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In his New Year's declaration, the North Korean ruler promised his people solutions to the supply crisis. The focus was also on the pandemic. The North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un focused on the precarious domestic supply situation and the corona pandemic in his New Year's declaration.  Kim presented "the achievement of an epochal step in the solution of problems related to the daily needs of the people" as "an important task," reported the state news agency KCNA. "Emergency measures" to combat the pandemic would also have "top national priority". According to the South Korean central bank, in 2020, due to the pandemic and the resulting border closure, the north recorded the worst economic decline in over two decades. Internationally, there was growing concern about a serious food crisis in the isolated country. USA: Hundreds Of Houses Destroyed According to the KCNA, Kim announced again a “strengthening of national defense capacities” becau...

The region faces a historic drought coupled with strong winds. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and at least 33,000 people were ordered to evacuate due to a fire in Colorado (western United States), a region facing a historic drought coupled with strong winds, according to authorities. In Boulder County, hotels, shopping centers and more than 650 hectares of vegetation were consumed by the flames. "We know that approximately 370 houses in Sagamore were destroyed. There are another 210 houses that may have been lost in Old Town Superior," Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said at a news conference. An area of ​​more than 6 km2 was engulfed by flames in Boulder County, where about 100,000 people live, and authorities warn that the fire is advancing in inhabited and commercial areas. "I want to emphasize that due to the magnitude and intensity of this fire and it occurs in a highly populated area, it would not be surprising if there were injuries or deaths, " said Pell...

The telephone conversation between the two is considered the prelude to the meetings between Russia and the United States in Geneva on January 10. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart, Joe Biden, that Russia wants security "guarantees" and that if it continues to deploy missiles in Central Europe, Moscow will react the same way Washington would if it did offensive weapons. were placed near its borders. According to Russian government media published last night, Yuri Ushakov, Putin's international relations adviser, said after the meeting that "President Biden clearly stated that the United States has no intention of deploying strategic offensive weapons [missiles] in Ukraine." It was a 50-minute call in which Biden made it clear that the US and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia invades Ukraine again. "President Biden urged Russia to reduce tensions" in Kiev, said the spokesman for the White House, Jen Psaki, ...

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has defended his decision to leave the country this year at a time when the Taliban were at the gates of Kabul. He says he did it to save Kabul from destruction. The Taliban seized power after taking control of Kabul in August this year Ashraf Ghani has revealed that when he woke up on the morning of August 15, he had "no idea" that this would be his last day in Afghanistan. He told BBC Radio 4's Today program that as his plane was leaving Kabul, he realized he was leaving the country. He is thought to have survived an earlier attempt to oust him following Mr Jiang's intervention, in which he was accused of leaving the country at a critical juncture. Ashraf Ghani is currently based in the United Arab Emirates. Biden Warns Putin Of Harsh Sanctions Former President Ghani made the remarks while talking to General Sir Nick Carter, the former Chief of Defense Staff of the United Kingdom, who was a guest editor of Program Today on Thursd...

The Ukraine conflict has recently seemed to be more and more threatening. Now US President Biden and Russian President Putin want to speak directly about the conflict. In the event of further military intervention in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden wants to threaten Russian President Vladimir Putin with harsh sanctions. A senior White House representative said that Biden would campaign for a diplomatic solution in a phone call with Putin this Thursday, but also emphasize the willingness to take tough punitive measures. We have coordinated with our allies to impose tough sanctions on the Russian economy and the financial system - much more than what was implemented in 2014 said the US government representative on Wednesday. At that time, Russia had annexed the Crimean peninsula and began to support separatists in eastern Ukraine. In the event of a renewed Russian invasion of Ukraine, there are already plans to expand NATO's presence in the Eastern European member states and to stren...

It is the second Hong Kong outlet closed after a police raid and facing charges of sedition after the 'Apple Daily'. After more than 200 uniformed and plainclothes officers searched the newsroom and detained seven of its employees, the Hong Kong pro-democracy outlet 'Stand News' announced its closure on Wednesday, in one more example of the constant suffocation of freedom press in the region. It is the second Hong Kong newspaper to cease its activity after a police raid after the 'Apple Daily' case. Early in the morning, the media reported through its Facebook account that the police were conducting raids on the homes of several officials of the newspaper. This is the case of the editor of 'Stand News' and president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Ronson Chan, who, although he was not arrested, was questioned at the police station and is accused - like those arrested - of the crime of "conspiring" to issue "a seditious publicatio...