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N orth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top military general and ordered the country's armed forces to "gird for war". The general, Ri Yong Gil, was reportedly fired for "serious breach of discipline". Kim Jong Un has also ordered the military to be on high alert and to prepare for a possible conflict with the United States. The firing of Ri Yong Gil is a significant development, as he was one of the most powerful figures in North Korea's military. He was the commander of the Korean People's Army's (KPA) Strategic Force, which is responsible for the country's nuclear and missile programs. The reasons for Ri Yong Gil's firing are unclear, but it is possible that he was purged for disloyalty to Kim Jong Un. It is also possible that he was fired as a scapegoat for the failure of North Korea's recent missile tests. In any case, the firing of Ri Yong Gil is a sign of Kim Jong Un's growing paranoia and insecurity. He is clearly worri...

Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who has been jailed in China for three years without trial, has released a rare message saying that she has not seen a tree in three years. Cheng, a former business anchor for China's state broadcaster CGTN, was arrested in August 2020 on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. She has been held incommunicado ever since, and her trial has been repeatedly delayed. In her message, which was dictated to diplomats and released by her partner Nick Coyle, Cheng said that she is being held in a small cell with no natural light. She said that she is allowed to exercise for only one hour a day, and that she is not allowed to have any contact with the outside world. "I miss the sun. In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year," Cheng said. "I haven't seen a tree in three years." Cheng also said that she is being subjected to psychological pressure and that she is...

A t least four people were killed and dozens injured after a school collapsed in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, August 12, 2023. The school, which was built with substandard materials, was reportedly full of students at the time of the collapse. The government of the DRC has promised to investigate the incident and to take steps to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future. The incident has sparked outrage in Bukavu and across the DRC, with many people calling for an investigation into the cause of the collapse and for measures to be taken to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future because  this is not the first time this is happening in the country. The DRC has a long history of school collapses, due to a combination of factors, including poor construction, inadequate safety measures, and corruption. In 2016, a school collapse in Kinshasa killed more than 40 people. And in 2018, a school collapse in Bukavu killed at least 24 peop...