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A Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago is returned from South Korea | World News

[ad_1] A Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago is returned from South Korea (Photo: AP) A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a years long legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ownership that had […]

White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan | World News

[ad_1] White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan (Photo: AP) The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a program initiated by US President Donald Trump departed from Johannesburg on Sunday.A reporter for news agency Reuters described seeing a queue of white citizens with airport trolleys full of luggage waiting to […]

South Korea ex-president Yoon in court again for criminal trial

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court Monday for another hearing in his criminal trial after filing past waiting journalists, as he defends himself against insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law.Yoon was formally stripped of office last month after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his December […]

Sudan says may halt South Sudan oil exports after RSF attacks

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Sudan’s army-aligned government has told energy firms to prepare to stop handling crude oil from South Sudan, which relies on its neighbour for exports, after attacks on key facilities, according to a letter seen by AFP.In the letter dated Friday, the Sudanese energy and petroleum ministry informed its South Sudanese counterpart […]

Multilingual actor Sundeep Kishan on turning a year older, “I’m a very ambitious person, so I’m never completely peaceful” : Bollywood News

[ad_1] Telugu star Sundeep Kishan turned a year older on May 7. He has acted in films of various languages. He spoke about his birthday and looked back at his career in an interview with us. Multilingual actor Sundeep Kishan on turning a year older, “I’m a very ambitious person, so I’m never completely peaceful” […]

Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?

[ad_1] Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine‘s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine‘s Southern accent. Even though they too grew up in Atlanta, Levine’s […]

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

[ad_1] This photo shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, SC, including the electric chair and a firing squad chair (Image: AP) A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, meant […]

Climate Change Intensifies Deadly Rainfall and Flooding in the US South and Midwest | World News

[ad_1] Two churches, one Catholic and one Baptist are flooded by the Kentucky River (Image: AP) Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists. The […]

South Korea says North Korea has fired several missiles towards its eastern waters

[ad_1] SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday fired several ballistic missilestowards its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons fired from an area around the eastern port city of Wonsan were presumed to be […]

South African party launches legal challenge to new labour equity laws

[ad_1] Workers advertise their skills looking for work outside a hardware store in a Johannesburg suburb (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s second biggest political party launched a legal challenge Tuesday against a new labour law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries, arguing it is unconstitutional, discriminatory and […]