7 decades after war
SEOUL — Seventy four years after the Korean War began, North Korean troops are building new fortifications, occasionally inviting warning shots from South Korean...
Macron warns podcast of ‘civil war’ risk as French elections loom
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron told a podcast episode shown on Monday that both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the...
Without naming names, UN chief accuses Israel of misinformation
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused Israel on Monday of spreading misinformation about him during the more than eight-month-long war...
China’s retail outlook dims after mid-year shopping festival flop
SHANGHAI - Retailers in China face a daunting near-term future after a disappointing mid-year online shopping festival that has also clouded the recovery prospects of the...
US Treasury to devote extra $100 mln over 3 years to affordable housing
WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced $100 million in new financing on Monday to increase the supply of affordable housing, as the Biden administration...
Argentina enters technical recession as job losses mount under Milei
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina entered a technical recession in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Monday, and job losses mounted amid a...
High airfares to persist as travel booms — airline exec
THERE’S NO END in sight to the high airfares that are a mainstay of the world’s post-pandemic travel boom, according to Asia’s biggest low-cost...
France faces risk of violence due to snap election, interior minister says
PARIS — France could see civil unrest and violence that is related to the elections, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday as campaigning...
Hello Kitty, parasites: Inside North Korea’s trash balloons according to South’s officials
SEOUL — Among the trash that balloons carried over the border from North were articles printed with Hello Kitty characters, badly worn clothing, and...
Autocracy is ‘evil’, Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism
TAIPEI - Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real "evil", Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the...