The North Korea crisis
Tension escalates after new North Korean attack
For the second day in a row, North Korea has fired artillery shells that hit the water near the South Korean islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong, which lie in the buffer zone between the countries. Yesterday 200 shells were fired, today 60.
The AFP news agency describes the development as one of the most serious escalations since North Korea shelled one of the islands in 2010.
On Friday, South Korea responded by carrying out similar shelling in the other direction, but it will not happen today, the military told the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
In total, just under 7,000 people live on the islands. They were told yesterday to evacuate.
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The earthquake in Japan
The death toll rises after the earthquake in Japan – 210 are missing
The death toll after the New Year's Day earthquake in Japan continues to rise, writes the Japanese news channel NHK. As of Saturday, local authorities say at least 126 people have been confirmed dead. Another 210 people are missing.
As rescue workers struggle to find people in the rubble, the region continues to be rocked by strong aftershocks from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake.
In some places, they have also managed to save people who were buried under collapsed homes, AP writes. On Wednesday, two days after the earthquake, an elderly man was found alive in Suza, one of the hardest-hit cities in Ishikawa Prefecture. His daughter shouted "Daddy, Daddy" as a group of firefighters pulled him out of the crowd.
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The winter weather
New cold record in Oslo - below minus 30 degrees
The night of Saturday became historic in the Oslo region. For the first time ever, the temperature fell below minus 30 degrees, Norwegian media reports.
An icy -31.1 degrees was not measured in central Oslo, however, but a bit further north in Bjørnholt. The previous record in the capital region was minus 28.8 degrees, from 2011.
In Oslo, the coldest was 23 degrees below zero during the night, milder than the cold record set in the middle of World War II. In January 1942, 26 minus degrees were measured in the Norwegian capital.
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