The bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were handed over to their families Thursday, nearly two and half weeks after they were killed in Brazil’s Amazon.
NORTH KOREA
<strong>Defense to be boosted</strong>
Kim Jong-un ordered a strengthening of the country’s defense capabilities as the leader wrapped up a meeting with top military officials, state media said yesterday, raising concerns about its possible addition of tactical nuclear weapons. Kim presided over the three-day Enlarged Meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission, at which top officials “approved an important issue of providing a military guarantee for further strengthening the country’s war deterrent,” the Korean Central News Agency reported. During the meeting, the nation mentioned revising its war plans and said it had decided to bolster the operational duties of its