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Packed with missile tests, propaganda hailing the great leaders and tirades against the United States, North Korea's top newspaper was long considered so incendiary that South Korea banned its citizens from reading it.

Sri Lanka launched a criminal investigation on Friday after a government syllabus for 11- and 12-year-olds directed pupils to a gay chat website to improve their language skills. The Education Ministry lodged a formal complaint with police and launched an internal inquiry to establish how the blunder took place. “We suspect sabotage,” Education Ministry Secretary Nalaka Kaluwewe said. “We are in the process of implementing educational reforms, and this could be an attempt to stall them.” The...

Women's Super League side London City Lionesses have appointed Eder Maestre as manager following the sacking of Jocelyn Precheur.

Women's Super League side London City Lionesses have appointed Eder Maestre as manager following the sacking of Jocelyn Precheur.

Hong Kong’s retail recovery extended into November last year, with sales climbing 6.5 per cent year on year as authorities pointed to improving local consumption, macroeconomic stability and growth in visitor numbers. Official figures released on Friday placed November’s provisional estimate for retail sales value at HK$33.7 billion (US$4.3 billion), the third consecutive month of growth at above 6 per cent level year on year. “Retail sales sustained its recovery momentum in November,” a...

British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, aka the “Yorkshire Ripper,” was captured after a series of killings bred fear across northwest England between 1975 and 1980.

After two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other in October, analysts said there were lessons for the Chinese navy as it rapidly expands aircraft carrier operations. They said the People’s Liberation Army could learn from its rival’s strengths in search and rescue response, but also its weaknesses in maintenance and training. The US Navy said the aircraft – an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet – went down in separate...

A New Year's party at a Swiss Alpine bar turned into a tragedy after about 40 people died in a fire and another roughly 115 were injured, many in their teens to mid-20s.

Investigators say they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year's Eve revelers. Forty people were killed and another 119 injured.

Paul Hunter, one of the sport's most beloved icons, remains unforgotten following his death in 2006.

Paul Hunter, one of the sport's most beloved icons, remains unforgotten following his death in 2006.

Paul Hunter, one of the sport's most beloved icons, remains unforgotten following his death in 2006.