Svitolina beats Wozniacki in Dubai
Elina Svitolina beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-2 to win the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Saturday and has secured a spot in the top-10 rankings.
In Kim Jong-nam’s Death, North Korea Lets Loose a Weapon of Mass Destruction
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — For years, North Korea has rattled the world with its nuclear tests and its threats to visit a nuclear holocaust upon the United States.
Bigotry and Fraud Scandal at Kindergarten Linked to Japan’s First Lady
TOKYO — At Tsukamoto Kindergarten, an ultraconservative school at the center of a swirling Japanese political scandal, children receive the sort of education their prewar great-grandparents might have recognized.
Kindergarten in Japan Is Accused of Nationalist Bigotry and Fraud
TOKYO — At Tsukamoto Kindergarten, an ultraconservative school at the center of a swirling Japanese political scandal, children receive the sort of education their prewar great-grandparents might have recognized.
The Trump-Like Figures Popping Up in Central Europe
WARSAW — Political outsiders across Central Europe, preaching a populist message and promising to overturn the establishment, have felt the wind at their backs since the election of the new American president.
China and North Korea Reveal Sudden, and Deep, Cracks in Their Friendship
BEIJING — For decades, North Korea could count on China as a loyal ally despite the erratic behavior of the ruling Kim dynasty.
Edmund dispatched by Raonic
Kyle Edmund was sent packing from the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open, losing in three sets to world No 4 Milos Raonic.
What Is VX Nerve Agent? A Deadly Weapon, Rarely Seen
HONG KONG — The Malaysian authorities said on Friday that Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader, had been killed by VX nerve agent applied to his face.
First planned North Korea-U.S. contact in Trump administration canceled: WSJ
SEOUL Plans for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were canceled after the U.S. State Department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Chemical weapon VX nerve agent killed North Korean leader’s half brother: Malaysian police
KUALA LUMPUR VX nerve agent, a chemical the United Nations classifies as a weapon of mass destruction, was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a bizarre murder in Malaysia last week, police said on Friday.