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North Korea is never far from the media spotlight, as the rogue state’s nuclear weapons programme gathers momentum and its war of words with the United States threatens to spiral out of control.

The violence

More than 22,000 miles above the surface of Earth, a new weather satellite run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration captured high-resolution imagery of three dangerous hurricanes moving across the Atlantic Ocean over the past week.

Equifax announced Thursday that a data breach between May and July affected more than 140 million Americans. Such hacks can be devastating. Since 2005, they've grown to affect millions of people.

How the city's development may have contributed to devastating flooding

‘It’s a Slow Death’: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Trump Is on Track to Insult 650 People, Places and Things on Twitter by the End of His First Term

A closer look at Pyongyang’s propaganda provides clues to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear strategy

Millions of people have taken to the streets in Venezuela calling for an end to Maduro's presidency, amid food shortages, a collapsing currency and soaring inflation.