South Korean army reservists salute during their Foundation Day ceremony at a gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, where they denounced North Korea for its escalating threat for war. North Korea overnight loaded two missile launchers and warned foreign embassies to think about evacuating staffers. Picture: AP Source: AP
WHILE you were sleeping, North Korea again managed to hold off on destroying the world and a British social worker admitted she was lying when she 'killed off' her family members one by one to take extra sick days.
The situation in North Korea continued to escalate, with the rogue state loading two missile launchers and warning Russia and the UK to evacuate their embassies. The flap prompted Cuba’s Fidel Castro to break his nine-month silence and urge ally N Korea to calm down. And if that wasn’t earth-shattering enough, Russia was rattled by a 6.2-magnitude quake near the border with N Korea.
In the UK, a social worker lost her job after confessing she made up the deaths of father, mother, uncle, aunt, brother and ex-husband so she could get time off for their fake funerals. In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is feeling better, and in the US a white supremacist has been arrested for killing a US prisons chief. Also, the University of Colorado has said Batman shooter James Holmes was blocked from campus because he wasn't attending classes -but a campus officer says its because his shrink labelled Holmes a threat.
Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves St. Peter's square at the end of his weekly audience. Source: Getty Images
Pope Francis has vowed the Church will take 'decisive action' against sex abuse, Spain has upped the legal married age from 14 to 16 to avoid abuse claims, and cops rushed children to safety after a fatal shooting near a daycare centre in Canada.
In India, an illegal building collapsed killing at least 41 people, and one of the gang-rape accused says he was attacked in prison for wanting to sit civil service exams. A Hong Kong ferry crashed into another vessel, injuring 31. In Indonesia, 35 Burmese refugees have been arrested for planning to take an asylum boat to Australia and a group of Burmese Muslims bashed eight Buddhists to death in a detention centre.
A stressed-out ballet star has vanished before opening night for the second time, a rare elephant was found skinned and disemboweled in the Vietnamese forest, and a Hong Kong girl has tested negative for bird flu as the Chinese death toll from H7N9 rose to six. And in Africa, infamous warlord Joseph Kony has punished his officers by setting free their sex slaves (many of them kidnapped young girls) amid reports a $US5 million ($4.8 million) bounty on his head has caused chaos amid the ranks.
KFC will offer new boneless pieces of chicken, above, as an alternative to its traditional breast, thigh and drumstick pieces. The chain says the offering reflects the growing popularity of easier-to-eat chicken strips and nuggets. Picture: AP Photo/KFC Source: AP
Hillary Clinton may or may not be running for president as she says women’s rights are the last "unfinished business" of the 21st century, KFC announced that after years of research they’ve perfected ‘boneless chicken’, and an ex-inmate who kept breaking back into prison because he missed the "nice" prisoners may get his wish and be locked up again.
Back home, documents show that former Governor-General John Kerr, who sacked Gough Whitlam, once had his eye on the prime minister’s job.
Ridiculously good-looking couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to play an adulterous stage couple in a Broadway production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. Picture: AP Source: AP
In entertainment news, Halle Berry is reportedly pregnant with her second child at the age of 46, three New Jersey Housewives may be charged with assault after a man says he got a stiletto in the forehead, Gerard Depardieu has skipped court, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to star as a cheating couple on Broadway, the Rolling Stones are hinting they may hit Australia after all, and Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler has cancelled his Russian tour in protest over human rights.
Triolo D'alene ridden by Barry Geraghty, right, clears Beechers Brook on his way to winning the Steeple Chase during Ladies' Day at Aintree Racecourse Liverpool. A second horse has died at the event in just two days. Picture: AP Photo Source: AP
In sport, the Melbourne Victory have snatched glory from the jaws of overtime defeat, a second horse has died in just two days at the Grand National, Pat Rafter says Marinko Matsoevic has had his best Davis Cup yet, England have their eyes on the World Cup already, and PSG’s coach says people who criticise David Beckham are odd.
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