North Korea rebuilding Sohae rocket launch site, say observers
New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is restoring a rocket launch site it had pledged to dismantle, say analysts.
The images were taken two days after talks between the leaders of the US and North Korea ended without them reaching a deal on denuclearisation.
The Tongchang-ri site has been used for satellite launches and engine testing, never for ballistic missile launches.
Work to dismantle it began last year but stopped as the US talks stalled.
The pledge to dismantle it had been seen as a confidence-building measure between Pyongyang and Washington.
'We cannot swim, we cannot eat': Solomon Islands struggle with nation's worst oil spill
Locals face polluted seas and dying fish after Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier runs aground close to Unesco-protected atoll
On a normal weekend, the waters of Kangava Bay would be busy with children playing or collecting clam shells and villagers heading out to catch reef fish to eat. But last Sunday the bay was quiet.
Locals can no longer cool off in the neon blue waters of Rennell Island, a tiny dot in the vast South Pacific that lies at the southern tip of the Solomon Islands. They can no longer spot parrotfish swimming in the shallows, picnic on the sand or fetch fresh water from streams and springs near the sea.
Arrests on US-Mexico border spike as critics warn Trump approach to security ‘encourages illegal migration’
Chaotic approach to southern border security is encouraging illegal migration, says criticClark MindockNew York
The number of migrants crossing illegally into the US over the southwest border more than doubled last month to its highest level in the past 12 years, according to a new statistics that have border officials saying the system is at a “breaking point.”
There were more than 76,000 migrants who crossed the border without authorisation in February, more than double what was seen in the same period the year before. A total of 87 per cent of those crossing arrived between points of entry.
In announcing the new data, US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said that the US immigration system is facing considerable obstacles.
China’s all-seeing social credit system stops actresses and academics
By Kirsty Needham
The vast scale of China’s evolving social credit system has been detailed by the government, with officials revealing on Wednesday that 3.59 million people had been forced to repay debts after being “restricted everywhere”.
Academics at universities who have plagiarised others' work have been blocked from promotions or receiving awards, and an actress was prevented from boarding a plane at Beijing airport because of an unpaid fine from a defamation case she lost in court, in just two examples to come to light.
Carlos Ghosn: Ex-Nissan chief leaves Japanese jail after months behind bars
Updated 0858 GMT (1658 HKT) March 6, 2019
Carlos Ghosn left a Tokyo jail on Wednesday after spending more than three months in detention on allegations of financial misconduct.
Ghosn, the former head of Nissan (NSANF) and Renault (RNLSY), walked out of a detention center after posting bail of 1 billion yen ($9 million), according to TV footage. He wore a light blue cap, glasses and a face mask, revealing little of his face as he left the building surrounded by guards.
His bail conditions require him to stay in Japan and be closely monitored. An appeal by prosecutors against the decision to let him out was rejected late Tuesday.
Thousands of Algerians are protesting to force their ailing dictator to step aside
Algeria’s president hasn’t really been seen publicly in years. He’s running for a fifth term anyway.
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Algeria’s ailing, long-time authoritarian leader — who has rarely been seen in public for years — is running for a fifth term as president. And Algerians are not having it.
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent days to protest his candidacy and call for him to step aside.
The 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has led Algeria since 1999, had a stroke in 2013 that left him paralyzed and basically mute. The state of his health is so precarious and mysterious that a top official recently had to announce that Bouteflika is, in fact, alive, even though he hasn’t made a public speech in seven years. Oh, and it seems he’s not even in the country right now, but rather is at a hospital in Switzerland, according to Swiss media.
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