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MOSCOW: Russia and North Korea on Wednesday (Apr 30) began construction of a road bridge between the two countries that will span the Tumen river, part of an effort to strengthen their strategic partnership, Russia’s prime minister said. The bridge is being built near the existing “Friendship Bridge”, a rail bridge which was commissioned in 1959 after the Korean war. At a ceremony dedicated to the start of the new bridge’s construction, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said it was a significant event in Russian-North Korean relations, the TASS state news agency reported. “The significance goes far beyond just an…

Overnight strikes hit Houthi drone manufacturing sites, says British Defence Ministry.Forces from the United States and the United Kingdom have carried out joint air strikes near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, targeting what British authorities say were drone manufacturing facilities of the Houthi armed group. The UK on Wednesday morning offered a detailed explanation for launching the strike, unlike the US, which gave few details about hundreds of strikes it has conducted since beginning its renewed campaign on March 15. The strikes, which took place about 24km (15 miles) south of Sanaa overnight, hit buildings identified by UK intelligence as sites used…

Here’s what actually happened to that Wisconsin judge.Setting aside the spin – and there’s plenty of it from some Democrats and pundits – these are the facts.Based on the criminal complaint, county judge Hannah Dugan had a hearing scheduled for illegal Mexican immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz – who is already facing charges of domestic abuse.Not only that, Flores-Ruiz got into a fight with two roommates who complained that he was playing his music too loud.Flores-Ruiz punched one roommate in the face 30 times, then hit a woman who tried to end the fight, the complaint says. Let that sink in for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shedeur Sanders may not have been drafted as high as he expected in the NFL Draft last weekend, but that didn’t stop him from partying after getting picked. Sanders, 23, was selected in the fifth round of the draft by the Cleveland Browns after an unexpected and historic slide. Sanders threw a party at Hyde & Seek in Dallas after finally being drafted, according to Page Six.  Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders celebrates after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)Sanders was pictured holding a Louis…

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If things had gone differently, Ryley Smith might have begun his professional sporting career pulling bouncers over the leg side for NSW rather than passing Steedens out of dummy half for Parramatta.Smith’s rugby league talents have earned him selection in every game of Jason Ryles’ first season as coach, but the hooker was more than a handy cricketer as a teenager in the Blue Mountains.In fact, at 18 Smith became the first man since Bronko Djura in the 1980s to be picked in both the Australian schoolboys rugby league team and its cricket equivalent.A top-order batter with handy wicketkeeping abilities,…

MANILA: A Chinese national was arrested while operating a surveillance device near the offices of the Philippine election commission, authorities said on Wednesday (Apr 30), less than two weeks before the country’s mid-term polls. The man was allegedly using an “IMSI catcher”, a device capable of mimicking a cell tower and snatching messages from the air in a 1 to 3km radius. Two Chinese men detained in February were accused of using the same device while driving near sensitive government and military locations in Manila. National Bureau of Investigation spokesman Ferdinand Lavin told AFP the latest arrest was made on…

On April 30, 1975, Vu Dang Toan commanded the first tank to smash through the main gate of Saigon’s Independence Palace. After seeing so many die — after grinding away his youth battling the Americans and the forces of South Vietnam — he was there, alive and surprised, for the war’s weary end.It was a full surrender. At the United States Embassy nearby, helicopters had already carried away the last Americans as the South’s fighters disappeared, ditching their uniforms and boots in the streets.“I’m proud,” Mr. Toan said, “that as a soldier, I completed the mission.”Fifty years later, he was…

Senate Democrats have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources.  The review will examine Patel’s use of the FBI’s private fleet of jets, as well as every director’s approach since 2013, when the GAO last studied the issue. Investigators at the congressional watchdog agency are expected to examine Patel’s flight records to determine the purpose of his travel, how much the bureau spent and whether Patel reimbursed the government for personal trips.  Last week, both CBS News and the New York Times reported…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to “do your own research” before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements that cast doubt on the benefits of vaccination and the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.Mr. Kennedy made the remarks to the talk show host Dr. Phil in an interview that aired Monday on MeritTV to mark the 100th day of the Trump administration. He said, as he has in the past, that “if you want to avoid spreading measles, the…