Have North Korean fighters died in the Russia-Ukraine war?
Thousands of North Korean soldiers have died or been wounded according to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.
Reports are emerging that thousands of North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting in the Ukraine war on Russia’s side.
Authorities in Ukraine, South Korea and the United States have all reported deaths among North Korean soldiers near Ukraine’s border in Russia’s Kursk.
Single-use plastic will soon be banned in Nigeria – but is the country ready?
With restrictions due next month, food vendors are still using such plastics and some traders have not heard of ban
Tue 24 Dec 2024 14.00 GMT
Labake Ajiboye-Richard, the founder of a Lagos-based sustainability consultancy, was driving in Nigeria’s most populous city earlier this month when she saw someone throwing rubbish out of their car window.
“I was so shocked to see that in 2024,” she said. “If you’re throwing something on the road, what are you doing in your home? What are you doing in your community?”
Lagos – like the rest of Nigeria – has a rubbish problem, particularly when it comes to plastic. Figures from the World Bank show the country generates 27.6m kilotonnes of municipal solid waste annually – one of the highest volumes globally – of which 13% is plastic. Only about a tenth of that plastic waste is recycled.
How Magdeburg attack mobilizes Germany's extreme right
Racist attacks against migrants have come in the wake of the deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg. Observers warn of Germany's extreme-right scene mobilizing over the incident.
The motive of Talib A.*, the suspected perpetrator of the deadly Christmas Market attack in Magdeburg, is still unclear. What has been confirmed is that he is a Saudi citizen and is in custody.
Nonetheless, shortly after the attack, the extreme-right scene in Germany began to antagonize migrants.
"I have never experienced such a hostile and threatening environment," said a student studying automotive engineering in Magdeburg, the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt.
Hundreds of Syrian Christians protest burning of Christmas tree
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, AFP journalists witnessed.
"We demand the rights of Christians," protesters chanted as they marched through the Syrian capital towards the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate in the Bab Sharqi neighbourhood.
Fukuoka-Busan ferry route ends after water leakage scandal
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 24, 2024 at 16:18 JST
A high-speed ferry service connecting Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea, will be discontinued after the route was suspended and JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. came under fire for covering up water leakage.
The company will end over three decades of service after safety concerns forced it to abandon plans to resume operations.
“Even after repairs, the risk of cracks forming in the vessel’s hull could not be entirely eliminated,” said Yoji Furumiya, president of Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu), which owns JR Kyushu Jet Ferry, on Dec. 23.
Russian-born US citizen jailed in Moscow on espionage charges
James FitzGerald
A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian-born US citizen to 15 years in prison on espionage charges, Russian news agencies report.
Businessman Gene Spector was already serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence, having been originally arrested in 2020 on bribery charges.
Last year, he was also accused of spying. Details of the alleged offences have not been publicly released due to the secretive nature of the case, agencies report, and the trial took place behind closed doors.
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