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Flood Damage: Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea flood death toll rises to 39, Yoon blames botched responses | World News
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential…
Oscar: Hollywood strikes to take glitz off film fests, kill movies’ Oscar buzz
With summer movie season at its midpoint, Hollywood typically begins to turn its gaze toward the fall, when a trio of major film festivals acts…
9 bodies pulled from a flooded road tunnel in South Korea as rains cause flash floods and landslides
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean rescuers on Sunday pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as…
Putin: Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient’ cluster munitions for tit-for-tat
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had enough cluster munition to answer if Ukraine was to use the weapons, in an interview published…
Singapore’s widening corruption probe: What you need to know
Singapore was rocked by news this week that a cabinet minister and a property tycoon were arrested in one of the most serious graft cases…
Mexican Journalist: Mexican journalist Nelson Matus shot to death in Acapulco
MEXICO CITY: A Mexican journalist was shot to death in a store parking lot on Saturday in the southern tourist town of Acapulco, regional authorities…
Heavy rains, flooding leave 33 dead in South Korea
SEOUL: Rescuers battled to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel Sunday in South Korea, where at least 33 people have died and 10 are…
James Webb Space Telescope: A rocket alternative to SpaceX inches toward its first launch
Building a rocket is difficult. Preparing a new rocket for its first flight is even more difficult. That has proved true for the Vulcan, a…
At least 31 killed by heavy rains in South Korea; rescuers hunt for missing people
SEOUL: Five bodies of people who were trapped under a tunnel submerged by heavy rains in central South Korea were pulled out on Sunday, firefighting…
Singapore minister held in rare top-level graft probe
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s transport minister has been arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption probe that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon, the country’s…