Though North Carolina’s current law eliminates parole for crimes committed on or after October 1994, Demery was eligible because he was sentenced before the change in guidelines, …
North Korea’s Leader Admits His Economic Goals Have Failed
Kim Jong-un plans to hold a rare Workers’ Party congress in January to chart a new course after the country was hammered by sanctions, floods and the pandemic.
Lives Lost: Doctor who battled disease outbreaks in Yemen
Wareth was one of a handful of epidemiologists in Yemen, hunting for disease outbreaks that are as endemic as armed conflicts in the Middle East’s poorest nation …
EXCLUSIVE: The end of Jewish Yemen is imminent
Yemen’s Jewish community is estimated to have reached about 200,000 before members began leaving early in the last century, the exodus reaching a pinnacle in 1949 and 1950 with …
BAM and BWF to decide on Malaysia Open
THE BA of Malaysia (BAM) and the Badminton World Federation (BWF) will decide together on the future of this year’s Malaysia Open.
Officials: attacks in Kabul, provinces of Afghanistan kill 5
Bomb attacks in Kabul and in northern Afghanistan, as well as an ambush in the country’s south killed at least five people on Wednesday and wounded 15, officials said. Two sticky bombs targeted …
South Korea Covid-19: Latest church-linked outbreak is turning into a battle over religious freedom
A South Korean religious group at the center of a new coronavirus outbreak has been accused by the government of withholding key information and obstructing public health authorities in their fight …
South Korea battles coronavirus outbreak in capital city
South Korean health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus centred in the capital Seoul, as new cases levelled off but remained in triple digits on Thursday. The …
South Korea’s COVID-19 Church Scapegoat Is Fighting Back
Church Scapegoat Is Fighting Back South Korea’s COVID-19 Church Scapegoat Is… South Korea faced a crisis early in the pandemic, when a 61-year-old woman with a fever attended several Shincheonji …
South Korea stocks lag in Asia Pacific; China keeps benchmark lending rate unchanged
China is set to announce its benchmark lending rate at its August fixing on Thursday, expected at around 9:30 a.m. HK/SIN. Majority of the participants in a Reuters survey expected no change to both …