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Posts target South Korean judge with doctored Chinese flag picture
As South Korea’s Constitutional Court adjudicates President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, Justice Moon Hyung-bae has become the target of attacks by the country’s ruling party and its supporters over his alleged ties to opposition figures. Pro-Yoon social media posts have gone further by repeatedly sharing a supposed photo of Moon “swearing an oath in front…
Read MoreFall in fertility rate becomes big challenge for provincial France
Colomiers in south-west France is modern, spread out – and not very attractive. Young couples came here from the nearby city of Toulouse to have children because property prices are far cheaper. It grew rapidly and now has a population of 40,000. However, fertility rates have recently declined across France, and Colomiers has seen one…
Read MoreJapan’s December household spending beats expectations
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much faster-than-expected pace. Consumer spending climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday, better than the median market forecast for a 0.5% uptick. On…
Read MorePutin axes Yuri Borisov, head of Russia’s space agency
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Former Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Director General Yuri Borisov in September 2023. . | Credit: MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russia has a new space chief. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Yuri Borisov after 2.5 years…
Read MoreIsraeli soldier jailed for abusing Palestinian detainees from Gaza
An Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to seven months in prison after he admitted to the aggravated abuse of Palestinian detainees from Gaza at the Sde Teiman military detention centre. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the reservist, who it did not name, was convicted over “several incidents in which he punched the…
Read MoreOver 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says
At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, citing officials in the central African nation. After fighters from the M23 rebel group advanced towards the eastern city of Goma the U.N. said inmates at the Muzenze prison…
Read MorePrince Harry Celebrates Another Key Step In His Invictus Games Journey (Exclusive)
Prince Harry‘s Invictus Games is celebrating a new way to help its athletes. As the Duke of Sussex, 40, prepares to head to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the next Invictus Games, one of the newer nations to join the Paralympic-style contest for wounded, injured and sick veterans and armed services members has taken the next step forward.…
Read MoreFirst French Mirage fighter jets arrive in Ukraine
Ukraine has received the first Mirage fighter jets from France, French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Thursday. The Mirages were handed over along with Ukrainian pilots who had been trained on the jets in France, Lecornu posted on X. The Defence Ministry did not disclose exactly how many aircraft were delivered and how many…
Read MoreUgandan rugby international jailed for rape
A Ugandan rugby player who claimed asylum in Wales has been jailed for four and a half years after raping a woman in Cardiff. Cardiff Crown Court heard how Philip Pariyo, 32, became close friends with the woman involved, before he attacked her in a flat in the city in June 2021. Pariyo had repeatedly…
Read MoreGreek rights groups call for criminal charges over deadly 2023 migrant shipwreck
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rights groups are demanding criminal charges be brought against members of Greece’s coast guard over a deadly 2023 migrant shipwreck, after the country’s ombudsman released a report noting “clear indications” that officers had overlooked the danger posed by the boat that sank. The Adriana, a massively overcrowded fishing trawler, had been…
Read MoreGerman corporate bosses urge new tone in bitter immigration debate
Three of Germany’s best-known corporate leaders spoke out on Thursday against what they called growing hostility to immigration in Germany, while also urging a new economic course to revive the country’s sputtering economy. The chief executives of financial giant Deutsche Bank, engineering and manufacturing behemoth Siemens and luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz weighed in ahead of upcoming…
Read MoreGermany’s Baerbock says her Green Party remains united on migration
German Green politician Annalena Baerbock contended that her party remains unified in its asylum policy stance in an interview on Thursday, despite signs of a split over the top Green candidate’s calls for a crackdown on migrants. Robert Habeck, Germany’s vice chancellor and the Greens’ leading candidate for the upcoming February 23 election, unveiled a…
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