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Washington reportedly limits satellite data after minister spoke publicly about suspected facility in North Korea

The US has partly restricted intelligence sharing with South Korea after the country’s unification minister publicly identified a suspected North Korean nuclear site, according to reports in South Korean media.

Chung Dong-young told lawmakers in March that North Korea was operating uranium enrichment facilities in Kusong, a north-western area that had not previously been officially confirmed as a nuclear site alongside the known facilities at Yongbyon and Kangson.

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Actor says his opposition to South Island development near his farm has led to personal abuse

The actor Sam Neill says he has received threats of violence from supporters of a controversial goldmine that could be opened several kilometres away from his farm in New Zealand’s Central Otago district, after he publicly objected to the New Zealand government’s plans to fast-track the mine.

The Australian mining company Santana Minerals is pushing to expedite a 85-hectare (210-acre) open-cast goldmine, called Bendigo-Ophir in the Dunstan mountains, an area dubbed “outstanding natural landscape” by the Central Otago district council.

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"There was no need to say that things were bad. Everyone knew it. The mood wasn't sour—citrus farmers could handle sour. It was something else. Postapocalyptic. Florida is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years, but the dry spell actually ranked far down on the list of challenges these bedraggled growers were facing. In 2003, the mighty Florida orange industry produced 242 million boxes of fruit, with 90 pounds of oranges per box, most of which went on to become orange juice. Now, not even 25 years later, the United States Department of Agriculture was forecasting a pitiful 12 million boxes of oranges, the least in more than 100 years, the worst year since last. A decline of more than 95 percent." Who Killed the Florida Orange?, in Slate.

Zieke werknemers hoeven het voorschot dat ze krijgen in afwachting van hun beoordeling voor een arbeidsongeschiktheidsuitkering niet terug te betalen als later blijkt dat iemand geen of minder recht heeft op een WIA-uitkering.

Gernot Trauner is na een lange blessureperiode terug bij Feyenoord. De 34-jarige verdediger maakte vorige week tegen NEC na elf maanden afwezigheid zijn rentree in een officiële wedstrijd en kijkt opgelucht terug op dat moment. Tegelijkertijd richt hij zijn blik vooral op de laatste fase van het seizoen, waarin de strijd om de tweede plaats centraal staat.

Gernot Trauner is na een lange blessureperiode terug bij Feyenoord. De 34-jarige verdediger maakte vorige week tegen NEC na elf maanden afwezigheid zijn rentree in een officiële wedstrijd en kijkt opgelucht terug op dat moment. Tegelijkertijd richt hij zijn blik vooral op de laatste fase van het seizoen, waarin de strijd om de tweede plaats centraal staat.

Spoiler: There's no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee

Windows has always had a built-in portal to the very recent past: Task Manager's CPU usage meter.…

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