A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said, but there were no unusual movements by North Korea’s military in response. The North Korean soldier was spotted moving toward South Korea, and then crossed over a military demarcation line separating the two sides, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff… Read More North Korean soldier defects to South Korea
Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the ‘Angry Birds’ mobile games and movie, said on Friday it had acquired Finnish game studio PlayRaven to expand into mobile strategy games. Rovio, which listed its shares last year, has been hit by tough competition and high dependency on the Angry Birds brand, first launched in 2009. It said… Read More Angry Birds firm Rovio Entertainment acquires game studio PlayRaven
Ukraine on Friday banned Russian men of combat age from entering the country, a move introduced under martial law after Russia fired on and captured three Ukrainian naval ships off Crimea last weekend. Ukraine announced it was barring entry to Russian men between 16-60 years and a senior state security official said Kiev was considering… Read More Ukraine bars Russian adult males from entry into country
Divorcing Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a final agreement over the custody of their six children, Jolie’s lawyer said on Friday, after more than two years of often bitter negotiations. “A custody arrangement was agreed to weeks ago, and has been signed by both parties and the judge,” Jolie’s lawyer… Read More Former Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach final child custody agreement
A powerful earthquake jolted southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting rush-hour traffic and jamming telephone service in and around Anchorage, the state’s largest city, but there were no reports of serious injuries. The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 8 miles (13 km) north of Anchorage, a city of 300,000 residents accounting for about… Read More Roads buckled, telephone services jammed as magnitude-7.0 earthquake hits southern Alaska
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army but lost a chance for a second term after breaking a no-new-taxes pledge, died on Friday at the age of 94. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, who lived longer than any… Read More Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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