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South Korea has summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced his government had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul.Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo lodged a formal complaint with Andrii Vieshkin and expressed «strong regret» that Zelensky had revealed the transfer, which Seoul says was supposed to be a secret.The two North Koreans, who were among thousands of soldiers supporting Russia in the Ukraine war, had earlier told local media they wanted to be sent to South Korea.President Lee Jae Myung called the disclosure «greatly disappointing» and said the transfer was a «highly sensitive issue»…

An Arizona congresswoman has proposed three bills that would fund literacy classes, dual language programs and training for teachers of students learning English in the state, hoping to remedy gaps highlighted by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat, filed the bills Sept. 16, the same day Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica reported that the state had lowered the score students need to pass its English proficiency test. Experts warned the change will push thousands of students out of language services before they know English well enough to succeed in school. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican…

WASHINGTON — California is sometimes described as the ATM of Democratic politics.That’s certainly been the case in the most divisive Democratic races this year.Donors from California have given more to far-left candidates and their moderate opponents in congressional races and U.S. Senate contests than donors from any other state — more than $17 million combined, according to a Times analysis of the most recently available campaign finance filings.More of that money — nearly $11 million — went to more progressive candidates. That giving came from more than 95,000 individual donors, which was more than double the number of California donors who gave…

Edward WongSeptember 28, 2026 — 3:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWashington: US President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping whether he would like to buy American weapons, David Perdue, the US ambassador to China, said in a television interview on Sunday (Washington time).“President Trump continues to say, ‘Hey, we sell arms to other people around the world’,” Perdue said on Fox News Sunday while discussing the state visit by Xi to Washington last week. “He actually asked President Xi would he like to buy some at one…

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. My delightful coworker, Jason Mast, is in Shanghai reporting for STAT. And that, my darling readers, is how you get access to the best biotech news anywhere. The need-to-know this morning Following a trial in a California federal court, a jury yesterday found that Eli Lilly breached a contract with Nektar Therapeutics to co-develop in good faith the autoimmune disease drug rezpeg. The jury awarded Nektar $90 million in damages plus interest, an amount far less than the company was…

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 1 second ago Recently, I got to feel like Luke Skywalker, but not in a good way. I didn’t get a lightsaber or learn how to fly an X-Wing or anything. Instead, I got some news that left me quoting the would-be Jedi from The Empire Strikes Back: “That’s not true…that’s impossible!” That news is, of course, the depressing fact that Disney is working on a new Star Wars trilogy that will follow the failed Skywalker Saga. If that news isn’t bad enough, it’s being written by the guy who brought us X-Men: Dark Phoenix!…

Between the reemergence of right-wing red-baiting and Donald Trump’s use of the chilling National Security Presidential Memorandum–7 to criminalize left political organizing, we’re seeing McCarthyism reborn before our eyes. This assault on democracy cannot be ignored or wished away. Resisting it requires bravery in the face of threats and repression, a steadfast commitment to the truth, and the unwavering belief that we can—and will—overcome this darkness.We must have an independent media that sets the record straight, unearths corruption and abuses of power, and advances a politics of justice and dignity for all if we’re to win this fight.That’s why I’m…

Past generations discovered that nowhere in the Sunshine State was more treacherous to outsiders than The Swamp, and Saturday offered a reminder of why.The dangers lurking around every corner of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium went dormant for most of the last 15 years, but not extinct. Fourth-ranked Ole Miss discovered that the hard way, denied even a full week to enjoy its karmic defeat of Lane Kiffin and LSU until Saturday’s 52-28 rout.Likewise, Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’ time as the Heisman Trophy frontrunner ended in a violent death roll like so much prey of Florida’s alligators — or of the…

Durban, South Africa – Bishop Raphael Bahebwa is in hiding, afraid he could be attacked for speaking out for the rights of foreigners in South Africa.“I am in hiding now because they say they are going to kill me for speaking about the rights of foreigners,” he told Al Jazeera.Bahebwa has lived in South Africa for 26 years, after arriving as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).In that time, he has watched antiforeigner sentiment flare repeatedly in the country he came to call home. But he says this year feels different.A September 30 deadline declared by…

O n the evening of May 22, 2025, Marine One lifted off from the South Lawn of the White House and flew 25 miles northwest to Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C., the president’s private club in Sterling, Virginia, overlooking the Potomac River. Donald Trump landed shortly before seven. He had come to dine with the top holders of a cryptocurrency bearing his name. More than a hundred protesters had gathered outside the club. They held signs that read “Stop Trump’s Crypto Corruption,” “America Is Not for Sale,” and “Release the Guest List.” Inside, more than 200 guests were waiting…