All members of England's travelling squad barring all-rounder Moeen Ali have tested negative for COVID-19 before their two-match test series in Sri Lanka starting on Jan. 14, the England and Wales ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un acknowledges ‘painful lessons’ as economy suffers
Addressing a ruling party gathering, leader admitted economic underachievement and left the door open to engagement with the Biden administration. ( read original story ...)
North Korea: Kim Jong-un says economic plan a near-total failure at rare political meeting
Ruler begins second Workers’ party congress by admitting strategy fell short in ‘almost all areas’ ... ( read original story ...)
N. Korea’s biggest political event comes at fraught moment
North Korea has opened its biggest political event in five years amid what some experts see as the most fraught moment of leader Kim Jong Un’s nine-year rule ... ( read original story ...)
Kim Jong-un Opens Party Congress With Admission of Failures in North Korea
Mr. Kim convened the first Workers’ Party Congress in five years to revamp his policies as North Korea’s economic woes deepened amid international sanctions and the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Kim says last five years ‘worst of the worst’ for North Korea
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un admitted the country’s economic development plan had fallen short in “almost all areas” as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media reported ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea Holds Its Biggest Political Event Amid Crises
North Korea has opened its biggest political event in five years amid what some experts see as the most fraught moment of leader Kim Jong Un’s nine-year rule. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Admits Mistakes As Party Congress Opens: KCNA
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un admitted the country's economic development plan had fallen short in "almost all areas" as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s Top Court to Begin Hearing on Dissolution of Parliament Amid Political Flux
Nepal's top court on Wednesday will begin hearings on petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's sudden decision to dissolve the parliament, a move that has triggered public outrage and ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen killed 99 civilians in 2020, monitor says
According to Mwatana, a majority of the civilians who died in coalition airstrikes last year were women and children. ( read original story ...)