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New York City mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang expressed support for Israel amid its clashes with Palestinians in a tweet that drew cheers from top Republicans and jeers from the left – as he sparked the hashtag #YangSupportsGenocide. “I’m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists,” Yang tweeted Monday night . “The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere,” he added. US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) cheered Yang’s message of support for the Jewish state, tweeting: “Bravo to Yang...

President Trump could be the unlikely benefactor of Andrew Yang ending his White House bid — a new poll finding he is the second-most popular alternative among the Yang Gang. Of the 200 Yang supporters surveyed in the hours after the businessman threw in the towel at Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, 11 percent of people said they would now support re-electing Trump, the Stanford University/Reality Check study obtained by The Post found. Democrat socialist Bernie Sanders was still the preferred alternative with 33 percent of the disbanded “Yang Gang,” but the survey showed supporters of the zany tech entrepreneur were...

"I am betting that in comparison to the previous internet conflict, this will be a slow-boil low-intensity fecal-flinging fiasco." "I believe that the Meme War 2.0 will also be a war of accelerationism."

Arsons Reported in North Korea 2010-05-11 Pyongyang blames “hostile elements,” but residents see the fires as protests against the regime. SEOUL—Authorities in North Korea’s Yangang province have warned citizens of the isolated Stalinist state to be vigilant for “hostile elements” following a spate of arson attacks, local residents said. “Fires of unknown origin have been set to several residential houses,” a resident of Yangang said in a recent interview. “Ministry of Public Security agents and public prosecutors have been mobilized to conduct an investigation,” said the source, who added that there is an “absence of any leads or clues” in...

(ATTN: UPDATES with foreign diplomats' planned visit to explosion site) SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean satellite photographed the site of last week's massive explosion in North Korea on Wednesday but failed to find out what caused the blast, a state-run aerospace institute said. Thursday's huge blast in the northern North Korean province of Yanggang prompted speculation that North Korea conducted a nuclear test. Pyongyang denied the allegation, saying the explosion was caused by a scheduled demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project. "The Arirang No. 1 succeeded in taking a satellite picture of the explosion...

Gov't Confirms 'Non-Nuclear' N. Korean Explosion It was reported that there was a massive explosion Thursday around the town of Yongjo-ri, Kim Hyong-jik County, Ryanggang Province. U.S. Department of State, sources familiar with North Korea and the Korean government all confirmed the explosion. A high-ranking government official said Sunday, “It is true that a large mushroom cloud about 3.5 to 4 km in diameter was observed by a satellite at around 11:00 a.m. Thursday. It was not a nuclear test, but the explosion seemed to be three times bigger than the one that took place during the Ryongchon Station...

/begin my translation North Korea: Two signs of explosions, on the night of 09/08, and the early morning of 09/09 A government source disclosed on Sept. 12 that two seismic activities were detected on the night of Sept. 8 and the early morning of Sept. 9, from the explosion at Kim Hyong-jik County, Yanggang Province, N. Korea. According to the source, both S. Korean and Chinese earthquake monitoring stations picked up from Yanggang Province area of N. Korea, " seismic activities presumably related to two explosions, one at 11pm on 09/08, and the other at 1am on 09/09." Earlier,...

<p>A reliable source in Seoul's diplomatic community says Sunday a mushroom cloud with a radius of 3.5 to 4 kilometers was spotted in Kimhyongjik County in North Korea's northernmost inland province of Yanggang on Sept. 9.</p> <p>SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion rocked the northern part of North Korea (news - web sites), sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, South Korea (news - web sites)'s Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.</p>

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. The Yonhap news agency said the explosion happened in Yanggang province.