North Korea vows to step up border military activities

North Korea threatened on Wednesday to bolster its military presence at now-shuttered inter-Korean project sites and rebuild guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone, a day after it blew up its liaison office with Seoul, sharply raising tensions on the peninsula.

Macron says France has scored its 'first victory' against virus

President Emmanuel Macron has said that France had marked its first victory in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, ending much of its lockdown but adding that he would "draw the lessons" from a crisis that has killed nearly 30,000 people in the country.

Massive US layoffs continue even as businesses reopen

Total US layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic reached 44.2 million even as businesses try to reopen, and analysts warn of continuing damage to the world's largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating.

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