Ten years since K-pop's biggest act formed, fans and experts ponder its future. Some who study and work in the industry think it will depend on international fandom, as devotees from outside Korea learn how to sing and dance like the idols they adore and labels invest in K-pop education …
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Power outages hit parts of U.S. South already suffering from heat wave
Power providers warned that some outages may not be fixed until the end of the week, and officials urged residents to keep in mind family and neighbours who are reliant on electronic medical equipment. Some parts of Texas under excessive heat warnings as mercury nears 40 C More than 300,000 …
Read More »Ukraine’s dam collapse region too risky for UN aid workers, Kremlin says
UN aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by the recent Kakhovka dam collapse in southern Ukraine can't go there because fighting in the war makes it unsafe, the Kremlin's spokesperson said Monday. UN official urges Russia to allow access under international humanitarian law UN aid workers who want …
Read More »U.S. coast guard confirms submersible wreckage found near Titanic, believes all 5 men aboard lost at sea
If the Titan submersible is still intact, oxygen is expected to run out on Thursday morning. Coast Guard delivered no updates overnight into Thursday There were no updates in the search for the missing submersible Titan overnight into Thursday morning — a stark quietness as the 96-hour window for a …
Read More »School targeted in Uganda massacre was built with help from Canadian non-profit
The Ugandan school where attackers killed dozens of students Friday was built with the help of a B.C.-based non-profit, the group's co-founder and former vice-president Peter Hunt confirmed to CBC News. B.C.-based group helped build school in Mpondwe between 2010 and 2011 The Ugandan school where attackers killed dozens of …
Read More »Austrian police say they foiled a planned attack on Vienna’s Pride parade
The head of Austria's domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested before the start of Saturday's Pride parade, which was attended by around 300,000 people, public broadcaster ORF reported. 3 arrested Saturday before the start of the parade, attended by about 300,000 …
Read More »Rebuilding Ukraine’s ruined Nova Kakhovka dam pits history against economic reality
Amid the spoiled farmland and destroyed crops, the waterlogged homes and ruined lives, the now slow-motion tragedy that is the draining of the Kakhovka reservoir is also peeling back time on an almost forgotten aspect of Ukrainian history. Receding water has revealed remains of ancient settlement called 'Cossack Meadow' Amid …
Read More »Dozens of students killed, others kidnapped during attack on school in Uganda
Suspected rebels attacked a school in a remote area of Uganda near the border with Congo, killing at least 41 people in a nighttime raid before fleeing across the porous frontier, authorities said. Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims. Authorities blame attack on shadowy extremist group operating …
Read More »Canada, Dominican Republic at odds over Haiti police aid office
As Haiti's police struggle to contain powerful armed gangs, a disagreement between the Dominican Republic and Canada spilled out into the public on Friday, further complicating an international plan to boost Haiti's outgunned police force. Joly said Canada would set up an office in Dominican Republic; its foreign minister says …
Read More »Outside a flooded Ukrainian city, specialists warily sweep the ground for hidden bombs
The scene in a low-lying field northwest of the battered and flood-soaked Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday could almost be described as a ballet of bomb detection. Flooding that followed the Nova Kakhovka dam's destruction scattered mines across cleared areas The scene in a low-lying field northwest of the …
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