North Korea
Could North Korea's information blackout be hiding a serious crisis?
North Korea says it counts zero cases of #coronavirus at home. But experts doubt that's true and fear a catastrophic health crisis, in a country where health infrastructure is insufficient and where the population is malnourished and ill-informed.
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Euroviews. Trump is a threat to peace. It is time for the UN to act on uniting Korea instead ǀ View
It’s an historic mistake - potentially catastrophic - to leave the fate of the Koreas, as well as of Iran and the Middle East - indeed international peace itself - in the hands of an individual who has demonstrated seriously erratic political and psychological behaviour.
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Euroviews. Twitter diplomacy: The “Money Heist” of Trump’s Foreign Policy ǀ View
We should, as observers, check our emotions and learn to play Trump’s “long game”: evaluate the bigger picture, remembering the advice from “Money Heist”: “If you finally get them a happy ending, you’ll be the country’s hero, but if it ends up in a long string of dead people, we'll all be screwed."
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The 8th edition of the annual contest for sculptures in hay and straw ended on Sunday in the French Alps.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commemorated the 25th anniversary of the founder of the reclusive communist country's death.
The US women's football team celebrated their victory in NYC.