Kim Jong-un pledges to denuclearize Korea in exchange for security
At his historic summit in Singapore with Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un has pledged on Tuesday "the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," but without giving concrete dates. In return, the president of the United...
UK reports no COVID-19 deaths for first time since pandemic began
The Ministry of Health of the United Kingdom reported no deaths due to COVID-19 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic on Tuesday.
Thus, the overall death toll from the disease in...
Australia suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong due to the Chinese National Security...
As Canada did last week, Australia is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong because of the draconian National Security Act imposed by China, which is already curtailing the freedoms enjoyed by this former...
The Iranian Parliament answers Trump with the burning of a flag: “Death to the...
A group of parliamentarians set fire this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Iranian Parliament to the US flag, as well as a document that represented the nuclear agreement, in protest against the decision...
President Trump and his wife test positive for coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus, as has his wife, Melania Trump. Both were already in quarantine after one of their closest advisors tested positive. The confinement of the president takes...
U.S. dumped 262 million tons of garbage in 2012
The United States is disposing of a lot more garbage than experts thought.
In 2012, the United States got rid of 262 million tons of the solid waste. That’s a 115 percent increase over the US Environmental Protection...
The EU, prepared for a non-agreement with London: these are the “contingency guidelines”
The European Commission presented this Thursday a series of "contingency" guidelines for the Member States to prepare for a Brexit without agreement on January 1, in view of the stranded situation of the negotiations...
China presents its first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier
China has officially unveiled its first domestically-produced aircraft carrier, and the second of its fleet, on Wednesday, amid strong tensions on the Korean peninsula over the Kim Jong-un regime's armament program. The ship, which...
Why politicians with deep voices get more votes
Voters seem to prefer candidates with deeper voices, and researchers suspect our “caveman instincts” could explain why.
“Modern-day political leadership is more about competing ideologies than brute force,” says Casey Klofstad, associate professor of political...
Panic due to unexplained tremor in a 300-meter-high Chinese skyscraper
Hundreds of Chinese citizens have fled terrified by the tremor of a skyscraper in the city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong. It is the SEG Plaza, a 70-storey building almost 300 meters high, which...
