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Camera on Kim’s missile takes snaps from space

North korea tests medium range missile

  Bloomberg If North Korea’s test of its longest-range missile in five years wasn’t worrying enough, the state’s official media released images showing the Earth it said were taken in space from a rocket designed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Images of the weekend launch of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile were splashed on the country’s biggest newspaper Monday. The ...

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Hungarian teachers strike in pre-election headache for Orban

  Bloomberg Hungarian teachers staged their first strike in five years to protest low pay, a headache for Prime Minister Viktor Orban before the tightest general election in more than a decade. More than 20,000 teachers walked out for two hours on Monday in what they described as a prelude to a complete and indefinite strike starting from March 16 ...

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Portugal premier wins election, takes majority in parliament

2022 portuguese general election

  Bloomberg Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa won Portugal’s general election and will now have an absolute majority in parliament, meaning far-left parties are no longer needed to back his budgets. The center-left Socialists took about 42% of the vote and increased the number of seats held in the 230-seat chamber to at least 117 from 108, based on 99% ...

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