Death toll from plane crash at South Korean airport rises to 120, fire officials say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Death toll from plane crash at South Korean airport rises to 120, fire officials say.
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South Korean authorities take impeached President Yoon to detention center after questioning
South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was sent to a detention center near Seoul on Wednesday night, after being questioned by anti-corruption officials who took him into custody over his imposition of martial law last month. Yoon was detained in a major law enforcement operation at the presidential compound earlier in the day. Yoon defiantly insisted that the country’s anti-corruption agency, which led the raid with police, didn’t have the authority to investigate his actions, but said he complied to prevent violence.
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Indian police arrest 44 men accused of raping teenager over five years
Police in India's southern state of Kerala have arrested 44 men accused of raping an 18-year-old girl over a period of five years, a police official said on Tuesday, in a case that has shocked the coastal tourist resort. Police have identified 58 of those men, some of whom are minors and arrested 44 over the last two days, officials said. The case came to light after the girl narrated the gang rape to a volunteer during a gender awareness programme.
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We were living the American dream – British expats lose business in LA wildfires
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S Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested after dramatic hours-long standoff
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Man gets 2 years in US prison for aiding pushy effort to get ex-official to return to China
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