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South Korea's first lady has been linked to a number of controversies
South Korean president sorry for controversies surrounding wife
SEOUL — South Korea’s president has apologized for a string of controversies surrounding his wife that included allegedly accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation.Addressing the nation on television, Yoon Suk Yeol said his wife, Kim Keon Hee, should have conducted herself better, but her portrayal had been excessively "demonized", adding that some of the claims against her were "exaggerated”.The president said he would set up an office to oversee the first lady's official duties, but rejected a call for an investigation into her activities.Yoon's apology came as he tries to reverse a dip in his popularity among the South Korean public, linked to the controversies surrounding his wife.Late in 2023, left-wing YouTube channel Voice of Seoul published...
November 08, 2024

South Korean president sorry for controversies surrounding wife

Mount Fuji has again donned its famed snowcap
Snow back on Mount Fuji after longest absence
TOKYO — Japan's Mount Fuji has seen its first snowfall after going through the longest period without snow since records began 130 years ago.Snow fell on Japan's highest peak about a month later than expected, as the country recovers from one of its hottest summers.The news was welcomed, with locals celebrating and sharing photos of the snow-clad peak.Mount Fuji is one of Japan’s most popular tourist attractions and has inspired centuries of artwork.Snow was spotted on Wednesday, 6 November, by the Japan Meteorological Agency’s branch in Shizuoka.As photos of the snowy peak spread on Wednesday, an X user commented, "Oh, I've been waiting for this". Another wrote, "I've never been so excited for the first snowfall this year".“Finally... make-up...
November 07, 2024

Snow back on Mount Fuji after longest absence

Anthony Albanese says his government consulted with parents, social media platforms and experts about the age limit
Australia plans social media ban for under-16s
SYDNEY — Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating the "harm" social media was inflicting on Australian children."This one is for the mums and dads... They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online. I want Australian families to know that the government has your back," he said.While many of the details are yet to be debated, the government said the ban will not apply to young people already on social media.There will be no exemptions on the age limit for children who have consent from their parents. The government says that the onus will be on...
November 07, 2024

Australia plans social media ban for under-16s

Min Aung Hlaing, pictured here on a visit to Moscow in 2019
China welcomes Myanmar's embattled leader on first visit since coup
BEIJING — Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing is on his first visit to China since he ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.The significant losses his regime has suffered in the civil war at the hands of poorly-armed insurgents has raised questions over how long he will remain at the helm.So, the invitation to visit China - an important ally, neighbor and Myanmar's largest trading partner - is significant, although it is not a state visit.It is a long way from a Chinese endorsement of his disastrous handling of the post-coup chaos in Myanmar, but it does suggest that Beijing sees him as an essential part of a solution to the conflict there.Leading a large delegation of officials and business figures, Min Aung Hlaing arrived on Tuesday in...
November 06, 2024

China welcomes Myanmar's embattled leader on first visit since coup

New residents, carrying portraits of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, are welcomed to Demalong village in a ceremony on December 28, 2023
China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border
HONG KONG — High in the mist-shrouded Himalayas, a winding mountain road opens to a clearing in the pine forested valley, revealing rows of uniform Tibetan-style houses, each topped with a Chinese flag.Construction is booming in this remote place. Piles of logs and other building materials line the road. On a nearby hillside, cranes tower over rising housing blocks.“They are building resettlement houses here,” says the Chinese travel vlogger who captured these scenes last year, speaking into his phone on a roadside. “When people live and settle here, it undeniably confirms that this is our country’s territory.”But the village – known as Demalong and formally founded in March last year with a community of 70 families, according to a government notice seen in the footage – is...
November 06, 2024

China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border

The 7,234m Langtang Lirung mountain sits alongside the Tsegro Ri, Kyanjin Ri and Yubra Himal peaks in the Nepalese Himalayas
Top climber falls to death after rare Himalayan feat
KATHMANDU — A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain's perilous eastern face.Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing partner ascended the Lantang Lirung mountain in the Himalayas – the 99th-highest peak in the world.The 34-year-old mountaineer had previously climbed in the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains.His Czech climbing partner Marek Holecek said the pair were returning to base after becoming the first mountaineers to ascend Lantang Lirung via a “terrifying” eastern route.While rappelling a mountain wall, Huserka’s rope snapped and he fell into an ice crevasse, his partner said.He then “hit an angled surface after an 8m...
November 05, 2024

Top climber falls to death after rare Himalayan feat

Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal
Migrants stranded on Diego Garcia offered move to UK
LONDON — Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal.Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have spent more than three years in a makeshift camp on the island, which hosts a secretive UK-US military base, after becoming the first people ever to file asylum claims there.The government has previously opposed bringing the group to the UK and complex legal battles have been fought for years over their fate.In a letter on Monday, government lawyers said that “following further consideration”, the government had proposed a “change of policy”.Under this, “all families, children and those of the unaccompanied males who do not have criminal convictions, outstanding charges or investigations...
November 05, 2024

Migrants stranded on Diego Garcia offered move to UK

Monday's comments are the first time Narendra Modi has spoken about the cooling of relations with Canada
India's Modi condemns violence after Canada temple incident
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticized the "cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats" in a deepening diplomatic row with Canada.Both countries expelled each other's top envoys last month after Canadian officials accused India of being involved in violent acts targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil, something the country denies.Modi's comments came after violence broke out at a Hindu temple in the Canadian city of Brampton on Sunday, which he has called a "deliberate attack"."Such acts of violence will never weaken India’s resolve. We expect the Canadian government to ensure justice and uphold the rule of law," he wrote on X.Local police said three people have so far been arrested and charged over the incident in...
November 05, 2024

India's Modi condemns violence after Canada temple incident

The government of Uttarakhand state has ordered an inquiry into the accident
At least 36 die after bus falls into a gorge in India
NEW DELHI — At least 36 people have died and several have been injured after a bus fell into a gorge in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand.Officials said 44 people were on board when the driver lost control and the bus fell into a 50m-deep ditch in Marchula, located in the state’s Almora district.The state government has ordered an inquiry into the accident.Buses are the main mode of transport in the Himalayan state and accidents are not uncommon.The bus was on its way to the state's Ramnagar district when the accident took place on Monday morning.Photos and videos from the site showed the badly damaged vehicle overturned at the bottom of a hill.Several passengers died on the spot, while those injured were rushed to nearby hospitals. Rescue operations are still under...
November 04, 2024

At least 36 die after bus falls into a gorge in India

Footage shows houses burned and damaged by the rain of rocks
At least 10 dead after volcano erupts in Indonesia
JAKARTA — At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, officials have said.Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted at 23:57 local time, according to the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMG).Hadi Wijaya, a PVMG spokesperson, said fiery lava and rocks had hit the villages about 4km (two miles) from the crater, burning and damaging residents' houses.According to local officials, the eruption has affected seven villages.PVMG said fires had "occurred in residential areas due to the ejection of incandescent material" from the volcano.It has raised the status of the volcano to the highest alert level, warning that a 7km...
November 04, 2024

At least 10 dead after volcano erupts in Indonesia

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