When Yoon Suk Yeol was running for president, he had the word “king” written on his palm. South Koreans dismissed — and ridiculed — it as a shamanistic ritual that reflected his desire for top government office.But after his inauguration in May 2022, it didn’t take long for them to see an authoritarian streak in Mr. Yoon.On short notice, he moved the presidential office from the graceful Blue House to a drab military building. When he turned 63 in December 2023, his security team sang songs honoring him as “a president sent from Heaven” and describing his “845,280 minutes” in…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country’s transitional government had refused to accept in a “timely manner” citizens who were being deported by the Trump administration.Mr. Rubio also said in a social media post that he would “restrict any further issuance to prevent entry” of South Sudanese, blaming the “failure of South Sudan’s transitional government” to accept the repatriations. In a statement issued through the State Department, Mr. Rubio said, “we will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full…
The Israeli military on Saturday acknowledged that the initial accounts from troops involved in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza — who the United Nations said were paramedics and rescue workers — had been partially “mistaken.”The assessment, which was shared in a briefing with reporters by an Israeli military official, came the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict the military’s earlier version of events. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under army rules.The Israeli military official said the internal investigation of the attack, which has drawn international…
The Trump administration this week levied sweeping tariffs across the globe, provoking retaliation from other countries and sending the stock market tumbling. An unexpected consequence? Penguin memes.Images of the flightless birds have waddled their way across the internet this week after President Trump imposed tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica that are home to many penguins but no people.One meme featured an altered photo of the explosive February White House meeting in which Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance publicly clashed with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Instead of a fiery confrontation with the…
Chinese automaker BYD is rapidly seizing the title of the world’s leading name in electric vehicles.It passed Tesla in global revenues in 2024 — though it sold slightly fewer EVs. Including hybrids, BYD’s volume is about twice that of its American rival.Shares are up more than 40% since the beginning of 2025. Tesla’s have declined by roughly the same amount in the same period.But perhaps more importantly, BYD has over the past several years released a slew of new technologies and features that are shifting its reputation from low-cost manufacturer to innovator.”When Western automakers talk about an existential threat coming…
Britain’s governing Labour Party on Saturday said it had suspended Dan Norris, one of its lawmakers in Parliament, after he was arrested by the police.Mr. Morris “was immediately suspended by the Labour Party upon being informed of his arrest,” the party said in a statement, adding that it “cannot comment further while the police investigation is ongoing.”The party did not specify why Mr. Norris, 65, had been arrested, and he did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday. In Britain, the police typically do not disclose the name of suspects unless they are charged. The BBC said…
Visitors take pictures by a sign posted in front of Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 29, 2025.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesMeta on Saturday released the first models from its latest open-source artificial intelligence software Llama 4, as the company scrambles to lead the race to invest in generative AI. But the Facebook owner said it has not yet released the biggest and most powerful Llama 4 model, which outperforms other AI models in its class and serves as “a teacher for our new models.” That so-called Llama 4 Behemoth model is still in training, according to the company’s…
Containers are pictured at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonKim Kyung-hoon | ReutersU.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week.The initial 10% “baseline” tariff took effect at U.S. seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT), ushering in Trump’s full rejection of the post-World War Two system of mutually agreed tariff rates.”This is the single biggest trade action of our lifetime,” said Kelly Ann Shaw, a…
Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in the team’s home opener.Beyond the opening day festivities, however, it was a week of particularly bad news for Windsor, my hometown.President Trump finally announced a raft of global tariffs on Wednesday, including a new 25 percent tariff on cars assembled outside the United States. Its effect on Windsor was unexpectedly immediate. Hours before the tariff went into effect, Stellantis, the…
Vehicles make their way through a flooded road in Casey county, Kentucky, U.S., April 3, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from social media.X@marindavannoy1 | X@marindavannoy1 Via ReutersA week of powerful storms that swept through the South and Midwest, killing at least nine people, is still wreaking significant havoc in the region this weekend.The weather-related death toll includes a man who was killed by flood waters in Nelson County, Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear reported Saturday morning.Severe weather, including a “life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic” flash flooding event will continue to impact the lower Ohio Valley through to the Ark-La-Tex region (where Arkansas, Louisiana and…
