YouTube, and its parent company Google, made the decision to remove the channels which was met with anger from researchers desperate for a glimpse into the ultra-secretive nation. Nonproliferation expert Joshua Pollack took to Twitter to criticise the move. He said: “Basically, this hurts efforts to track activities of interest […]
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The threats come after the UN voted unanimously to restrict shipments of fuel to Pyongyang and for a total ban on textile exports. In a statement, North Korea responded by calling the actions “state terrorism” and that the “chief culprit” involved in “cooking up the ‘sanctions resolution’, be beaten to […]
MEDFORD, N.J. — Engine problems caused a helicopter crash last week that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The pilot, James Evan Robinson, reported shortly after takeoff Friday that the aircraft was experiencing mechanical […]
Treasury Secretary Steve Munchin suggested on Wednesday that the US is willing to cut off trade “with anyone who trades with North Korea”. He said in an interview on Fox News: “I’ve worked on an executive order that’s ready if the president wants to use it. “We can stop trade […]
NEW YORK — Frank Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys, including mob boss Phil Leotardo on “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 80. Vincent died peacefully on Wednesday, a statement from his family said. No cause of death was given. Actor Frank Vincent attends “The Sopranos: […]
Fire brigades rushed to the scene of the blaze at the religious school in the Jalan Datuk Keramat area early on Thursday morning. The school is believed to be for Islamic students in the region, with the blaze breaking out at approximately 5.15am. Nine fire engines from four stations rushed […]
GETTY/TWITTER/@TTrogdon Hurricane Irma: have been left starving and homeless after their owners were forced to flee Hundreds of thousand of people were evacuated from the regions hit by the then-category 5 hurricane – including Anguilla, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, St Barts, St Martin, Cuba and the US. Among the […]