A former paddleboard firm owner's "brazen" failed bid to shorten her prison sentence after causing the deaths of four people caused further pain for those already grieving, the families of two of her victims have said.
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik on Tuesday pledged a swift parliamentary response to an unprecedented shortage of ballot papers that disrupted voting in parts of Seoul during last week's local elections.
For the past two years, the origin of little handmade gifts which have turned up in various locations in a village has been a source of complete mystery for those who live there.
An expert report into abuse at a council children's home concluded that any child placed there was "likely to suffer significant harm", a BBC investigation can reveal.
Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, chair of the main opposition People Power Party, said Tuesday that his party would work to float a special bill for a redo election to swiftly take place following nationwide ballot fiascos in local elections held June 3.
The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) says it is "in contact" with West Ham and will use its statutory powers to seek "urgent information" from co-owner David Sullivan "relating to his suitability" under its Owners, Directors and Senior Executives regime, after allegations against him.
Students at major universities are set to launch a joint action criticizing management failures during the June 3 local elections that sparked calls for a do-over in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and other areas across the country.
James Settelmeyer, a Republican candidate for Congress in Nevada’s 2nd district, speaks to attendees of a Nevada Builders Alliance event in Washoe Valley, Nev., Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt gets shown around the neighborhood by Maggie Quiroz during a campaign event Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)
Neymar is recovering well from the calf injury that has cast doubt on his availability for the start of Brazil‘s World Cup campaign, the team said Monday.
PLC Resources is looking to keep the exploration momentum rolling at the company’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, launching a high-resolution airborne geophysical survey while market watchers wait for results from the first drilling campaign at its project.
MORRISTOWN, United States — Neymar is "recovering well" from the calf injury that has made him a doubt for the start of Brazil's World Cup campaign, the team said in a statement on Monday.
The US has added several major firms from China including technology giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD to a list of companies said to have ties with the Chinese military.
US President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Israel during a tense phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reported on Monday.
Protesters continued to rally outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul for the fifth day Tuesday, demanding a re-run of last week's local elections over ballot shortages at some polling stations.
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Protesters continued to rally outside a vote-counting facility in Seoul for the fifth day Tuesday, demanding a re-run of last week's local elections over ballot shortages at some polling stations.
BRUSSELS — Marieke Ehlers has one of the most important jobs in Europe’s far right: Turning a movement built on opposing Brussels into one capable of shaping its laws.
Premier Jacinta Allan has stared down anonymous detractors raising speculations about her leadership, dismissing them as “navel gazers” and declaring herself “all in” as Victoria heads towards an uncertain state election stalked by the rise of One Nation.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been suspended from his duties, the tribunal’s governing body said, following a probe into sexual misconduct allegations.
In this image provided by Karen Dillman, Alaska Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, one of the challengers to the incumbent senator, also named Dan Sullivan, poses for a photo on a hike, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on Kupreanof Island, near Petersburg, Alaska. (Karen Dillman via AP)
Reality star Spencer Pratt has lost the race for Los Angeles mayor, with progressive city council member Nithya Raman advancing to face incumbent Karen Bass in November, US media outlets project.
Israel's tit-for-tat strikes with Iran over the weekend, despite US President Donald Trump's call for Netanyahu to hold fire, threatened to thrust the Middle East back into another round of direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
Global spending on nuclear weapons reached a record $119 billion last year, according to a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Ukraine's sustained campaign of drone attacks on Russian-occupied territories is disrupting Moscow's supply lines and intensifying a fuel crisis already triggered by long-range strikes on Russia's oil refineries.
It's 07:25 am, 13 October 2024, at Starbase, near Boca Chica on the Texas side of the US/Mexico border, and on the launch pad stands the biggest rocket ever made. Its engines fire and it climbs into the skies over the Gulf of Mexico to cheers and screams in the SpaceX control room.
I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.
Learner drivers are now only able to swap their test to the three centres nearest to their original booking location in a bid to cut down waiting times.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people's homes are being taken over by criminals every week in the UK, usually to store and deal drugs, police chiefs have told the BBC.
Rules requiring public bodies such as schools and hospitals to promote equality when making decisions should be scrapped, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will say in a speech on Tuesday.