South Korea: Why is President Lee urging new term limits?

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (Image credits: AP) Less than four months after being elected, South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung has announced an ambitious campaign to reform the constitution in way which would allow future presidents to serve two consecutive four-year terms instead of stepping down after a single five-year stint.The initiative is at the […]

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‘Indians signing petition’: Major backlash for plea urging fair punishment for truck driver Harjinder Singh as it gets over 1.3 million signatures

US influencers slam Indians for signing the petition for truck driver Harjinder Singh. Days after a petition was started on Change.org with an appeal to the administration to consider reducing Harjinder Singh’s punishment in the vehicular homicide case in Florida, it got over 13,60,400 signatures, and the Indian community came under attack. Social media commentators […]

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‘Stop the Gaza War!’: Over 550 Israeli ex-officials write to US urging ceasefire; want Donald Trump to press Netanyahu

File photo: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Picture credit: AP) Over 550 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of Mossad, Shin Bet, and the military, have written an open letter to US President Donald Trump, urging him to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Gaza war and […]

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