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North Korea issues dire warning to US

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Pyongyang would not “waste time” with “submission” and “obedience” to the US North Korea claimed in a statement on Tuesday that it could “shake the world” by firing a missile at the United States and suggested that it had hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles at its disposal. […]

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Oliver Twist hit with content warning – media

Royal Holloway at University of London reportedly issued trigger alert to protect ‘mental health and well-being’ of Masters-level students The Charles Dickens classic, ‘Oliver Twist,’ has been hit with a “trigger warning” by a UK university over concerns that its themes of “child abuse,” “domestic violence” and “racial prejudice” could cause “anxiety” and “distress,” the Daily […]

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Anti-vax group decries new restrictions warning (VIDEO)

Anti-lockdown protesters march through Copenhagen, Denmark Black-clad activists marched through Denmark’s capital Copenhagen on Sunday, decrying anti-Covid rules. The protest took place after the prime minister warned of new restrictions. Protesters from the activist group Men in Black marched through central Copenhagen exactly one year after they held their first official demonstration in the city. […]

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Taiwanese leader sends warning to Beijing in New Year’s speech

Taiwanese leader tells Beijing to stop ‘the spread of military adventurism’ Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to continue defending the island’s independence against Beijing. In a New Year’s speech, she said the differences with communist mainland China cannot be resolved by force. “Taiwan’s consistent position has been that we will neither bow to pressure […]

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WHO chief offers life-or-death holiday warning

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that holiday gatherings could result in a surge of Covid-19, citing the fast-spreading Omicron variant while suggesting festivities should be delayed or outright canceled. Speaking during a briefing in Geneva on Monday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “difficult decisions” must be made to “protect ourselves […]

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US commitment to help Taiwan’s self-defense is ‘rock solid’, de-facto ambassador claims, despite Beijing’s warning to stop contact

The US remains committed to help Taiwan defend itself, Washington’s de-facto ambassador to the island has said, a day after China called on the Americans to refrain from any military contact with Taipei. “The United States has a commitment to help Taiwan provide for its self-defense, and that’s part of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). […]

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Canada drops Covid advisory warning citizens to avoid going abroad, but maintains request for travellers to be double-jabbed

The Canadian government has scrapped its advisory for citizens to avoid non-essential foreign travel for the first time since March 2020, but urged people to be fully vaccinated before going abroad. The change to the government’s official travel advisory page was made Thursday evening, ending a warning that had been in place since the Covid […]

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ICC backs probe into Philippines ‘war on drugs’ despite Manilla warning foreigners to stay out of it

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted its prosecutor’s request to open an investigation, within the jurisdiction of the court, into alleged crimes committed in the Philippines during the ‘war on drugs’. In a statement on Wednesday, the ICC’s pre-trial chamber granted its prosecutor permission to probe reported crimes in the Philippines between 2011 and […]