SEOUL, Feb 8 (Reuters) - North Korea will convene the 9th Congress in late February in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Sunday, without elaborating on the date.
The ruling Workers' Party's political bureau held a meeting on Saturday to prepare for the Congress, including the agenda and the timing, KCNA said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had visited various military and economic facilities ahead of the Congress, such as a... (continue reading...)
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NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Brad Arnold, a founder and lead singer of American rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday, nine months after disclosing that he had kidney cancer, the group said. He was 47.
Arnold said in a May 2025 social media video that he had been diagnosed with advanced-stage clear cell renal carcinoma that had spread to one of his lungs. 3 Doors Down canceled their planned 2025 summer tour because of... (continue reading...)
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COVENTRY, England, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Africa would be keen to utilise new European Central Bank repo lines if available, the country's central bank head Lesetja Kganyago said on Saturday, adding that his country's interest-rate-cutting cycle still had some way to go.
ECB President Christine Lagarde said this week the bank was planning to make its repo liquidity lines cheaper and easier to access in an effort to boost... (continue reading...)
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WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is opening an investigation into whether ABC's "The View" daytime talk show violated equal time rules for interviews with political candidates after an appearance by a Democratic Texas Senate candidate this week, a source told Reuters on Saturday.
The Republican-led FCC said last month that daytime and late-night TV talk shows are no longer considered... (continue reading...)
MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Avalanches on Saturday killed three people skiing off-piste in the mountains of Trentino Alto Adige and Lombardy, two regions that are home to some of the venues of the Milano Cortina Winter Games, the Alpine rescue service said.
Two avalanches hit the Marmolada area in the Dolomites, not far from Cortina d'Ampezzo where the women's Alpine skiing competitions are taking place.
The Alpine rescue service said... (continue reading...)
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