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The US commerce chief had threatened firings at the federal weather agency, the New York Times says.

North Korea launched two unidentified projectiles from South Pyongan Province toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Tuesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.

Tall and stony-faced, with a long and bitter history of fighting for democracy, Tongan leader Akilisi Pōhiva is not someone you’d expect to break down in tears at an intergovernmental summit.

Several people have been killed in a “very serious” shooting incident in the Dutch city of Dordrecht, officials said Monday night.

The two elephants were participating in an annual Buddhist parade in Sri Lanka when they became agitated and ran through the crowd.

Hours after the comments North Korea launched two short-range projectiles off its east coast.

His comments come after he cancelled secret talks as a deal with the Taliban seemed near.

The US Coastguard makes contact with crew members of the Golden Ray, which capsized on Sunday.

India has located the lander from its Chandrayaan-2 mission to soft land a rover on the moon but has not yet been able to establish communication, India’s space agency said.