Inside Kim’s horror world: How North Korea President turned teenagers to sex slaves, killed 11 musicians in one day
A defector from North Korea has described the shocking brutality she witnessed from inside Kim Jong-un’s regime. Hee Yeon Lim described how the North Korean leader ordered executions of anyone…
Deadly earthquake hits Mexico, 119 dead, many injured, homeless
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing dozens of people on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that devastated Mexico City. The Washington Post reports…
New business model to give Schlumberger bigger space in global market
The world’s largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger NV (SLB.N), is spending billions of dollars buying stakes in its customers’ oil and gas projects – investing in the same ventures it…
Intel targets commercial 5G deployment “before 2020”
Intel said its 5G Mobile Trial Platform will begin to support the non-standalone new radio (NR) standard when it becomes available later this year, describing the announcement as “an industry…
Google mulls buying Taiwan mobile device vendor HTC
Google was reported to be eyeing HTC’s smartphone business, as the troubled device vendor saw a massive drop in sales for August 2017. According to reports originating in the Taiwanese…
North Korea calls its sixth nuclear bomb test ‘gift package to US’; vows to send more
A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to…
India is most corrupt Asian country, Vietnam second, says Forbes
If the statistics furnished by the Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption global civil society organisation, are anything to go by, India has a long way ahead to fulfil one of…
China bribe lands ex-Minister in jail, may face up to 10 years term
A New York banker who served as mining minister of the West African country of Guinea was jailed seven years at the weekend for laundering bribes from Chinese companies. Mahmoud…
Cannibalism scare terrifies South Africa community, Police arrest five, villagers admit eating human flesh
Fear has gripped the village of Shayamoya in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province after the discovery of a decapitated body. The family of Zanele Hlatshwayo, 25, who has been missing since…
Why Trump’s security adviser, Gorka, resigned
President Donald Trump’s fight against terrorism could suffer a setback following the resignation of a White House counter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka. Gorka, seen as an outspoken and combative defender of…