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News Wrap: Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team escape to Pakistan
In our news wrap Wednesday, members of the Afghan women's soccer team along with coaches and families crossed into Pakistan and will seek asylum in other countries. North and South Korea traded missile tests amid rising tensions. Pope Francis says…
Kim berates North Korean officials for ‘crucial’ virus lapse
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a "great crisis," using strong language that raised the specter of a mass outbreak in a country that would be scarcely able to handle…
N. Korea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech
North Korea on Sunday warned that the United States will face “a very grave situation” and alleged that President Joe Biden “made a big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat.
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What Woodward recordings reveal about Trump’s pandemic response
A new book by legendary journalist Bob Woodward has sent shockwaves across the country -- and the 2020 presidential campaign. Woodward’s reporting includes audio recordings of on-the-record conversations with President Trump in which he admits he intentionally misled Americans about…
Analysts say North Korea, after deliberately raising tensions for weeks, may be pulling away just enough to make room for South Korean concessions.
On Tuesday, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, a symbol of a rare rapprochement in 2018 with South Korea. The move comes as North Korean rhetoric grows increasingly hostile. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Jeongmin Kim of…
There’s concern that North Korea could turn to provocation to bolster its internal unity and wrest outside concessions as nuclear talks with the United States remain deadlocked. Observers say North Korea desperately needs sanctions relief in the face of harsh…
North Korea had said Saturday that Kim attended the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang on Friday, in his first public appearance in about 20 days.
North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in 20 days amid rumors about his health.
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