This country is finally reopening after Covid. But it still requires a one-week quarantine
North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine.
1970-01-01 08:00
A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece
In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece's capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever.
1970-01-01 08:00
Auctioneer exposed by BBC admits illegally selling rare ancient coins
Richard Beale has pleaded guilty over the sales of the $4m Eid Mar and parts of the "Gaza Hoard".
1970-01-01 08:00
Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa reelected after tense contest
Zimbabwe's incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner in the country's presidential elections on Saturday after securing an absolute majority in a tense presidential contest that was marred by delays.
1970-01-01 08:00
Why are Kody and Robyn Brown following church rules? TLC's 'Sister Wives' stars allegedly looking for new sister wife
'Sister Wives' stars Kody and Robyn Brown are trying their best to adhere to the church's strict rules and yearn to be accepted back into the church's fold
1970-01-01 08:00
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Fires in western Canada have burned homes and ripped up trees, laying them down "like toothpicks".
1970-01-01 08:00
Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
Casings and coins at a site in central France suggest prisoners were shot by the French Resistance after D-Day.
1970-01-01 08:00
Heisman Watch: Sam Hartman compared to Notre Dame great after resounding debut
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have the quarterback they've been searching for for years in Sam Hartman, who helped lead the team to a dominant win over the Navy Midshipmen.
1970-01-01 08:00
In a rare win, a migrant worker sued his bosses in Singapore. And won
A manual laborer from India has successfully sued his employers in Singapore for negligence after he fell off the back of an overcrowded lorry, in a rare legal win for migrant workers that has renewed debate about their treatment in the wealthy city state.
1970-01-01 08:00
How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly
It all began in St Petersburg when state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.
1970-01-01 08:00
Blackswan: The K-pop girl group with no Korean members
The multinational girl group has sparked a debate about whether they can truly be considered K-pop.
1970-01-01 08:00
Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson are already cooking with fire: Best memes and tweets
Aaron Rodgers threw his first Jets touchdown to Garrett Wilson in the preseason, putting the rest of the NFL on notice.
1970-01-01 08:00