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HANOI, April 16 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s president To Lam is set to meet his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung in Hanoi next week, five people familiar with the matter said. Lee’s visit would be the first by a foreign leader to Vietnam since Lam was elected president last week, a move that allows him to …
MIAMI (AP) — Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball should have been ejected for an uncalled flagrant foul when he reached out and tugged on the ankle of Miami’s Bam Adebayo, causing a back injury that forced Adebayo out of a play-in tournament game, the NBA said Wednesday. The league said Ball made “unnecessary and reckless contact” with …
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday signed into law constitutional reforms to permit life prison sentences for people as young as 12, a contentious reform that follows other heavy-handed measures pushed through by the populist leader. The change was passed last month by the Legislative Assembly, which is controlled by Bukele’s …
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday it conducted a strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that killed 3 people. The U.S. Southern Command alleged that the vessel was operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” that it did not identify. It added that no U.S. military forces were harmed and …
April 16 (Reuters) – Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with missiles early on Thursday, killing a 12-year-old child, injuring several people, including emergency crew members, and damaging buildings, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. “As a result of the enemy attack, a 12-year-old child has been killed,” Klitschko wrote on Telegram. “At the moment, 10 …
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard asked the Justice Department to investigate two former government officials who played a central role in President Trump’s first impeachment inquiry. A spokesperson for Gabbard’s office confirmed that she drafted criminal referrals for a whistleblower and a former intelligence community watchdog, but did not detail what specific crimes are …
BANGKOK (AP) — Have you “become Chinese”? In recent months, 20-somethings around the world have taken over social media with posts enthusing about how they’re embracing Chinese ways of life. Videos proclaiming users are “Chinamaxxing,” or “in a very Chinese time of their lives” — namely by drinking hot water with boiled goji berries, eating …
April 15 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over climate change, citing a “longstanding” policy against federal intervention in state court processes. The dismissal by U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor in Honolulu marks the second time in …
April 15 (Reuters) – Sam Altman is seeking the dismissal of punitive damages claims in his sister’s civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI co-founder and chief executive of repeated sexual abuse more than two decades ago, an accusation he denies. In a Wednesday night filing in St. Louis federal court, Sam Altman said Missouri’s child sexual abuse …
Emeshyon Wilkins was, in his mother’s words, “goofy,” a teenager who loved to make people laugh and whose smile could soften even the toughest moments. He liked math, was good with numbers and talked about working, saving money and building a life after high school. “We kind of grew up together,” his mother, Shaina Wilkins, …