Month: December 2024
What to Know About the Chaos in South Korea, and a Major Trans Rights Case
Plus, how money to protect pandas is really spent.
Read MoreWhat to Know About the Chaos in South Korea, and a Major Trans Rights Case
Plus, how money to protect pandas is really spent.
Read MoreSouth Korean President Faces Impeachment Motion After Declaring Martial Law
South Korea’s Parliament has submitted a motion to vote on removing President Yoon Suk Yeol by Friday or Saturday.
Read MoreHow the Burial Ground of My Enslaved African Ancestors Became a Historical Landmark
On Sunday, February 25, 2024, in the middle of the night, I finally found the North Carolina plantation that my ancestors were enslaved on: Midway Plantation. I stared at my laptop, completely in awe of the fact that all the
Read MoreUK police question killer nurse Letby over further baby deaths
Lucy Letby, the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, has been questioned in prison over further baby deaths and collapses at two hospitals where she worked, police said Wednesday. Former nurse Letby, 34, is serving a whole-life
Read MoreTrump’s vows of quick peace fall flat on Ukraine frontlines
by Florent VERGNES / Maryke VERMAAK Months of fighting on the Ukrainian front have not taken away Kostya’s sense of humor — even when it comes to the topic of Donald Trump. Fears are high across Ukraine that the U.S.
Read MoreNamibia elects its first woman president
Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not recognise. Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Read MoreSouth Korea is reeling after spending hours under a surprise martial law declaration – Business Insider
South Korea is reeling after spending hours under a surprise martial law declaration Business Insider What has happened in South Korea and what does martial law have to do with it? CNN How South Korean leader botched bid to impose martial law Reuters
Read MorePhilippines says China Coast Guard fired water cannon, ‘sideswiped’ govt vessel
The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel Wednesday during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after Beijing said it had “exercised control” over the ship. China claims almost the entire
Read MoreSoldiers vs office chairs: South Korea’s martial law standoff
by Kang Jin-kyu Parliamentary staffers used sofas and fire extinguishers to block soldiers armed with assault rifles and night-vision goggles from entering South Korea’s National Assembly to maintain martial law, CCTV footage released Wednesday showed. Shortly after President Yoon Suk
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