Key words : kim suspended plans
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North Korea's state-run media says leader Kim Jong Un has suspended plans to take military action against South Korea.
North Korea's ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun says Kim made the decision on Tuesday during a preliminary teleconference meeting of the Central Military Commission.
The paper says the commission examined the prevailing situation, and suspended the military action against the South that the Korean People's Army had planned to carry out.
The army had laid out four plans after North Korean defectors in the South sent leaflets criticizing Kim across the border in late May. The leaflets were attached to balloons. Pyongyang accused Seoul of tacitly approving the campaign.
One plan was to deploy troops to a tourist area jointly developed with the South. Another plan was to enable retaliatory leaflets to be sent across the border.
The media did not explain why the military action plans were called off.
North Korea has been toughening its hardline stance against the South, since the defectors sent the leaflets. Last week, the North blew up a liaison office with the South in the border city of Kaesong.
Key words : Bolton titled
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Officials of the US President Donald Trump's administration are busy dealing with the fallout from a memoir by former national security advisor John Bolton.
The book, titled "The Room Where It Happened," hit stores in the United States and other countries on Tuesday.
In it, Bolton says Trump tried to use military aid to pressure Ukraine to launch investigations against former Vice President Joe Biden.
Bolton also says Trump tried to illegally interfere with investigations by US authorities against Turkey's state-run bank, after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in December 2018.
Bolton also accuses the president of prioritizing his reelection over US national interests. He says Trump put priority on trade with China over the country's human rights issues or security issues involving Beijing.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a radio interview on Tuesday that he was in the room, too, and Bolton's claims do not reflect what truly happened there.
Pompeo said the Justice Department is considering whether to hold Bolton criminally responsible for leaking classified information.
The Democrats are going on the offensive against the president. In a new television ad, Biden argues that Trump has failed in trade negotiations with China, causing grave damage to US industries. The Trump campaign has accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of being too soft on China.
Key words : eiffel
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The Eiffel Tower in Paris is set to reopen on Thursday after being closed for about 100 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Journalists were invited to the tower on Tuesday to see new sanitary measures taken to protect sightseers from infection.
The number of visitors will be limited to half of usual levels, and those who are 11 years old and over will be required to wear face masks.
Marks on the floor encourage the public to maintain social distancing of one and a half meters.
They will have to climb stairs to the Second floor, which is 115 meters high, because elevators will not be available for the time being.
That will be the highest point open to public.
The French government has been easing restrictions on outings since last month. The reopening of the tower is part of its efforts to revive the tourist industry ahead of the summer vacation season.
Another landmark of Paris, the Louvre Museum, will reopen on July 6.
The Palace of Versailles is already open to public.
Key words : germany employee
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Germany and some other European nations are reintroducing restrictions in response to another surge in coronavirus cases.
In the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, more than 1,500 employees of a meat processing plant have been infected and about 7,000 people are in quarantine.
State governor Armin Laschet said on Tuesday that a district around the plant will be put under lockdown until June 30. Public places such as cinemas, museums and pools will be closed.
This is the first time restrictions have been tightened on a district level since Germany started easing lockdowns in April.
The number of new cases is also rising in Berlin and other areas.
The country has more than 190,000 confirmed cases, with the death toll exceeding 8,900.
Authorities in Portugal will ban restaurants in and around Lisbon from serving alcohol after 8 p.m. after the number of infections started to rise again.
In northeastern Spain, the virus is spreading among seasonal migrant farmworkers. Shops and restaurants are limiting the number of customers allowed inside.
Bulgaria on Monday reintroduced the mandatory use of masks in indoor public places. The rule had been eased on June 14, but the country has since seen the number of new cases rise.
The epidemic is also regaining momentum in Balkan states.
Key words : tennis
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The men's world number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Djokovic announced on Tuesday that test results show he and his wife are infected.
He took the test after a number of players who participated in his Adria Tour charity tournament and their family members tested positive. The first two legs of the tour were held in Croatia and Djokovic's native Serbia.
The organizer tweeted that the tennis star is showing no symptoms and the remaining legs have been canceled.
In a statement, Djokovic said, "We organized the tournament when the virus has weakened, believing the conditions for hosting the Tour had been met."
He also said, "Unfortunately, this virus is still present, and it is a new reality we are learning to cope and live with."
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Key words : China underwater
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China says it has given names to underwater geological features in an area in the East China Sea. They are believed to be around the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan and claimed by China and Taiwan.
China's Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday that it had named 50 submarine topographical features in the East China Sea. A number of them include the term Diaoyu, the name China uses for one of the islands.
The announcement came one day after a Japanese local assembly passed a bill to change the administrative name of the islands. The city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture plans to use "Senkaku" in the name of an administrative area covering the islands.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson called the move a serious provocation against China's territorial sovereignty, saying that it's illegal and invalid.
The naming of the submarine features could be a countermeasure against the bill's passage.
The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory, in terms of history and international law. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them.
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Key words : powerful 7.4 magnitude
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A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Tuesday morning. The government has reported four deaths.
A tsunami warning was issued for the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central and South America.
The US Geological Survey says the epicenter is in a coastal area about 145 kilometers southeast of the city of Oaxaca.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves of around 70 centimeters were observed in Salina Cruz in the state of Oaxaca and in nearby Acapulco.
Local media report a jolt was felt more than 300 kilometers away in Mexico City, causing buildings to sway and sending people running into the streets for safety.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says communications with regions near the epicenter have been cut off, and the government is trying to get a clearer understanding of the situation.
In 2017, two powerful earthquakes hit Mexico in less than two weeks, claiming hundreds of lives and damaging infrastructure.
Key words : weather 3 day forecast
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