World food prices fall sharply in March because of coronavirus, oil slump
World food prices fell sharply in March, hit by a drop in demand tied to the coronavirus pandemic and a plunge in global oil prices, the United Nations food...
IMF: Coronavirus ‘Great Lockdown’ will shrink global economy by 3% in 2020
By David Lawder
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great...
North Korea test fires ballistic missile covering 430-450 km in distance
The missile that North Korea launched on Tuesday flew 430-450 kilometers (267-279 miles), reaching a maximum altitude of 60 kilometers, the Yonhap news agency reported.
According to the South Korean...
Kim Jong Un wants to increase North Korea’s ‘nuclear war deterrence,’ state media reports
>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set forth new policies to increase the nation's nuclear deterrence at a meeting of military leaders, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, EDNew.net...