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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un directed his military to strengthen war preparations.

A journalist from Turkey has won the hearts of people after a video of him running to help a little girl during a live broadcast went viral on the internet.

Swedish property company has been included in the Sustainability Yearbook for the seventh time in a row and leads the European ranking. Ranked fifth globally, Castellum is determined to continue its sustainable goals.

A number of people living in the UK have moved towards smaller towns or places with higher perks and salaries.

An Indian transgender couple's pregnancy announcement has taken the internet by storm.

The Pakistani government has blocked Wikipedia for reportedly hosting "blasphemous content."

A Chinese social media influencer has been slapped with a fine of 125,000 CNY (£15,065) for eating a great white shark.

A 23-year-old German woman has been accused of killing her doppelganger so she could fake her own death and start a new life somewhere else.

Singer Marilyn Manson has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting an underage girl "multiple times in the 1990s."

A highly radioactive but tiny capsule has gone missing in Western Australia and has sent authorities on an urgent search.

As many as 21 people sustained injuries in a massive 85-car crash and pileup on a Wisconsin highway in the United States.

The late Imogen is described by loved ones as "bright, determined, loving and sassy."

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.

The National Education Union declared seven days of walkouts in February and March after nine out of 10 union teacher members voted for strike action.

The life insurance company featured Harold Shipman, a serial killer known as Doctor Death, in their most recent commercial.

Boxing icon Mike Tyson has been accused of raping a woman in the early 1990s in a lawsuit filed in New York.

A pig that was about to be killed at a slaughterhouse in Hong Kong woke up and killed the butcher in a horrific attack.

A man in China was served the deadly blue-ringed octopus at a restaurant in Guangdong province.

Two British nationals were killed while rescuing an elderly woman amid heavy fighting in Soledar, Ukraine.

US space agency NASA is offering cash prizes to anyone who can find algal blooms in pictures from space.

A 50-year-old man who is in prison for the rape of a care worker has requested to be known as a woman and be transferred to a women's prison.

A 45-year-old man from Lennox Head drowned while trying to save his daughter after she was swept out to sea at a beach in New South Wales, Australia.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been forced to issue an apology after a video of him not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car went viral on the internet.

A gun owner must know how to treat their firearm with respect and expertise.

The actions and potential implications of several countries, including Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran indicates that change is occurring in these countries and their actions have the potential to affect the global order. The US has the power and capability to assist and influence events in these countries, but should do so in a way that avoids being perceived as meddling. The US should work to deter expansionist behavior by China in the Indo-Pacific region and to calm tensions with North Korea.

Taiwan's foreign minister has warned of a possible Chinese invasion in the year 2027 when Xi Jinping would be seeking a fourth term as president.

The Taliban reportedly cut off the hands of four men convicted of theft and flogged nine men publicly.

Scientists have warned that 2023 could see unprecedented heat waves due to the return of the El Niño climate phenomenon later this year.

A famous law professor in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for having a Twitter account.