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North Korean leader,  Kim Jong-un’s wife has made her first appearance in more than a year after she withdrew from the public eye throughout the coronavirus pandemic.   Ri Sol-ju was pictured with her husband on Tuesday February 16, at a concert to mark the birthday of Mr. Kim’s late father and the country’s former leader Kim Jong-il, known as the Day of the Shining Star in North Korea.     She made the appearance amid growing concern among international media over her wellbeing, with speculation that she may have been pregnant.   Mrs. Sol-ju had not been seen in public since January 2020, when she attended a Lunar New Year event with her husband.     But on Tuesday, the couple were pictured smiling and laughing without observing social distancing or wearing face masks like everyone else at the event which took place at the Mansudae Art Theatre in Pyongyang.   According to the Korean Central News Agency, the two were welcomed with thunderous ...

All bars and clubs in Dubai are to be shut this February following spike in coronavirus cases. This comes after waves of influencers from different countries jetted out to the UAE to avoid pandemic restrictions and travel bans in their countries.   Last week, the UK Government added the UAE to a "red list" of countries, meaning all direct flights from Dubai to Britain were suspended.   This is in a bid to stop the new South African variant of Covid from further spreading in the UK.   The UK government made it clear that those UK citizens and influencers having fun in the sun in Dubai should return home immediately and self-isolate before the ban set in.   However, many of those out in Dubai ignored the UK Prime Minister's requests, mocking the UK lockdown and continuing with their partying.   Unfortunately, the partying won't go on for much longer as Dubai officials have finally decided to clamp down on restrictions.   A spokesman for the Dubai ...

Chhattisgarh Police have arrested a 35-year-old Nigerian man on charges of cheating women by posing as a doctor through a fake profile on Facebook.   The accused, Ignatius Chukwujekwu Naruka, who lives in Delhi, was arrested on Monday, February 1, 2021 and brought to Raipur.      Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav said that the accused has admitted to duping hundreds of women across India.   Yadav said the latest victim, who was duped of Rs 5 lakh (N2,605,859.66) lodged a complaint with the New Rajendra Nagar police station in Raipur that in December last year she became a friend with the accused on Facebook.    The Nigerian told the woman that he is a doctor and started interacting via mobile and WhatsApp calls. The accused told the gullible victim he had sent a parcel of gift items.   The man tricked the woman to part with Rs 5 lakh in the name of airport and foreign exchange immittances as well...

China records most monthly Covid-19 infections since March 2020 The National Health Commission said Sunday that 2,016 cases were reported from Jan. 1-30. That does not include another 435 infected people who arrived from abroad. The tally for Jan. 31 is due to be released Monday. Two people have died in January, the first reported COVID deaths in China in several months. Most of the new cases have been in three northern provinces. Hardest-hit Hebei province, which borders Beijing, has reported more than 900 cases. Beijing, the Chinese capital, has itself had 45 cases this month. The numbers, while low compared to many other countries, have prompted officials to tighten restrictions and strongly discourage people from traveling during the Lunar New Year, a major holiday when people typically return home for family reunions. Train trips were down nearly 75 percent in the first three days of the holiday travel season, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, citing the sta...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying the extension of New START, an important arms control treaty with the United States, a week before it was due to expire, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday, January 29. The treaty limits the number of strategic offensive weapons both countries can have. The nuclear arms control agreement has been extended for five years until February 5, 2026, the Kremlin said. It limits each country to no more than 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and heavy bombers; no more than 1,550 warheads on deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs and heavy bombers for nuclear armaments; and a total of 800 deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, SLBM launchers, and heavy bombers.  The deal between Russia and the US is the last major deal between both countries after the Trump administration pulled out of a separate nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, the Interm...