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US President, Donald Trump has reacted to the reappearance of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Trump retweeted North Korean state media photos of Kim attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory and wrote: “I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!” Trump wrote. …

Eight dogs have become part of the latest initiative to tackle Covid-19 in France. Since last Friday, these animals are being trained in Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica to detect a possible smell of the virus, as part of a trial conducted by veterinarians and firemen. Eight dogs …

Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the factory “broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah” …

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. Mishustin, 54, who only took up the role in January, told President Vladimir Putin in a video meeting of his diagnosis. The meeting was broadcast on the state-run Rossiya 24 television channel Thursday. “I have just …

The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised, a secret Public Health England (PHE) briefing for senior NHS officials reveals. The document, seen by the Guardian, is the first time health chiefs tackling the virus have admitted that they expect …

A Florida man allegedly tried to blame a weapons bust on John Wick, the legendary assassin played by Keanu Reeves in the eponymous movie franchise, according to a new report. Cops confronted Getro Gelin, 27, at his Port St. Lucie home Sunday after a woman told police he shoved her to …

US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, suggesting it will be destroyed if a conflict breaks out between the two countries. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” he said in a tweet on Sunday. “Never threaten the United States …

More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus.  The National Coroner’s Authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report. Alcohol poisoning has seen a 10-fold …

The United States has surpassed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, just a few months after the novel coronavirus first arrived in America. The confirmed number of cases, based on the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center’s tally, is almost surely an undercount. The US’s initial response to the outbreak was stifled by undertesting and, while America’s testing capacity …

The US military has admitted to causing civilian casualties as a result of an air strike in Somalia in February. A statement from US Africa Command said on Monday that two civilians were killed and three injured during the attack. The statement adds that the same attack killed two members …