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Police investigate a car in which the body of actor Lee Sun-kyun was found at a park in central Seoul. South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun arriving at a police station in Incheon for his police questioning over his alleged use of marijuana and other psychoactive drugs earlier this week. An …

NEW YORK — The Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria, has severed ties with Harvard University “in solidarity with the Jewish student community,” according to a statement from the institution. “Since 2014, Lauder Business School has proudly been an affiliate of Professor Michael Porter’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness Network at Harvard …

Sudanese army soldiers, loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, sit atop a tank in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, on April 20, 2023. – | Afp | Getty Images The U.N. estimated in October that over 114 million people were displaced by war and conflict worldwide. That …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (third from left) attends a meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to discuss migration, in Mexico City on Wednesday. (Reuters) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the US Congress should focus …

JAKARTA — The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has appealed for action in the wake of a mob attack against refugees in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Wednesday. Hundreds of young people stormed a building basement where scores of Rohingya refugees were sheltered, according to media reports. The Rohingya are a mainly …

Party speech suggests record year of weapons testing will continue into 2024 in defiance of international sanctions. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military, including its nuclear programme, to “accelerate” war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the United States. Speaking at an …

Austrian engineer Gaston Glock at an event in Velden, Carinthia, Austria. (AFP) A woman points at a Glock handgun during the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, Texas. (Reuters) Austrian engineer Gaston Glock, whose eponymous Glock pistol achieved global cult status, died on Wednesday, according to the company.“In …

GAZA — Aid missions to supply Gaza have become increasingly difficult amid reports of continued heavy bombing of the Strip overnight by the Israeli military and intense clashes “in most areas” with Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday. Locations in the north and south of the enclave were hit …

27 December 2023, 11:57 GMT Updated 16 minutes ago Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the 2024 spring Budget on 6 March, the Treasury has said. It will include the government’s tax and spending plans as well as new growth and borrowing forecasts. It could be the last chance for the …

Samsung has launched “Galaxy Book 3 Go” featuring the Windows 11 operating system and 5G connectivity. It is a successor to the Galaxy Book 2 Go, which was launched last year, and has the same Snapdragon processor that powers the newer model. The laptop is designed for students and as …