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Wife of South Korea's jailed ex-President Yoon arrested over corruption allegations

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 23:48

Investigators say the former president and first lady exerted undue influence on the conservative People Power Party to nominate a specific candidate during a 2022 election.

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Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 16:28

Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned.

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Syria Tries To Rebuild A Functioning Economy After Years of Corrupt Dictatorship

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 16:16

Syria’s trying to emerge from a multi-layered financial crisis since opposition fighters toppled the regime late last year and formed a government. It’s been given a boost by the US lifting most sanctions, but efforts are hampered by a lack of liquidity.

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State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 12:46

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.

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Tropical Storm Erin could become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 12:00

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane by late Thursday.

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D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 11:55

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

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