Yoon critics rejoice as court says his martial law declaration ‘violated’ constitution Celebrations have broken out among Yoon Suk Yeol’s detractors in Seoul after the constitutional court voted to uphold his impeachment and strip him from office. The South Korean court said in its unanimous ruling on Friday that Yoon’s declaration of martial law in…
The prosecution: Xenia He says his throat is dry but to me spitting is a sign of disrespect. I’ve seen people look shocked by it My boyfriend, Ahmed, has a habit I find disgusting: he’s always spitting in public. I think that’s bad enough, but he does it really loudly, which makes it worse –…
The privy council in London will soon be called upon to make the final decision on a court case to remove homophobic laws in Trinidad and Tobago. The laws were repealed in 2018 in a high court judgment that struck from the statute book the “buggery law” that had criminalised consensual anal sex since an…
Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr Mehmet Oz was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Oz became the agency’s administrator in a party-line 53-45 vote. The 64-year-old will manage health insurance programs for roughly half the country, with oversight of Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage….
Global financial markets have been plunged into turmoil as Donald Trump’s escalating trade war knocked trillions of dollars off the value of the world’s biggest companies and heightened fears of a US recession. As world leaders reacted to the US president’s “liberation day” tariff policies demolishing the international trading order, about $2.5tn (£1.9tn) was wiped…