Image copyright KCNA Image caption State media says Mr Kim is pleased with the progress towards a second summit North Korea’s leader has expressed “great satisfaction” after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump, the North’s state media said. Kim Jong-un made the comments after meeting with one of his top aides who went […]
Image copyrightSarah Hasheminiasari/Facebook Image caption Ms Hashemi was reportedly visiting family in the USA prominent American-born Iranian journalist who was held in the US as a witness has been released from jail, according to an advocacy lawyer. Marzieh Hashemi was freed in Washington DC after being detained for 10 days, an attorney with the American-Arab […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Students at publicly unded universities have had their education interrupted by several strikes The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers’ strike drags on less than a month before a presidential election, as Yemisi Adegoke reports from Lagos. Olamide Tejuoso had […]
Image copyrightGetty Images/Reuters Image caption Protesters in both countries have objected to their terms of their leaders’ dealGreece’s parliament is poised to make a historic decision on Thursday night and expectation is high that it will back a deal to rename its northern neighbour. If Greek MPs agree, the country that called itself Macedonia with […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Left-right: Directors Lynne Ramsay, Chloe Zhao and Marielle Heller The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday, and there was a strong showing for films with women in lead roles. Both of this year’s most-nominated films – Roma and The Favourite – have female leads. But it was a different […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Malaysia’s king Sultan Muhammad V unexpectedly abdicated the throne in January Malaysian royals are voting on a new king after the previous monarch, in an unprecedented move, abdicated the throne before the end of his term. A new ruler, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, is usually picked every five […]
Christine Welch has been writing and singing in Mandarin Chinese for years, but got her big break in an unexpected way. Do you have a view about this post? Leave a comment on our Facebook page Credited Source link
Image caption Meng Wanzhou is currently under house arrest at her home in Vancouver, pictured above On a corner in a leafy, exclusive area of Vancouver sits a solid-looking grey house. At the front, there is a low wall with a well-maintained garden behind. At first sight, it appears little different to the other homes […]
Image copyright CBS Image caption Emergency services responded after receiving a call from a man who said “I’ve shot five people” A gunman has killed five people at a bank in Florida, police say. They say officers responded after a man called police from inside the SunTrust bank in the town of Sebring and said: […]
Image copyright YANG HENGJUN/TWITTER Image caption Yang Hengjun is a popular blogger and former Chinese diplomat A Chinese-Australian writer who went missing at the weekend has been detained in China, the Australian government says. Yang Hengjun, a blogger and former Chinese diplomat, has not been heard from since flying from New York to Guangzhou on […]
Image copyright CBS News The box on the side of the Indiana fire station resembles some sort of postal hatch. Pull open the external door and there is space enough for a medium-sized parcel. But this isn’t a place to store your deliveries; it is designed for newborn babies. Installed in December, it is the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Oliver Mtukudzi, one of Zimbabwe’s most renowned musicians, has died aged 66 after a four-decade career. He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of voices of the revolution fighting white-minority rule. His lyrics often carried social messages about HIV/Aids and coded political commentary. His 2001 song Wasakara, meaning “You […]