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North Korea slams Rubio’s ‘rogue state’ label as ‘nonsense’
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North Korea slams Rubio’s ‘rogue state’ label as ‘nonsense’

North Korea is criticizing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s description of the country as a "rogue state," calling it "nonsense" while vowing to take "tough counteraction" to any provocations from the Trump administration. Rubio made the remark last week during an appearance on "The Megyn Kelly Show," where he was speaking about the goals of U.S. foreign policy. "It’s not normal for the world to simply have a unipolar power. That was not – that was an anomaly. It was a product of the end of the Cold War, but eventually you were going to reach back to a point where you had a multipolar world, multi-great powers in different parts of the planet. We face that now with China and to some extent Russia, and then you have rogue states like Iran and North Korea you have to deal with," Rubio sa...
NATO chief addresses Ukraine war, ‘Be prepared for bad news’
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NATO chief addresses Ukraine war, ‘Be prepared for bad news’

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a recent interview that the Western military alliance should “be prepared for bad news” in the Ukraine war ahead of the winter months.  “Wars develop in phases,” Stoltenberg told German broadcaster ARD in an interview Saturday, according to Politico Europe. “We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times.”  “We should also be prepared for bad news,” Stoltenberg added, without elaborating.  Kyiv’s counteroffensive over the summer has  not resulted in the front lines moving much in recent months, and Russia has been bolstering the number of its troops. Western allies also have been debating ammunition and financial support for Ukraine, as the Israel-Hamas war presents competing po...
Le pape François clôture les JMJ de Lisbonne en annonçant que l’édition de 2027 se déroulera à Séoul
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Le pape François clôture les JMJ de Lisbonne en annonçant que l’édition de 2027 se déroulera à Séoul

Le pape François salue des pèlerins sud-coréens lors de la messe de clôture des JMJ à Lisbonne, le 6 août 2023. THOMAS COEX / AFP Le pape François a présidé, dimanche 6 août au matin, la messe finale des Journées mondiales de la jeunesse (JMJ), point d’orgue d’une semaine de rendez-vous festifs, culturels et spirituels à Lisbonne. Il a annoncé que la prochaine édition des JMJ, programmée pour 2027, se déroulera à Séoul, en Corée du Sud. « Les prochaines Journées mondiales de la jeunesse auront lieu en Asie. Elles seront en Corée du Sud, à Séoul », a déclaré l’Argentin Jorge Bergoglio, qui, lors d’une visite dans la capitale sud-coréenne en 2014, avait célébré une messe spéciale pour la réunification de la péninsule asiatique. Environ 11 % de la population sud-coréenne de 52 mill...