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China and N Korea confirm Kim Jong-un visit
Mar 28, 2018After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has visited China. The visit, confirmed by China and North Korea, was Mr Kim’s first known foreign trip since taking office in... -
Volvo Ocean Race yachtsman John Fisher ‘lost at sea’
Mar 27, 2018A yachtsman who fell overboard during a round-the-world race in the Southern Ocean is now presumed to be lost at sea, organisers say. John Fisher, 47, from Southampton, fell from Team Sun Hung Kai’s Scallywag yacht 1,400... -
Russia crowd condemns officials over disaster
Mar 27, 2018Thousands of people are protesting in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, angry at Russian officials over the leisure complex fire that killed at least 64 people, 41 of them children. President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kemerovo... -
Judge denies motion to drop case against widow of Orlando gunman
Mar 27, 2018A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against the widow of the gunman in the 2016 massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, saying that the gunman’s father’s work an FBI informant was not... -
Porn star sues Trump’s personal lawyer for defamation
Mar 27, 2018Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday for defamation, according to court documents, escalating a legal battle between the American president and the porn star that the White House was struggling to contain.... -
Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters, Whistleblower says
Mar 27, 2018A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower said on Tuesday that Canadian company AggregateIQ worked on software called Ripon which was used to identify Republican voters ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. AggregateIQ did not immediately respond to... -
Male contraceptive pill does not harm sex drive, first clinical trial finds
Mar 27, 2018A male contraceptive pill has been developed which is effective, safe and does not harm sex drive, scientists have announced. In what has been described as a “major step forward”, the drug was successfully tested on 83... -
Barrage of missiles on Saudi Arabia ramps up Yemen war
Mar 27, 2018The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen vowed on Monday to fire more missiles into Saudi Arabia unless it stops bombing the country, after one of its missiles caused casualties in the Saudi capital for the... -
South Korea says watching China closely as senior North Korean visits
Mar 27, 2018South Korea said on Tuesday it was closely watching events that are unfolding rapidly in Beijing, where diplomatic sources said a senior North Korean official was visiting amid reports it was leader Kim Jong Un ahead... -
Japan’s Abe seeks to remove ‘balance’ requirements in broadcast news
Mar 27, 2018Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to repeal a Japanese law requiring broadcasters to show impartiality, a step critics fear will lead to sensational reporting and polarize views, just as a similar move has been blamed for...
