N Korea cancels Pyongyang Marathon for 'some reasons'
The annual event, usually held in April, has been cancelled a month before it was due to take place, a tour agency says. Source link
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Guinea opposition leader Diallo calls for ‘direct resistance’ as political parties dissolved
Late last Friday, Guinea’s ministry of territorial administration and decentralisation announced in a decree that the headquarters and local offices of 40 political parties would be closed, and their logos, acronyms and other symbols banned from use. Source link
Police release images of Oslo US embassy explosion suspect
Norwegian police say their investigation so far shows Sunday’s blast was caused by an improvised device. Source link
India offered sanctuary to Iranian ship three days before US sank it
India says Tehran sought permission to dock three ships on the day the US and Israel began a war on Iran. Source link
Ukraine’s drone interceptors in high demand in the Middle East
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East this week to help Gulf states under attack from Iran. In recent days, Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East – and some air defences in the region have struggled to cope. Ukraine has spent the…
Istanbul’s ex-mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to stand trial on corruption charges
“This politically motivated prosecution, which is based almost entirely on secret witness testimony, is riddled with serious international fair trial and rule of law issues,” Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty’s deputy director for Europe, said on Friday. Source link
VAR: Masked fan unplugs monitor in German second division match
A masked fan unplugged a video assistant referee (VAR) monitor in a German second division match on Sunday as the referee went to the pitchside screen to check a penalty award. The incident occurred at the end of the first half of Preussen Munster’s 2-1 home defeat by Hertha Berlin in Bundesliga 2 in Cologne….
Australians must prove they are over 18 to access porn under new laws
Sites such as Pornhub and RedTube must verify the ages of all users or risk million-dollar fines. Source link
Spain's migrants welcome amnesty: 'It will help us in every way'
Madrid cites humanitarian and economic reasons to give undocumented workers legal status. Source link
Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast face bitter times as chocolate market slumps
As a result, the health of the sector has a direct effect on the wealth of the country and to help revamp it, the government has announced a raft of measures, including plans to process more of the crop in Ghana itself, rather than have the raw bean converted into chocolate and other products outside…