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South Korea's Lee calls for greater police accountability after Jeju missing-person cases

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for greater police accountability after public outrage over the handling of a series of missing-person cases on Jeju island, as reforms are set to give the force a bigger role in criminal investigations."Police are likely to wield the greatest power among state institutions," Lee told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, adding that the public questioned whether the force could bear the responsibility. "Responsibility must be strengthened in proportion to the size of the authority.”Four people reported missing on Jeju were found dead over three days thro

Mamdani opposes NYC event with leader of India's Hindu nationalist group

Asian stocks hesitant before Nvidia, oil slips on Hormuz hopes

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Three takeaways from Tuesday's South Carolina Republican Senate primary

South Carolina Republicans on Tuesday nominated Darline Graham to run in November's general election for her late brother's U.S. Senate seat, as she defeated Representative Ralph Norman in a primary runoff.Here are some takeaways from the result:TRUMP ENDORSEMENT PAID OFFPresident Donald Trump didn't just endorse Graham – sharing a stage with her in South Carolina on Friday, he declared that he too was "on the ballot."A day before the primary runoff, he appeared to hedge his bets: For "a few" of the candidates he endorsed it was "almost impossible for them to win," he posted on Truth Social

China flexes its auto-safety chops with huge recall of Tesla, other cars

Taiwan foreign minister to attend Pacific islands leaders summit events

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Asian shares mostly rise as oil prices fall and hope grows for AI

Asian shares mostly rose in early Wednesday trading, as investors kept an eye on the ongoing talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely shut down because of the war in Iran. The global interest in artificial intelligence continued to boost some regional issues, while declining oil prices helped gear up optimism in oil-importing nations like Japan. Resource-poor Japan imports virtually all its oil. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% in morning trading to 66,227.55. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.2% to 9,142.60. South Korea's Kospi j

Dollar moves in a narrow range ahead of inflation data, Jackson Hole

Trump gets a much-needed South Carolina win and other takeaways from Tuesday’s elections

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Deloitte to pay $21.5 million to settle US government probe over DEI

Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe over diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which President Donald Trump's administration has cracked down on during his second term in office.The settlement marks a resolution reached through the DOJ's unit formed last year called the "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative" to crack down ⁠on DEI policies using a civil anti-fraud law.The Trump administration has targeted public and private organizations, from government agencies to universities, over DEI practices that civil rights advocates

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Dolly Parton was the one person who could unite a deeply divided country

At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind.Her style was adopted by the LGBTQ community and is celebrated in drag shows.She starred in a feminist comedy and became an icon for feminists, but didn’t use that word to describe herself. She preferred “woman in business.”She laughed about her plastic surgery and said the joke was on the public.She talked about her deep faith and lent her name to a wholesome family-friendly theme park in her home st

Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if renovations aren’t allowed

Sen. Darline Graham wins GOP primary runoff to replace her late brother in US Senate

A Montana man killed 8 relatives, including 4 kids, at Sunday dinner, family says

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside Billings, Montana, weeks after his parents asked him to move out, a family member told The Associated Press. Brad Ireland, whose former wife and two children were among the dead, identified the shooter as 44-year-old Alan Smith. Smith's parents, who were also killed, had asked him to move out, but he returned on Sunday and opened fire, Ireland said. The victims represented four generations of the blended family, ranging from a great-grandmother in her

Falling oil prices help calm the stock and bond markets

Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and edged a bit closer to its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 160 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.7%. Some of the strongest action was in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude fell 3.6% to $87.27 for a second decline following 13 gains in 14 days. The drop came even though tensions between the United States and Iran seemed to ratchet higher after t

Dolly Parton, queen of country music and humanitarian hero, dead at 80

Exclusive: Justice Department considers bringing charges against ICE officer in Minneapolis shooting

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Fact check: Trump keeps making stuff up about Canada

President Donald Trump keeps attacking Canada with fiction instead of fact.Throughout his on-again, off-again trade war with Canada, which has erupted again this week, Trump’s criticism of the US neighbor has been filled with lies – a remarkable variety of assertions that either wildly distort a kernel of truth or are just plain made up.Among other things, the president has falsely claimed that the Canadian public likes the idea of becoming the 51st US state, which is overwhelmingly unpopular with the Canadian public; that Canada is one of the world’s highest-tariff countries, though it

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Trump admin moving to revoke visas from potentially hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers

The Trump administration is moving to revoke visas from potentially hundreds of thousands of foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum in the United States.The planned action would go after people who came to the US on temporary visas for reasons like tourism or business and then sought asylum to remain in the country long term. It comes as the Trump administration has aggressively sought to both prevent immigrants from coming to the US and to remove those who are already in the country.A source familiar with the matter did not dispute that the action could impact 200,000 foreigner

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody

Iran and Oman hold talks on managing the Strait of Hormuz and other news from around the Middle East

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Nevada sues the Trump administration over ‘catastrophic’ water cuts as the Colorado River spirals into crisis

Last week the Trump administration announced major cuts to the water Arizona, California and Nevada can take from the drought-stricken Colorado River; this week Nevada sued, calling the plan “fundamentally flawed.”It marks what could be the first of many complex and lengthy legal wrangles over the crucial waterway — and is yet another sign of how fraught water sharing is becoming on a hotter, drier planet.On Friday, the Department of Interior released its operating guidelines, requiring water cuts of roughly 20% across the three so-called lower basin states over the next two years. Even

Russia’s infrastructure is being pummeled by Ukrainian strikes. Now Putin wants to seize control of it

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree giving the government powers to temporarily take control of “critical infrastructure” across the country, if private owners fail to protect it from escalating Ukrainian attacks.The new measure comes as Moscow and Kyiv ramp up their air campaigns, with Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory sparking fuel shortages and bringing the war closer to home for ordinary Russians.Kyiv has stepped up attacks in recent days on Ozon logistics hubs in Russia – a competitor to the frequently targeted e-commerce giant Wildberries – as it seek

CIA director makes unannounced visit to Moscow to meet with Russian officials, source says

Prosecution's final witnesses at Lindsay Clancy's murder trial challenge postpartum psychosis claim

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As elections near, Netanyahu casts Turkey as Israel’s latest enemy

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French has become a sticking point in the Canada-US trade dispute. Here’s why

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Secret Service aware of Iranian state media video threatening life of Barron Trump

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Iran vows to resist widened US sanctions, says Washington seeks talks

Iran denounced on Tuesday expanded U.S. sanctions aimed at isolating its economy as an act of "gross lawlessness", expressing

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New York City minority business owners sue Mamdani in bid to stop city-run grocery store plan

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Jeffries defends himself following criticism for meeting with Jared Kushner

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Nevada sues to block Trump administration's Colorado River plan

Nevada sued the Trump administration on Monday to block its plans for slashing water supplies from the drought-stricken Colorado River, saying it

California Orange County DA announces $100 million for 50,000 evacuated residents in GKN incident

A district attorney in California said on Monday his office has concluded a criminal probe into a GKN Aerospace factory and announced a claims program of up to $100 million for more

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls