North Korea vows nuclear-armed navy as US ally drills open. Kim Jong Un commissions warship Kang Kon. Daughter Ju Ae present as designated successor. 'Important plan' to strengthen navy in eight months. Freedom Edge drills run to Friday.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows nuclear-armed navy as US ally drills open. Destroyer Kang Kon commissioned. Daughter Ju Ae present. 'Important plan' to be demonstrated in 8 months. Freedom Edge drills run to Friday.
US envoy sees 'movement' toward three-way talks with Russia and Ukraine. Witkoff and Kushner make first visit to Kyiv. 'Substantive progress was made, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks.'
Danish director May el-Toukhy, only female filmmaker in Venice's 20-strong competition field, sees industry backsliding on gender after #MeToo. 'Something has happened where we're returning to what it used to be.'
China's teenage 223cm basketball player Zhang Ziyu towers over opponents at Women's World Cup. Taller than Shaquille O'Neal. Caitlin Clark: 'There's not much you can do to stop her when she gets close to the basket.'
Solomon Islands PM survives no-confidence vote, adjourns parliament indefinitely. China security pact under review. US deputy secretary of state arrives. 'The pace of change is fast.'
Malaysia cancels haze emergency in Sarawak but warns very unhealthy air pollution levels remain. Forest fires in Indonesia shroud Borneo in toxic smoke. API peaked at 519.
Nepal holds national day of mourning for glacial flood victims. 1,398 dead, 5,500+ missing. Families pray tunnel rescuers find more alive. 'We are measured not only by the lives we save, but by the lives we refuse to abandon.'