Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people, most ever in a day

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US…

‘Alarming’ US mystery drones: Officials confounded, locals scared

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

EDGEWATER, United States — A rash of unexplained drone sightings in the skies above New Jersey has left locals rattled and sent US officials scrambling for answers. Breathless local news reports have amplified the anxious sky-gazing and…

Time Magazine names Donald Trump person of the year for 2nd time

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

NEW YORK, United States — Time Magazine on Thursday named US President-elect Donald Trump its “person of the year,” marking the second time he has won the accolade, in acknowledgement of the mogul’s stunning political comeback. Trump,…

4 foreigners, 3 Thais arrested for making sex videos

The Nation/Asia News Network 12/12/2024

BANGKOK – The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) has arrested four foreigners and three Thais for making video clips of sex acts to distribute on online networks. The ATPD, which is under the Central Investigation Bureau, had learned…

Warnings issued after Thai singer dies in neck-twisting massage

The Nation/Asia News Network 12/11/2024

According to a Nation TV report, a singer identified as Phing Chyada described her symptoms since receiving the massage, which included neck twisting, in November as getting progressively worse. Chyada underwent the massage to relieve her shoulder pain.…

Ghost gun likely used in killing CEO in New York – police

Associated Press 12/10/2024

WASHINGTON — The brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was likely carried out with a ghost gun, one of the nearly untraceable weapons that can be made a home, police said Monday. A ghost gun is a firearm…

New York CEO shooting: Suspect arrested after hunt for killer

Agence France Presse 12/10/2024

NEW YORK, United States — A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday over the targeted killing of a health insurance executive on the streets of New York, with police crediting a McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania who spotted a…

South Korean president banned from leaving country

Agence France Presse 12/09/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial…

Syria’s Assad: What led to his fall?

Agence France Presse 12/09/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian rebels have toppled President Bashar al-Assad after a lightning offensive which in under two weeks has seen major cities slip from government’s fingers, culminating in rebels capturing the capital Damascus on Sunday. Aron…

Syria rebels’ lightning offensive: 11 days to the fall of Damascus

Agence France Presse 12/09/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Islamist-led rebels on Sunday declared the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria, saying they have toppled him as they swept into Damascus and sent him fleeing. The rebels’ rapid advance in the…

Notre Dame reopens after five-year refit

Agence France Presse 12/08/2024

France celebrated the re-opening of the newly restored Notre Dame cathedral on Saturday at a special church service that featured a standing ovation for the firefighters who saved the 12th-century landmark during a 2019 blaze. A two-hour…

FBI offers $50,000 reward for information on gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Associated Press 12/08/2024

The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said. But he left something behind:…

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