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South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years for charges including resisting arrest
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.The conviction for obstruction of justice and other charges comes on top of a life sentence he has already received on rebellion charges stemming from his baffling authoritarian push, which triggered the most serious crisis for the country’s democracy in decades.
Judge Yoon Sung-sik of the Seoul High Court said... Read More
Asian stocks mostly gain and oil rises after the UAE says it will exit OPEC
HONG KONG (AP) — Stocks mostly advanced in Asia on Wednesday despite losses on Wall Street, while oil prices gained on uncertainties over when the war in Iran will end and after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the powerful oil cartel.U.S. futures edged higher.
Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday.
Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.8% to 6,690.90 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 1.5% to 26,050.90. The Shanghai Composite index traded 0.7% higher at 4,107.51.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped... Read More
Anonymous tip system started in wake of Sandy Hook shooting has fielded nearly 400,000 reports
HANOVER, Mass. (AP) — Less than two years after her 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley was in an Ohio church basement teaching the first class of a program she hoped would help prevent future school shootings.The program, born in the grief of one of the nation’s worst mass shootings, teaches students how to identify warning signs among their peers and urges them to report any red flags to an anonymous tip system or a trusted adult to head off any violence.
Since that first class in a Columbus church, the program,... Read More
EU says Meta is failing to keep underage users off Facebook and Instagram
LONDON (AP) — The European Union accused Meta on Wednesday of failing to stop underage users from accessing Facebook and Instagram, in violation of the bloc's tough digital rules that require social media sites to protect minors.The EU's executive branch said Meta Platforms lacked effective measures to prevent children younger than 13 from signing up, and that it was not doing enough to identify and remove children after they had opened accounts.
Meta's own minimum age to open an account on Facebook or Instagram is 13.
The problem is not just that children... Read More
Russia to hold Victory Day parade without military equipment for 1st time since invading Ukraine
Russia's traditional parade marking the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II will take place without military equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement late Tuesday.It will be the first time since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that no military equipment will rumble through Moscow's Red Square on May 9, the day Russia celebrates its most important secular holiday and showcases its military might.
The ministry statement cited the “current operational situation” as a reason for excluding a... Read More
Top Stories
- South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years for charges including resisting arrest
- Asian stocks mostly gain and oil rises after the UAE says it will exit OPEC
- Hegseth will be grilled by Congress for the first time since the Iran war began
- Supreme Court to weigh Trump administration push to end protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla visiting 9/11 Memorial and other NYC landmarks as part of US trip
- Fed likely to leave rates unchanged at what may be Powell's last meeting, as Warsh to advance
- King Charles III highlights US-UK bond during busy day of diplomacy with Trump and Congress
- United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel
- Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to 'disrupt deportation missions'
- Spurned by Alex Cora, Phillies turn to Don Mattingly in the interim after Rob Thomson is fired
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