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By Kyu-seok Shim and Brenda Goh SEOUL, May 8 (Reuters) – South Korea’s martial law scandal is set to loom large over local elections in June that will test whether opposition conservatives can rein in the power of the ruling party of President Lee Jae Myung. The June 3 contest for mayors and governors in …
CARACAS, May 7 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government on Thursday confirmed that a detainee whose 82-year-old mother had spent more than a year searching for him had died last July, after a court this week rejected a bid to release him, citing the crimes he allegedly committed. Victor Quero died in July 2025, the government said …
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday due to a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Instructure, the company behind the learning management system Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a …
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar during a January town hall in which the Democratic lawmaker condemned Republican President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the U.S. Justice Department said. “Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, pleaded guilty today to one count of Assaulting a United States Officer …
By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, May 8 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party plans to revamp its propaganda efforts by drafting in social media influencers and artificial intelligence experts while adopting new formats such as podcasts and targeted content, internal documents seen by Reuters show. Building a network of at least 1,000 influencers …
May 7 (Reuters) – Singapore has isolated and is testing two residents who were onboard a cruise ship linked to a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on Thursday. Countries worldwide are tracking passengers on the virus-hit ship to prevent further spread of the hantavirus. Three people – a Dutch couple …
Handguns could be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition. In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless …
By Jasper Ward and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of State has started a review of the more than 50 Mexican consulates operating in the United States, a State Department official said on Thursday. The move, which comes amid tense relations between Mexico and the U.S., could result in the …
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” always was meant to be temporary. His comments came on the same day that The New York Times reported state and federal officials were in early talks about shutting down the facility in the …
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (AP) — Andrea Lee surprised even herself Thursday when she walked off the 18th green at Mountain Ridge with four birdies over her last five holes for a 6-under 66, giving her a one-shot lead over Jeeno Thitikul and Lydia Ko in the Mizuho Americas Open. They were among only nine players …