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Russia says it's watching 'tragic' situation in South Korea with concern
Russia is following events in South Korea with concern after the president briefly declared martial law, but there are no threats to Russian citizens there, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Moscow has deepened ties with Seoul's neighbour North Korea since the start of its war in Ukraine, drawing concern from Western countries.
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South Korean lawmakers push to impeach president after martial law decree
Six South Korean opposition parties later submitted a bill to parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, with voting set for Friday or Saturday.
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Japanese court convicts Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs
A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced an Australian woman who says she was tricked amphetamines into the country to six years in prison, despite accepting her testimony that she was the victim of an online romance scam. The Chiba District Court said it found Donna Nelson from Perth, Australia, guilty of violating the stimulants control and customs laws. It ordered her to pay a fine of 1 million yen ($6,671) in addition to serving a prison term.
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Relatives hunt for the missing after Guinea stadium crush amid fears official death toll is too low
A distraught Kambaly Kouroumah is searching for his teenage brother, Adama, at a local morgue in southern Guinea’s Nzerekore city, where dozens of people died at a crowded stadium after chaos erupted during a soccer game. Kouroumah is one of many bereaved people searching hospitals and mortuaries for missing relatives following Sunday's tragic events during the final of a national tournament honoring military leader Mamadi Doumbouya. Official estimates say 56 people died in the crush, but the unofficial death toll is at least 135, according to the Collective of Human Rights Organizations of the Nzerekore region.
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EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers
The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and domestic opposition within the 27-nation bloc. Officials said Wednesday that the EU member states, the EU parliament and the executive Commission reached an agreement in principle following weeks of haggling whether the initial rules would have to be watered down even further than the simple delay by one year. The deforestation law is aimed at preserving forests on a global scale by only allowing forest-related products that are sustainable and do not involve the degradation of forests.
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Exclusive-World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors - internal report
Serious problems in the United Nations World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters. The U.N.’s main food-aid distributor, the WFP is struggling to feed millions of people in the African country, which is suffering one of the world’s worst hunger crises. The report identifies a range of problems in the WFP’s Sudan response, including an inability to scale up its operations, missed funding opportunities and what it describes as “anti-fraud challenges.”
AFP
French government risks falling in no-confidence vote
France's government on Wednesday faces no-confidence votes that could spell the end of the short-lived administration of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, plunging the country into uncharted waters of political chaos.The lifespan of Barnier's government would also be the shortest of any administration of France's Fifth Republic, which began in 1958.
AFP
Seoul stocks sink amid S. Korea drama as Asian markets mixed
South Korean stocks sank Wednesday while the won rebounded from earlier losses after President Yoon Suk Yeol dramatically declared martial law overnight before reversing the decision hours later.The Kospi index ended down more than one percent, having shed as much as 2.3 percent at the open, as traders fretted over the impact of Yoon declaring South Korea's first martial law in more than four decades.
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11 children worked 'dangerous' night shift at Iowa pork plant, investigators say
For the second time, the U.S. Department of Labor has found children working for a sanitation contractor at an Iowa meatpacker.
Reuters
Defendant in shock Italian femicide case sentenced to life
A man who confessed to killing his former girlfriend last year, in a notorious femicide case that shocked Italy and triggered a national debate on violence against women, was on Tuesday found guilty and sentenced to life. The body of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old university student from near Venice, was found dumped near a lake, with multiple stab wounds, in November 2023. Turetta, who had fled by car to Germany, confessed to the murder after his arrest and extradition to Italy.
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The troubled history of martial law, coups and toppled presidents many hoped South Korea had left behind
Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, when the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979 led to a military coup and plunged the country into the iron grip of martial law.
Reuters
Daily life in Seoul ticks on, but in shock, after six hour martial law drama
