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.”
Shohei Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw on Friday joined their Los Angeles Dodgers teammates in sticking their fists out to show off their glittering World Series rings at a ceremony. “There’s just a lot of excitement, probably more than I can ever recall with the Dodger fan base and our players,” manager Dave Roberts said before Los Angeles rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 in 10 innings. “What a way to cap off the first two days of celebrations,” Roberts said afterward. “By far the best opening week I’ve ever experienced. I just couldn’t have scripted it any better.” A choir in the
The famously raucous Hong Kong Sevens are to start today in a big test for a shiny new stadium at the heart of a major US$3.85 billion sports park in the territory. Officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the premier event in Hong Kong’s sporting and social calendar goes off without a hitch at the 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium. They hope to entice major European soccer teams to visit in the next few months, with reports in December last year saying that Liverpool were in talks about a pre-season tour. Coldplay are to perform there next month, all part of Hong Kong’s
Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman on Thursday smashed home runs to give the reigning World Series champions the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Detroit on the MLB’s opening day in the US. The Dodgers, who won two season-opening games in Tokyo last week, raised their championship banner on a day when 28 clubs launched the season in the US. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shuffled his batting lineup with all four leadoff hitters finally healthy as Ohtani was followed by Mookie Betts, then Hernandez and Freddie Freeman in the cleanup spot, switching places with Hernandez. “There’s a Teoscar tax to
Matvei Michkov did not score on Monday, but the Philadelphia rookie had a hand in both goals as hosts the Flyers earned a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators. Ryan Poehling and Jamie Drysdale got the goals for the Flyers (31-36-9, 71 points), who won their third straight. Michkov and Travis Konecny assisted on both. Ivan Fedotov stopped 28 shots to earn his first win since March 1, ending a personal six-game losing streak. Zachary L’Heureux got the lone goal for Nashville. Michael McCarron and Brady Skjei got the assists for the Predators (27-39-8, 62 points), who have just four goals in their
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