Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
North Korean test missile 'fizzles' hours before Pence arrives in South
By Roberta Rampton and Sue-Lin Wong SEOUL/PYONGYANG (Reuters) - A North Korean missile "blew up almost immediately" on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence landed in South Korea for talks on the North's increasingly defiant arms program. The failed launch from North Korea's east coast, ignoring repeated admonitions from major ally China, came a day after North Korea held a grand military parade in its capital, marking the birth anniversary of the state founder, displaying what appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles. U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged China's help with the North Korean issue on Sunday, linking it to a softer line taken on China's management of its currency.
North Korea missile test fails before Pence visit
Visiting US Vice President Mike Pence described North Korea's failed missile test Sunday as a "provocation" and assured South Korea of Washington's full support against the threat from its volatile neighbour. Pyongyang launched the missile hours before Pence arrived in Seoul for talks on curbing the North's weapons programmes as fears grow that it is planning another nuclear test.
PM says Britain uniting around Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that Britain was beginning to unite behind Brexit, 10 months after the divisive referendum that saw the country narrowly vote to leave the European Union. "This year, after a period of intense debate over the right future for our country, there is a sense that people are coming together and uniting behind the opportunities that lie ahead," May said in her Easter message. May backed remaining in the EU but is spearheading Britain's drive to the departure gates.
Peace along the border despite N. Korean threats
One soldier enjoys a cigarette, another sits reading quietly on the riverbank: seen from the Chinese side of the border, North Korea's army does not appear to be on a war footing despite all the bellicose language. Dandong city is the main crossing point to North Korea, and every day hundreds of tourists embark on small boats for a cruise on the Yalu border river and a fleeting glimpse of another world. Further south, the border between North and South Korea is one of the world's most heavily fortified.
Three dead in Colorado mountain home in apparent triple homicide
![Three dead in Colorado mountain home in apparent triple homicide]( "Three dead in Colorado mountain home in apparent triple homicide")
Two men and a woman were found dead from traumatic injuries inside a mountain home in Colorado on Saturday in a suspected triple homicide, police said. Three bodies were found in a house in Coal Creek Canyon, about 30 miles northwest of Denver, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. "The initial scene investigation suggests each victim suffered a traumatic injury,” the sheriff’s office said, without elaborating, adding that a murder investigation was under way.
No comments:
Post a Comment