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Jong Un said his country's weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in South Korea.

Japan, which has pledged carbon neutrality by 2050, nearly doubled in April its target for emissions cuts to 46 pct by 2030.

Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency had said the telephone links would be reconnected on Monday at 9:00 a.m.

"I am therefore open to offers from any team which still has faith in my ability."

The enforcement ordinance is expected to be drafted within six months or possibly earlier.

The missile was launched from the central north province of Jagang at around 6:40 a.m.

North Korea is willing to consider another summit with South Korea if mutual respect between the neighbours can be assured.

Tens of thousands of spectators are due to attend the biggest concerts, on the condition of vaccination proof or negative COVID tests.

Some scientists have said the Delta Plus variant may be even more transmissible.

Online abuse, calling her hairstyle "feminist", comes against a backdrop of rising anti-feminist sentiment among South Korean young men.

The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a ceasefire.

Genetic analysis of 2,381 infections last week found nearly 40 pct were the Delta variant.

The research house expected that Indonesia would be hit the hardest.

A total of 570,000 million people in the country have already been administered with the product.

The value of online food service transactions came to 17.4 trillion won (US$15.5 billion) last year, up 78.6 percent from the previous year.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

Also among the highlights, UNICEF report on 12.3pct of teenagers in Klang Valley's PPR face mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.

Here are the resolution's main terms, and a note about subsequent violations and tensions.

So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims, according to the Aid Worker Security database.

Here's how India counts farm fires - a major contributor to severe pollution in the north - and why its method is being questioned.