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Satellite images of luxury boats further suggest Kim Jong Un at favoured villa Satellite imagery showing recent movements of luxury boats often used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his entourage near Wonsan provide further indications he has been at the coastal resort, according to experts who monitor the reclusive regime. Speculation about Kim’s health and location erupted after his unprecedented absence from April 15 celebrations to mark the birthday of his late grandfather and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung. On Tuesday, North Korea-monitoring website NK PRO reported commercial satellite imagery showed boats often used by Kim had...

184 nations ‘going through hell’ as Covid-19 wasn’t stopped at source: Trump US President Donald Trump doubled down on China for failing to tame the coronavirus at its very origin, saying it has led to 184 countries “going through hell”, as several American lawmakers demanded steps to reduce dependence on Beijing for manufacturing and minerals. Trump has been publicly blaming China for the global spread of the “invisible enemy” and launched an investigation against it. He has also indicated that the US may be looking at “a lot more money” in damages from China than the $140 billion being sought...

Serena Williams, motives to be the best tennis player in history Why continue to suffer, feeling disappointment and retándose itself when there is nothing to prove? That is the question that only people who are called to make history in the sport and can respond with sound arguments. Serena Williams is one of them, a legendary figure, a beast competitive squandered all records imaginable, and has been able to lift women’s tennis to a higher-status. Dominant, charismatic, ambitious, single. Its defects derive from the excess of all such virtues, its cross particular for the empowerment of women after having been a mother...

Arjun Kapoor hosts charity sale of personal closet for animals affected by Covid-19 lockdown Actor Arjun Kapoor has come forward to host a charity sale of his personal closet for the care of stray animals during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus cases. “I have been doing my best to support as many organisations I can in this crucial hour of need. Whilst we are battling with the pandemic, we must also not forget to be humane to the animals that need our help,” said Arjun. Talking of the government-imposed lockdown to contain coronavirus, the 34-year-old also addressed that “there’s been...

Brazil emerges as next big coronavirus hotspot, President Bolsonaro says it is just ‘little flu’ RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro’s insistence that it is just a “little flu” and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions that have slowed the infection’s spread in Europe and the US. As some US states and European countries moved gradually Monday to ease their limits on movement and commerce, the intensifying outbreak in Brazil — Latin America’s biggest country, with 211 million people — pushed some hospitals to the...

Foreign minister S Jaishankar to attend BRICS meet on Covid-19 India will participate in a key meeting of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) foreign ministers on Tuesday to discuss the fallout of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Sars-Cov-2, which first emerged in China’s Wuhan city late last year, has killed more than 200,000 people worldwide and infected over 3 million others, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The meeting, to be held by the rotating chair Russia, will be convened via video conference. Foreign minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi will be among those...

Covid-19 intensity still low in Pakistan: PM Imran Khan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the intensity of the coronavirus pandemic in the country was not as severe as it was in other parts of the world. He stated this while presiding over a meeting on impact of the pandemic on the country’s social fabric and economy on Monday, reports Dawn news. According to an official statement, the meeting was informed that the number of patients and deaths due to coronavirus is less than that in other countries of the world. A source privy to the meeting told...

Top NYC ER doc Lorna Breen ‘broke’ after being sent back home to recover The Manhattan ER doctor who killed herself after serving on the front lines of the coronavirus battle was especially distraught because she’d gotten the contagion and eventually returned to work — only to be told to go back home, a close pal told The Post. “She got the virus and came back to work too soon — they said to her she wasn’t well enough to go back to work. It broke her,” the friend said of Dr. Lorna Breen, who had been medical director of the emergency department...

Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang reunites with family Wang Quanzhang, a well-known Chinese rights lawyer, has been been reunited with his family in Beijing after being released from prison following almost five years in jail. Video clips posted on social media on Monday night showed Wang hugging his ailing wife, Li Wenzu, and their young son inside their home. Wang was also heard in the video saying, “Thank you very much,” as he hugged his frail wife, who reportedly had just returned from hospital after suffering from acute appendicitis. “I feel like I’m dreaming really,” Li said in Mandarin...

Nobel Laureate Tasuku Honjo refutes claims of novel coronavirus being man-made Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Professor Tasuku Honjo of the Kyoto University Institute of Advanced Study on Monday released an official statement through the university refuting claims to have alleged that the coronavirus was man made. A false quote citing Honjo has been making rounds on social media platforms such as WhatsApp. The forward states that Honjo had previously worked with a laboratory in China and that he had said that the virus was not natural. “In the wake of the pain, economic loss, and unprecedented global suffering caused by...