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South Korea President Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

South Korea President Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis.
Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire

Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire

Police closing in on suspect in UnitedHealth executive's murder

Police closing in on suspect in UnitedHealth executive's murder

Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections

Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections

Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East.
December 8, 2024 | 01:12 am PT
Fire at Chinese construction site kills 9: emergency bureau

Fire at Chinese construction site kills 9: emergency bureau

A fire has killed nine people at a construction site in eastern China, the local emergency management bureau said Sunday.
December 7, 2024 | 07:37 pm PT
South Korea ex-defense chief reportedly arrested as president hangs on

South Korea ex-defense chief reportedly arrested as president hangs on

South Korea's former defense minister was arrested Sunday, local media reported, a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote over his calamitous attempt to impose martial law.
December 7, 2024 | 07:33 pm PT
South Korea president stops short of resigning after martial law fiasco

South Korea president stops short of resigning after martial law fiasco

South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol stopped short of resigning Saturday over his declaration of martial law, with a vote to impeach him hours away and mass street protests planned in Seoul.
December 6, 2024 | 07:36 pm PT
TikTok closer to US ban after losing court appeal

TikTok closer to US ban after losing court appeal

TikTok edged closer to being banned in the United States after it lost an appeal on Friday against a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese parent company by Jan. 19.
December 6, 2024 | 03:56 pm PT
South Korean ruling party says 'dangerous' president must go

South Korean ruling party says 'dangerous' president must go

South Korea's ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol be removed from office after his abortive attempt to impose martial law, warning there was a "significant risk" he could try to subvert civilian rule again.
December 5, 2024 | 07:30 pm PT
Jeff Bezos says he is 'optimistic' about a new Trump term and can help with cutting regulations

Jeff Bezos says he is 'optimistic' about a new Trump term and can help with cutting regulations

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years.
December 5, 2024 | 07:25 pm PT
South Korea president clings to power after martial law U-turn

South Korea president clings to power after martial law U-turn

Lawmakers formally presented the impeachment motion in the early hours of Thursday, saying President Yoon Suk Yeol's decision to impose martial law was intended to 'evade imminent investigations ... into alleged illegal acts involving himself and his family.'
December 4, 2024 | 08:53 pm PT
UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead outside New York hotel

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead outside New York hotel

A masked gunman shot dead a top U.S. health insurance executive outside a New York hotel Wednesday in an apparently targeted hit, before fleeing on a bicycle and triggering a citywide manhunt.
December 4, 2024 | 05:20 pm PT
Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record

Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record

Japan has recorded its warmest autumn since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, delaying the country's popular displays of seasonal foliage into December.
December 4, 2024 | 04:11 am PT
South Korean defense minister offers to resign after martial law turmoil

South Korean defense minister offers to resign after martial law turmoil

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun offered to resign Wednesday over the turmoil caused by the brief imposition of martial law by his close ally President Yoon Suk Yeol.
December 4, 2024 | 04:06 am PT
South Korea president says will lift martial law

South Korea president says will lift martial law

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he would lift martial law, just hours after imposing it in a bid to quell what he called "anti-state forces".
December 3, 2024 | 03:40 pm PT
South Korea parliament rejects president's martial law declaration

South Korea parliament rejects president's martial law declaration

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night, creating the most serious challenge to South Korea's democracy since the 1980s as lawmakers rejected the move in a vote and protesters gathered outside parliament.
December 3, 2024 | 02:42 pm PT
South Korean president Yoon declares martial law

South Korean president Yoon declares martial law

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law, vowing to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and restore order.
December 3, 2024 | 01:00 pm PT
Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame in Paris

Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame in Paris

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was ravaged by a 2019 fire, he said Monday.
December 2, 2024 | 07:05 pm PT
US screened record 3.08 million airline passengers on Sunday, agency says

US screened record 3.08 million airline passengers on Sunday, agency says

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 3.08 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest number ever on a single day.
December 2, 2024 | 03:53 pm PT
Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges

Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.
December 1, 2024 | 07:33 pm PT
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