SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Friday that itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ closing some of its diplomatic missions abroad, a move that rival South Korea suspects is likely the latest sign of the North's economic troubles amid persistent international sanctions.Earlier in the week, <a ...
BERLIN (AP) — A small plane flying from Croatia to Salzburg has crashed in Austria, killing four people, police said Friday.The Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashed Thursday afternoon near Lintsching in Austria's Salzburg province, police said. It had taken off from the Croatian capital, Zagreb, ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled an island near Athens early Friday, but local officials had no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.The quake occurred under land near the town of Mantoudi on the island of Evia, some 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Athens ...
IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.Instead of a business calamity, however, consumers from across the nation have supported the region by eating more fish. ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The watchdog office overseeing the National Science Foundation is sending investigators to Antarctica's McMurdo Station after hearing concerns about the prevalence of sexual violence at the U.S. research base.Meanwhile the NSF, a federal agency, said it's ...