Kim Jong Un offers rare olive branch to South Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held out a rare olive branch to the country’s southern neighbor Monday, offering talks over sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month. Kim struck an unusually conciliatory note in his […]

Australia rugby star Karmichael Hunt faces drugs charge Australian rugby union star Karmichael Hunt has been charged with possessing drugs after police arrested him in Brisbane, reports say. Rugby Australia said it had launched an investigation into the incident. In 2015, Hunt received a six-week suspension and a A$30,000 ($23,400; […]

Thai fraudster sentenced to 13,275 years in prison A Thai court has sentenced a fraudster to more than 13,000 years in prison. Pudit Kittithradilok, 34, admitted running a Ponzi scheme whereby he promised investors artificially high financial returns. About 40,000 people were persuaded to pour more than $160m (£120m) into […]