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‘Stealing our culture’: South Koreans upset after China claims kimchi as its own |
Social media users in China and South Korea are embroiled in another row, this time over the provenance of kimchi, the fermented cabbage dish that most people recognise as an essential…
The world’s most powerful passports for 2021
(CNN) — The days of strolling into an airport, flashing a passport, then hopping on a flight to wherever one likes are, for now, a distant memory. The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed…
Ukraine’s prosecutors name first suspect in Bucha massacre – he calls it ‘slander’
Sergei KolotseiRead also: Five faces of Russian killers involved in the murder and rape of Ukraine’s Bucha Prosecutors named the suspect, a commander of Russia's National Guard, or…
Bucha: Bodies strewn across street in Kyiv suburb as Ukraine accuses Russia of war
The hands of one man are tied behind his back with a piece of white cloth. Another man lies alone, tangled up in a bicycle by a grassy bank. A third man lies in the middle of the road,…
Russia formally protests US weapons shipments to Ukraine
The US has for the first time agreed to provide Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials a few short weeks ago viewed as too great of an…
Russia begins offensive in eastern Ukraine
Russia has launched its long-foreshadowed eastern Ukraine offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday, vowing that his people will continue to fight and "defend…
Photos show Wuhan, once epicenter of pandemic, crowded for New Year’s celebrations
Wuhan, China, once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, saw packed crowds ring in the New Year late Thursday, a scene that posed a stark contrast to other parts of the world holding…
Ethiopian war criminals able to leave Italian embassy after nearly 30 years
Berhanu Bayeh and Addis Tedla, two senior officials of Ethiopia's former Mengistu military regime, who had been sentenced to death for war crimes, were granted probation by an Ethiopian…
Oil slumps as Shanghai lockdown raises fears over drop in demand
A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai, India, May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to…
Ukraine war: how India can buy Russian oil, and still be friends with the US
Not only was the South Asian country refusing to condemn Moscow's brutal assault on Ukraine, but its purchases of discounted Russian oil -- said critics -- were flying in the face of…