North Korea sentenced a South Korean-born American citizen to 10 years of hard labor for subversion and espionage, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Kim Dong Chul is the second American that North Korea has given a hard labor sentence in the past two months. In March, University of Virginia student Otto Frederick Warmbier… Read More North Korea sentences American to ten years imprisonment for espionage
Singer Prince has died at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota, his publicist told AP. He was aged 57. Police were called to a medical emergency at his estate earlier on Thursday, US media reported. On his way to a concert, on April 15th, Prince’s private jet was forced his private jet to make an… Read More American singer, Prince dies at 57
The Qatar-based Al Jazeera media network has announced that it would be cutting 500 jobs. It said the job reduction would affect posts worldwide but most of the losses would be in Qatar. Acting director general Mostefa Souag said the decision was “difficult” but the group was “confident it is the right step”. Al Jazeera,… Read More Al Jazeera Media Network to retrench 500 workers
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