The rival Koreas have opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges.

SEOUL, South Korea — The rival Koreas on Friday launched their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of their leaders’ summit in Pyongyang next week.

MIGRANTS are targeting a small French fishing village in a desperate bid to sneak into Britain. Young men, mainly of African origin, are arriving in Ouistreham and chasing lorries heading for the ferry port to bypass border controls.

“Distributed Exchanges Are Just Around The Corner”

In a recent interview with BoxMining, a well-known cryptocurrency commentator and social media influencer, decentralist and cryptocurrency proponent John McAfee highlighted his opinion on current state of this nascent market and what lies in store crypto assets and blockchain over the mid to long-term.

At least one person has been killed and others injured after a series of suspected gas explosions rocked towns north of Boston in Massachusetts on Thursday evening.

Local police reported “fires and explosions” at dozens of properties.

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron’s government plans to spend 8 billion euros ($9.3 billion) to tackle poverty, its spokesman said in a newspaper interview released on Wednesday.

Macron, who has come under fire as a president of the rich after implementing tax cuts for the wealthy and for companies, is set to outline his anti-poverty strategy on Thursday.

Evacuations begin in Philippines before storm that threatens harvest amid ongoing rice shortages

The Philippines is bracing for Typhoon Mangkhut, the most powerful storm this year, with millions living in its path and fears its rains could combine with monsoonal storms that could spark landslides and flash flooding.

Philippines officials have ordered evacuations and closed schools and offices as Typhoon Mangkhut approached, carrying sustained winds of 265km/h (165mph) and gusts of up to 325km/h (201mph). It is forecast to make landfall on Saturday.

73,000-year-old sketch in ochre crayon is basically 6 red lines crossed by 3 other slightly curved lines

It looks a bit like a hashtag, but it’s 73,000 years old. And scientists say this tiny sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing by humans.

There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this year worldwide, a report predicts.

The rise, from 14.1 million cases and 8.2 million deaths in 2012, is partly due to a growing and ageing population.

The figures suggest one in five men and one in six women will develop the disease in their lifetime.

The prime minister of India is set to unveil the world’s largest statue, dedicated to Sardar Patel, a nationalist who helped unite modern India after its independence from Britain, next month.

It has to be seen to be believed – but it might still leave a driver scratching his or her head.

A sign along a highway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia looks like an indecipherable patchwork of various other road signs, mainly because it is.