South Korea’s military confirmed on Monday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s development of a new road-mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), based on a technology of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). An unnamed official of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) held a separate press briefing, saying what was test-fired by the DPRK was […]

Mario Balotelli-less Nice came from two goals down to draw 2-2 away to Rennes to go five points adrift of league leaders Monaco, while Saint-Etienne posed a serious threat to Lyon’s 4th position with a 4-0 home victory over bottom-ranked Lorient in the 25th round of Ligue 1 action on Sunday. Italian striker Balotelli, who […]

United States space scientists are to test new technologies for a powerful space-based telescope in an high-altitude balloon flight from New Zealand’s South Island. The NASA space agency confirmed Monday it would launch a long-duration, heavy-lift super pressure balloon (SPB) from the town of Wanaka for the third year running. The launch, planned for late […]

Matchday 22 in the Spanish Liga Santander saw few changes at the top of the table. The top five sides all won on a weekend which will be remembered for two bad injuries suffered by Osasuna defender Tano and Barcelona full back Aleix Vidal. Both injuries were down to bad luck, with Tano suffering a […]

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep spoke critically of U.S. President Donald Trump again on Sunday, saying she has become a target of Trump. Streep made the remarks at a fundraising gala for the Human Rights Campaign, noting that she has got verbal aggression since she first criticized Trump in her Golden Globes speech in January. “It’s […]

Ismail, a 12-year-old Afghan boy, leaves his home in western Kabul every morning regardless of the weather, with his black old bag full of brushes, shoe polish and slippers. After a 30-minute walk, he arrives at a busy street and finds a place to sit down, arrange all his belongings and start his work as […]

La La Land, a film telling the story of an aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician struggling to make ends meet while pursuing their dreams, won Britain’s top movie prize Sunday. The film won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) movie awards for best film and four other prizes at the […]

The Australian state of New South Wales is recovering from wildfires on Monday, after “catastrophic” conditions caused by a recent heatwave saw 2,500 firefighters battle 120 fires across the state. “We know that there are going to be homes lost. We know there are plenty of other buildings that have been destroyed,” New South Wales […]

The girlfriend of a British tourist who was murdered in the Australian outback 16 years ago has returned to search for his missing body, and has surprisingly declared she wants to become an Australian citizen. Joanne Lees, 43, was 27 when her boyfriend, Peter Falconio, was murdered by Bradley John Murdoch on July 14, 2001. […]

PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday claimed it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium- and long-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 and its top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test firing, according to the state news agency KCNA. The state media called Pukguksong-2 a “Korean-style new type of strategic weapon,” which was […]

Two days after the death of club legend Piet Keizer, Ajax beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 on Sunday to stay in contention for the Dutch league title. Keizer died of lung cancer on Friday at the age of 73. Together with, among others, Johan Cruyff, who died last year at the age of 68, the left […]

Effective on Sunday, Walt Disney World in Florida and California Disneyland would get more expensive, as prices on single-day tickets, annual passes and parkings were all going up. Single-day tickets to the Disney World now run 107 U.S., 115 U.S. or 124 U.S. dollars — depending on the season — up from 105, 110 or […]

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday claimed it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium- and long-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 and its top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test firing, according to the state news agency KCNA. The state media called Pukguksong-2 a “Korean style new type strategic weapon,” which was developed on […]