September 26, 2021

North Korea says hope is alive for peace, summit with South

North Korea is willing to consider another summit with South Korea if mutual respect between the neighbours can be assured, state news agency KCNA said on Saturday, citing Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea welcomed the prospect on Sunday, with the Unification

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Germans vote in close election to decide Merkel successor

  Germans went to the polls on Sunday in a national election too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives. Merkel has been in power since 2005 but plans to step down after the election, making the vote

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State President attends Cuban vaccine handover ceremony

  State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc landed at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on Saturday evening, concluding an official visit to Cuba and a working trip to New York for the high-level general debate of the UN General Assembly. Right after his landing, a ceremony was held to hand over

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