South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980. Chung, chairman of Shinsegae Group, which owns a 67.5% stake in...
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Philippine Bishop And Ex-ICC Judge Lead New Inquiry Into Thousands Of Duterte-Era Killings
A group led by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines launched a fact-finding body Wednesday to document accounts of witnesses and other details of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs crackdown that the government can use to prosecute law enforcers. Duterte, who ended his stormy six-year presidency in 2022, was arrested last year and taken...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns After Interfering With An Investigation, Mayor Says
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who was hired to oversee reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, chose to resign rather than face disciplinary action for interfering with an investigation into his conduct, Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday. O’Hara, who led local police during the recent federal immigration crackdown in the city, was under...
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Iran Condemns US Strikes As A Show Of ‘Bad Faith’ And Begins Restoring Internet After Long Shutdown
Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war, and the Islamic Republic began restoring internet access after one of the longest nationwide shutdowns ever. The U.S. military characterized Monday’s strikes in southern Iran as...
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Exceptionally Early Heat Wave Shatters Records And Brings Deaths In Europe
The United Kingdom smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday as a spring heat wave scorches parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down. A temperature of 35.1 degrees Celsius (95.2...
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China Executes Man For Poisoning Gaming Tycoon Linked To Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Chinese authorities have executed a man convicted of using poison to kill a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix adaptation of “The Three-Body Problem” over a professional dispute, local media reported Tuesday. Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the Shanghai-based Yoozoo Games, which holds the film adaptation rights...
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Chief Of Communications Intel Agency Says Russia Is Relentlessly Targeting UK
Britain and its allies risk losing a conflict in cyberspace against adversaries such as Russia unless citizens, corporations and governments treat cybersecurity with much greater urgency, a U.K. spy chief is warning. Anne Keast-Butler, director of the communications intelligence agency GCHQ, will warn Wednesday that Moscow is “relentlessly targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains...
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Australian Police Plan To Form A Heavily Armed Team In Response To Bondi Beach Massacre
An Australian state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since gunmen killed 15 people and wounded three police officers armed only with handguns at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December, a government inquiry heard Wednesday. Testifying before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, which is investigating the...
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Leonardo Spinazzola Close to Signing New Two-Year Contract at Napoli
Leonardo Spinazzola is close to agreeing a new two-year contract extension with SSC Napoli, with the deal expected to be finalised soon. An agreement is understood to be nearly complete, with only formal steps remaining before the contract is officially signed, pending final approval under the club’s new managerial structure. Spinazzola has made 66 appearances...