12 Aug 2025
26m

North Korean workers subjected to 'slave-like' conditions in Russia

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Global News Podcast

The Global News Podcast presents a series of international news stories, starting with North Korean laborers facing slave-like conditions in Russia due to manpower shortages from the Ukraine war. It covers the US and China agreeing to another 90-day pause in their tariff war, and Pakistan's claim of killing 50 militants along the Afghan border. The podcast further explores potential US-Russia cooperation in the Arctic, the impact of US-China trade tensions on businesses, a French nuclear plant shutdown caused by jellyfish, Chinese youth unemployment, a study on feline dementia and its relevance to Alzheimer's research, and the surprising comeback of postcards.

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