South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, four months after he declared martial law, sending the East Asian country into turmoil. The court issued its verdict more than three months after the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him. SOUTH KOREAN PM HAN DUCK-SOO REINSTATED AS ACTING PRESIDENT AFTER IMPEACHMENT OVERTURNED South Korea must hold a national election within two months to find a new president. Yoon’s short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3 lasted only six hours before the liberal opposition-controlled legislature quickly voted it down. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Read…
Right before a match against a transgender opponent, fencer Stephanie Turner took a knee and forefeited her match.Ahead of a bout at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland over the weekend, Turner, 31, decided not to compete against trans athlete Redmond Sullivan.It was a move Riley Gaines supported, calling Turner…
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The family of tycoon Husodo Angkosubroto and their partners sold their entire 89.9% stake in Yupi Indo Jelly Gum to Hong Kong-based private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners for 18.4 trillion rupiah ($1.1 billion). The Angkosubroto family—among the wealthiest clans in Indonesia—and its partners are exiting Yupi Indo, one of…
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A German bodybuilder who starred in the Netflix series “Dogs of Berlin” died this week after reportedly having a heart attack while on the treadmill.Vittorio “Vito” Pirbazari’s death was announced by his friend, Said Ibrahim, in an Instagram post.Pirbazari had recently recovered from a torn pectoral muscle. An Instagram page…
The Dallas Cowboys acquired quarterback Joe Milton from the New England Patriots in a trade on Thursday, per numerous reports. The Patriots traded Milton and a seventh-round pick in exchange for the Cowboys’ fifth-round compensatory pick, per ESPN.Milton, 25, started one game for the Patriots last season after being selected by…
Officials in Costa Rica have confirmed the official cause of death of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner who died under mysterious circumstances on March 21 while on a family vacation. The initial investigation in the days that followed Miller’s tragic passing focused on asphyxiation,…
FIRST ON FOX: The 2027 Military World Games will be played in Charlotte, North Carolina, marking the first time the event has ever been hosted in the United States.The last Military World Games took place in Wuhan, China, in October 2019, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted from that…
British tennis player Francesca Jones was taken off the court in a wheelchair on Tuesday after she collapsed on the ground mid-match at the Copa Colsanitas tournament in Colombia. The terrifying scene unfolded in the third set of her Round of 32 match. Jones, 24, was preparing to serve against her…
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They’re like “do not disturb” signs for people. Most people have been approached or hit on at the bar by garrulous boozehounds who just can’t take a hint. Fortunately, an enterprising duo in Japan has created special wristbands that allow other pub-goers to tell if they’re craving conversation or just…
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FIRST ON FOX: A key House Republican lawmaker is moving to bring more manufacturing back to the U.S. after President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tax penalties on imports.Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, policy chair of the House Freedom Caucus, introduced a bill Thursday aimed at providing tax incentives to companies that…
A Virginia family in Washington, D.C., got an image for the ages when former President Barack Obama accidentally photobombed a shot of their two children next to the area’s treasured cherry blossom trees, prompting the former commander-in-chief to apologize on social media. Obama was seen accidentally strolling into the background of…
A Democrat-led resolution undoing President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada advanced past the Senate on Wednesday after multiple Republicans joined their counterparts in support of it. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky supported the resolution, bucking the president to…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., sparred during a hearing on federal judges’ nationwide orders against the Trump administration, and the Democrat dismissed her colleague’s claims of “lawfare.””Understand this is the second phase of lawfare,” Cruz said during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing, “Rule by District Judges…
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The first twenty-five years of 21st-century cinema have largely been dominated at the box office by comic book movies. While superheroes overshadow almost everything else that comes out of the comic book medium, Frank Miller’s Sin City is a rare example of a non-superhero title breaking into the mainstream. Miller made his mark in the comic book industry with his seminal runs on Marvel’s Daredevil and his transformative take on DC’s Batman in The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One. By 1991, Miller began telling his own stories in Sin City, a black-and-white crime noir comic book that attracted…
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An Illinois bill that could drastically change homeschooling rules in the state would create “a pipeline to the criminal justice system for parents,” a state Democratic lawmaker warned Thursday. Rep. La Shawn Ford, who represents a district that includes parts of Chicago, made the remark as parents, students and opponents of…
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