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SEOUL, June 12 (Reuters) – A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to a 30-year jail term in a case alleging he ordered military drones sent over Pyongyang to help create a pretext for his failed 2024 martial law declaration, Yonhap news agency reported. (Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing …
MEXICO CITY, June 11 (Reuters) – Hundreds of relatives with loved ones among Mexico’s near-135,000 missing people marched in Mexico City on Thursday, using the inauguration of the FIFA World Cup to rally support and call out what they described as a lack of government action. Protesters from grassroots organizations known as “madres buscadoras” (mothers who …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of assaulting a federal officer during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday. Under a plea deal, Robert Jacob Hoopes had pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault of a federal employee with …
June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday filed an appeal of a court order that required Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center and blocked the Republican leader’s bid to close the Washington performing arts venue for a two-year renovation. The appeal to the Washington-based U.S. Court of Appeals for …
Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights and resulted in at least one death, with new tornadoes touching down late Thursday in communities outside Chicago. Approximately 11 cities across Illinois and Wisconsin reported tornadoes as of Thursday evening, according to CBS …
BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest child of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died at 47, the royal palace said on Friday, after multiple health problems and nearly four years in a coma. The princess was hospitalised in December 2022 after a sudden loss of consciousness caused by a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday. The board voted on Thursday to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May …
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the state’s August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher in a letter to challenger Dan Sullivan said her office had received two complaints …
June 11 (Reuters) – Two Guatemalan nationals pleaded guilty in a Texas federal court on Thursday to human smuggling charges stemming from the December 2021 crash of a tractor-trailer in Mexico that killed 55 of the 160-plus migrants packed inside. Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, 43, and Alberto Marcario Chitic, 32, who were extradited to …
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said. She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three years ago, according to the statement …