South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual on Wednesday with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high political drama overnight had spilled into everyday life. The city of 9 million started the day normally with the usual morning rush hour in trains and on the streets after President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted his abortive attempt at banning political activities and censoring news media just before dawn. But many were in shock at such a sudden turn of events, which pushed stocks down and South Korea's currency to multi-year lows during a time of already faltering economic growth.
AFP
Gunman held after failed attack on Sikh leader in India
A gunman who attempted to shoot a Sikh political leader at the faith's holiest shrine in India was arrested Wednesday after the thwarted attack, police said.The assailant entered the Golden Temple in northwestern Amritsar city as a visitor and attempted to shoot Sukhbir Singh Badal, the president of a Sikh political party.
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Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine Vice President Duterte
A group led by left-wing activists filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president on Wednesday over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently barred from holding public office. The impeachment complaint filed by at least 74 activists, including human rights, labor and student leaders, before the House of Representatives reflects the extent of the political hostilities faced by Vice President Sara Duterte. Duterte, a 46-year-old lawyer, is the daughter of also-controversial former President Rodrigo Duterte, who oversaw a bloody anti-drug crackdown while in office.
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Missing Pennsylvania grandmother likely fell into sinkhole while searching for her cat, police say
Rescuers are searching for a missing Pennsylvania grandmother who is believed to have fallen deep into a sinkhole while searching for her cat with her young granddaughter, authorities said.
Associated Press
A history of martial law in South Korea in Associated Press photographs
When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law this week it was the first time a South Korean government took such a drastic measure since it became a fully functioning democracy more than 35 years ago. It was last imposed in 1979 by Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah after the assassination of President Park Chung-hee, a military dictator who had seized power in a 1961 coup.
CNN
Research shows more than 150 million mental diagnoses may be linked to lead in gasoline
Gasoline used to be a common source of lead exposure in the US. Now, millions of people’s mental health may be feeling the impacts.
CBS News
British indie-rock band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint in Vallejo, California
A touring British indie-rock band said they lost personal gear when armed robbery targeted their van while they were getting coffee at a Vallejo Starbucks Tuesday morning on the first day of their U.S. tour.
Reuters
French lawmakers set to vote on ousting Prime Minister Barnier
French lawmakers will vote on Wednesday on no-confidence motions which are all but certain to oust the government, throwing the euro zone's second-biggest economy deeper into a lingering political crisis. Barring a last-minute surprise, the French government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier will be the first to be forced out by a no-confidence vote in more than 60 years, at a time when the country is struggling to tame a massive budget deficit. In a TV interview on Tuesday, Barnier said he still believed his government could survive the vote, scheduled for the evening after a debate that starts at 4:00 p.m. (1500 GMT).
AFP
Taiwan's Lai arrives in Tuvalu to shore up Pacific allies
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday, as part of a trip aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China seeks to poach its few remaining allies.Earlier, he was in the Marshall Islands where President Hilda Heine expressed her government's commitment to "remain a staunch ally" of Taiwan.

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Russia says it's watching 'tragic' situation in South Korea with concern

South Korean lawmakers push to impeach president after martial law decree

Japanese court convicts Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

Relatives hunt for the missing after Guinea stadium crush amid fears official death toll is too low

EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

Exclusive-World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors - internal report

French government risks falling in no-confidence vote

Seoul stocks sink amid S. Korea drama as Asian markets mixed

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Defendant in shock Italian femicide case sentenced to life

The troubled history of martial law, coups and toppled presidents many hoped South Korea had left behind

Daily life in Seoul ticks on, but in shock, after six hour martial law drama

Gunman held after failed attack on Sikh leader in India

Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine Vice President Duterte

Missing Pennsylvania grandmother likely fell into sinkhole while searching for her cat, police say

A history of martial law in South Korea in Associated Press photographs

Research shows more than 150 million mental diagnoses may be linked to lead in gasoline

British indie-rock band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint in Vallejo, California

French lawmakers set to vote on ousting Prime Minister Barnier

Taiwan's Lai arrives in Tuvalu to shore up Pacific allies