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AFP / Aug 11, 2022, 09:19 IST North Korean leader Kim Jong Un SEOUL: North Korea 's Kim Jong Un declared a "shining victory" over Covid- 19 as his sister revealed he had fallen ill during the outbreak, which she blamed on Seoul, state media said Thursday. Addressing a meeting of health workers and scientists, Kim announced a "victory...

Lebanese security forces secure the area outside the bank in Beirut (Hussein Malla/AP/PA) Thu, 11 Aug, 2022 - 14:24 Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press      A Lebanese man armed with a shotgun broke into a Beirut bank on Thursday, holding employees and customers hostage and threatening to set himself alight with petrol unless he receives his trapped savings.

The burger giant has pulled its business out of Russia after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last February. McDonald's, which has 109 locations in Ukraine, said that it will start working with vendors to get supplies, bring back employees and launch safety procedures as the war still raging to the east [File: Valentyn Ogirenko/AP Photo] Published On 11 Aug 2022 McDonald's will start reopening some of its restaurants in Ukraine in the

August 11, 2022 GMT 1 of 2 FILE - A motorist fills up the tank on a sedan, on July 22, 2022, in Saratoga, Wyo. Gasoline prices are sliding back toward the $4 mark for the first time in more than five months - good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many other essentials.

By AFP Aug. 11, 2022 Latvian Embassy in Moscow. Aleksandr Miridonov / Kommersant Latvian MPs on Thursday declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" whose actions in Ukraine constitute "targeted genocide against the Ukrainian people". The statement MPs adopted said the parliament "recognizes Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, and calls on other like-minded countries to express the same view".