North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets

[ad_1] SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. A hypersonic missile is among an array of high-tech weapons systems that North Korean…

Read More

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel blasts ‘interventionist’ U.S. amid protests over shortages

[ad_1] HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted the U.S. as “interventionist” and for having “contempt” toward the Cuban people and the Cuban revolution in an interview with NBC News in Havana on Tuesday. Hundreds of Cubans have been taking to the streets to protest shortages of food and power. The government accused the U.S….

Read More

Russian and Belarusian athletes barred from opening ceremonies of Paris Olympics

[ad_1] The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday barred athletes from Russia and Belarus from opening ceremonies in Paris as organizers target countries that are “responsible for the war” in Ukraine. Athletes from those nations, though no teams, would be allowed to compete in individual events as “Individual Neutral Athletes,” or “AINs.” “AINs will not participate…

Read More

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted over alleged falsification of his own Covid vaccine data

[ad_1] SÃO PAULO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his Covid vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a public…

Read More