Korea remains: Pyongyang returns US troops slain in Korean War
North Korea has returned remains believed to be of 55 US troops killed during the Korean War, bringing renewed hope to families who have waited decades for closure.
The return of the remains, brought to a US base in South Korea, is the latest move in the cautious diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang.
The repatriation was agreed at the June summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
It is hoped more will follow.
"It's hard to live your life not knowing what happened to your loved one," the daughter of one missing serviceman told the BBC ahead of Friday's news.
Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet
No language in history has dominated the world quite like English does today. Is there any point in resisting? By Jacob Mikanowski
Fri 27 Jul 2018 06.00 BST
On 16 May, a lawyer named Aaron Schlossberg was in a New York cafe when he heard several members of staff speaking Spanish. He reacted with immediate fury, threatening to call US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and telling one employee: “Your staff is speaking Spanish to customers when they should be speaking English … This is America.” A video of the incident quickly went viral, drawing widespread scorn. The Yelp page for his law firm was flooded with one-star reviews, and Schlossberg was soon confronted with a “fiesta” protest in front of his Manhattan apartment building, which included a crowd-funded taco truck and mariachi band to serenade him on the way to work.
As the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on migrants, speaking any language besides English has taken on a certain charge. In some cases, it can even be dangerous. But if something has changed around the politics of English since Donald Trump took office, the anger Schlossberg voiced taps into deeper nativist roots. Elevating English while denigrating all other languages has been a pillar of English and American nationalism for well over a hundred years. It’s a strain of linguistic exclusionism heard in Theodore Roosevelt’s 1919 address to the American Defense Society, in which he proclaimed that “we have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boardinghouse”.
Greece wildfire: Authorities suspect arson triggered country's deadliest blaze in decades
Government says satellite image analysis provides 'serious indications' fire was deliberate
The government said satellite image analysis and ground inspections provided "serious indications" the blaze, which broke out in a number of places on Monday, was set deliberately.
The fire killed at least 82 people, but rescue crews and volunteers continue to search on land and at sea for more victims.
"We have serious indications and significant findings of criminal activity concerning arson," public order minister Nikos Toskas said on Thursday.Cambodia’s rigged election
by Christine Chaumeau
Phnom Penh gets cooler at nightfall, and soon the square in front of Wat Botum temple, close by the Royal Palace, is filled with people. Groups of friends meet for power walking, Zumba or a fitness class; sometimes you see several hundred people practising complex dance moves. Bopha. her brother and a friend sell cocktails from a makeshift bar in a corner of the square; they set up around 5pm and close just before midnight. Their customers are mostly in their early 20s, and the bar is a great success but, Bopha says, ‘the competition is tough. Two other bars have opened since we started.’ The money supplements her salary as a secretary in a garment factory on the other side of Tonle Sap, the Great Lake.
The city seems dynamic. The scars of 1975-79, when the Khmer Rouge forcibly relocated its population to the countryside, have vanished. New places to drink and socialise open all the time. The rich patronise hotel rooftop bars; the poor drink at street stalls.
Ethiopian engineer of controversial renaissance dam found dead
Simegnew Bekele managed the $4.8bn Ethiopia Grand Renaissance Dam being built along the Nile river.
The project manager of a controversial dam being built by Ethiopia along the Nile river was found shot dead in his vehicle on Thursday.
Semegnew Bekele's body was found inside a Toyota Land Cruiser, which had been parked near a busy road at Meskel Square in the heart of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
"We have confirmed that engineer Simegnew Bekele was shot dead," Zeinu Jemal, head of Ethiopia's Federal Police Commission, told reporters.
Conservatives Hate That the Mueller Probe Is Taking So Long — but Love When Investigations Into Police Brutality Drag on Forever
Shaun KingABOUT 14 MONTHS ago, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to investigate the role of Russian interference in the 2016 election. On a daily basis, conservatives moan and groan about how long the investigation is taking and publicly demand that he wraps it up.
Never mind the fact that the investigation has yielded dozens of felony indictments, guilty pleas, and cooperating witnesses. Never mind the fact that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and campaign manager have been swept up in this probe. Never mind the fact that it has unearthed evidence of a conspiracy to undermine the 2016 presidential election to tilt it Trump’s favor.
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