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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for his brief …
Read More »Wife of former South Korean president sentenced to 20 months for bribery
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday to one year and eight months in jail …
Read More »European Union, South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free-trade agreement
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark …
Read More »Former South Korea leader handed 5-year jail term for charges related to martial law
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in …
Read More »Storm surge threat, higher tides trigger coastal flooding alert for B.C.’s South Coast
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A coastal flooding alert is in place this weekend for B.C.’s South Coast, including Metro Vancouver …
Read More »2nd death confirmed after REM train collision on Montreal’s South Shore
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Provincial police confirmed a second death Sunday after three people were hit by a REM train on Montreal’s South Shore in the early hours of Saturday. Longueuil …
Read More »White South Africans to the front of the line as Trump slashes refugee limit
President Donald Trump is slashing the number of refugees allowed into the United States, and people fleeing war-torn countries, human rights abuses and catastrophes will now be of lower priority than white people from South Africa. The Trump administration is cutting the number of refugee places to as few as …
Read More »North Korea says it test-fired cruise-missiles hours ahead of Trump’s arrival in South Korea
North Korea said Wednesday it fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to South Korea for a regional summit. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described Tuesday’s tests as a success, saying the …
Read More »U.S. sending aircraft carrier to South America amid Trump’s anti-cartel campaign
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in recent days against boats it accuses of carrying drugs. Defence Secretary Pete …
Read More »U.S. sending survivors of strike on alleged ‘drug-carrying submarine’ back to South America, Trump says
The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday. The military rescued the pair after striking a submersible vessel Thursday, in what was at least the sixth …
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