SOUTH KOREA
Impeachment vote moved
A vote by parliament on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law decree has been moved to 4pm today, the speaker’s office said yesterday. “Given the national significance and gravity of the matter, the plenary session was finalized for 4pm to allow adequate time for thorough discussions and consultations,” the National Assembly Speaker’s Office said in a statement.
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NIGER
Junta suspends the BBC
The ruling junta suspended the BBC for three months over the broadcaster’s coverage of an attack that allegedly killed dozens, authorities said on Thursday. “BBC broadcasts false information aimed at destabilizing social calm and undermining the troops’ morale,” Minister of Communications Raliou Sidi Mohamed said in letters to radio stations that rebroadcast BBC content. Mohamed asked the stations to suspend BBC’s programs “with immediate effect.” The BBC said it had no comment.
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SERBIA
Rally targets broadcaster
Hundreds of protesters led by university students on Thursday held a noisy rally outside the state television headquarters, despite the president pledging to fulfil all of their demands. The demonstration is part of wider protests that erupted after the fall of a concrete canopy in the northern city of Novi Sad last month, killing 15 people. Blowing whistles, booing and jeering, the protesters said they are angry that state RTS television is carrying President Aleksandar Vucic’s accusations that the students were paid from the West and elsewhere to hold protests to overthrow his government. The protesters brought sacks allegedly holding bundles of money in front of the downtown RTS station in the country’s capital, Belgrade. The station has been accused of spreading pro-government narrative.
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BRAZIL
President exits surgery
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was “in perfect neurological condition” after surgery to relieve bleeding pressure on his brain and was scheduled to leave intensive care yesterday, his medical team said. A follow-up operation on Thursday to block blood flow to the affected area was a “success,” Lula’s doctor, Roberto Kalil, told a news conference at the Hospital Sirio-Libanes, where the 79-year-old president was being treated. “He is doing very well,” neurosurgeon Marcos Stavale said. The update came two days after the emergency surgery to drill through Lula’s skull to relieve pressure built up in protective intracranial membranes. The injury was linked to a blow to the head Lula sustained in October, when he fell in a bathroom in his presidential residence.
UNITED STATES
NY mayor meets Homan
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday met with Tom Homan, president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” with the mayor expressing an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue violent criminals in the city while Trump promises mass deportations. Adams told reporters at a news conference that he and Homan agreed on pursuing people who commit violent crimes in the city, but did not disclose additional details or other plans. “We’re not going to be a safe haven for those who commit repeated violent crimes,” he said. “That was my conversation today with the border czar, to figure out how to go after those individuals who are repeatedly committing crimes in our city.”
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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