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South Korean prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon

A South Korean special prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol

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Haiti announces new election dates as 2,000 Salvadoran troops help fight gangs

Haiti’s government has announced new election dates as police and soldiers, backed by over 2,000 troops from El Salvador, fight gangs

Families hold out hope for loved ones missing after deadly Spain train crash

Families are desperately searching for missing loved ones after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain

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China elevates a military general to the Politburo and seeks to strengthen party discipline

China's top leaders on Thursday elevated the only remaining general on the commission that oversees the country's military to the Politburo, the top governing body of the Communist Party.

Rare love letters to French aristocrat shed light on Louis XVI maritime mystery

‘Miracle’ cache of letters written by French scientist who died in ill-fated La Pérouse mission give personal account of 1785 voyageAs he prepared to climb the scaffolding to be publicly executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793, Louis XVI is reported to have asked: “Is there news of Monsieur de la Pérouse?”He was referring to Jean-François de Galaup, the count of Pérouse, a naval officer and navigator whom the French king had dispatched in 1785 on a round-the-world scientific mission to rival discoveries made by the English explorer Captain James Cook. Continue reading...