Kim Jong Un unveils North Korea’s new military goals for 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set new goals for the country’s military at the Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the party’s 8th Central Committee as tensions continue to escalate on the Korean Peninsula. Kim told party leaders that North Korea faces a “newly created challenging situation” on the Korean Peninsula and set the direction […]

Deadly 200-car pileup on foggy Chinese bridge caught on video

A massive pile-up involving more than 200 vehicles was captured on video in China. The huge wreck unfolded Wednesday on the Zhengxin Huanghe Bridge in Zhengzhou as a heavy fog set in over the area, according to Reuters. The footage begins with a box truck slamming into the back of another vehicle, pushing damaged cars […]

2022 will be warmest year on record in UK, says Met Office

Read More 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The Met Office said the annual average temperature across the UK this year will exceed the previous record set in 2014, when the average was 9.88C. Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office’s […]

Philippines Hunts for 26 Still Missing After Weekend Weather Disaster

Read More Members of the Philippine Coast Guard assist residents affected by floods during a rescue operation, in Isabela, Basilan Province, Philippines, on Dec. 27, 2022. (Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters) MANILA—Rescue teams across nine provinces in the Philippines raced on Wednesday to try to locate 26 people missing after weekend rains, floods, and landslides […]

John Bird: actor and comedian dies aged 86

Read More The actor and comedian John Bird has died aged 86, his representatives have said. Bird became known for sketches performed alongside John Fortune and Rory Bremner in Channel 4’s satirical show Bremner, Bird and Fortune. The show ran for 16 series, as well as one-off specials, between 1999 and 2008. A statement announcing […]

Boris Johnson urged ‘hard egg’ approach to NI peace process, papers reveal

Read More Boris Johnson urged a “hard egg” approach to the Northern Ireland peace process in 1996 in the belief Britain coueld crush the IRA, according to declassified documents. The then deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph favoured a security-led policy over political talks that led two years later to the Good Friday agreement. Johnson […]