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North Korea fires more missiles amid ‘firing range’ warning

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, says whether her country uses the Pacific Ocean as its “shooting range” depends on the United States. The statement comes after North Korea fired another ballistic missile off its east coast, apparently angered by joint military drills between the US and South Korea. Such weapons tests by Pyongyang are banned by numerous United Nations Security…

Major quake strikes off Taiwan; 2 trapped in building collapse

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Taiwan’s southeastern coast on Sunday with at least one building collapsing and train cars derailed. The quake hit at 2:44pm (06:44 GMT) about 50km (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10km (4 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. More than 600 people were trapped on the scenic Chike and Liushishi mountain areas by…