JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — China’s long-developing diplomatic drive in Africa has hit an unexpected speed bump, even as Beijing seeks to curry more favor on the continent with shipments of aid to deal with the mounting COVID-19 threat. A hard line from Beijing on debt repayments for struggling African countries and a viral video depicting…
China on Friday sent a team of experts, including several medical professionals, to North Korea to provide guidance on the health condition of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Reports surfaced last week that the secretive Mr. Kim was gravely ill following emergency heart surgery. The Chinese delegation, led by a senior member of China’s International…
April 24, 2020 | 10:21pm China has sent a team of medical experts and diplomats to North Korea in a visit somehow related to the health of Kim Jong Un. A report in Reuters cites three people familiar with the situation, and comes as the health of Kim remains shrouded in mystery, with rumors swirling…
China has sent a team of doctors to North Korea to help determine supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un's health status, Reuters reported on Friday. Hong Kong Satellite Television reported that Kim was dead, though there has been no confirmation from U.S. sources at this point."While the U.S. continues to monitor reports surrounding…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 11, 2020.KCNA | via ReutersChina has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…