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Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars, reshaping the political future of Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars, reshaping the political future of Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president on Wednesday in one of the closest fought races in recent history which will shape Asia's fourth-largest economy for the next five years.

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president on Thursday in one of the most closely fought races in recent history which will shape Asia's fourth-largest economy for the next five years.

A McDonald's employee in New York was stabbed multiple times after trying to break up a dispute between co-workers.

The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy on Wednesday approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states that opposed the deal.

The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy on Wednesday signaled support for a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners and called the Department of Justice "reprehensible" for opposing a deal to benefit opioid victims.

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was mocked on Twitter after she used a Disney cartoon character to insult President Biden.

A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig's heart died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), the hospital said.

The Labor Department reported close to 5 million job openings that are not being filled only a week before the Federal Reserve decides on whether it will hike interest rates.

The U.S. military has increased surveillance and reconnaissance collection in the Yellow Sea and heightened its ballistic missile defence readiness after a "significant increase" in North Korean missile testing, the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said on Thursday.

The United States has seen indications that Russia's military in its assault on Ukraine is using so-called dumb bombs that are unguided and greatly increase the risk of missing targets, a senior U.S.

California Governor Gavin Newsom made a proposal to address rising gas prices during his "State of the State" address on Tuesday.

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President Joe Biden promised not to give up on trying to secure the release of a former U.S Marine held prisoner in Russia despite poor relations between the two countries.

U.S. job openings fell in January, but remained near record highs as worker shortages persisted, pointing to a tight labor market that will continue to generate strong wage gains and contribute to keeping inflation high.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to rush $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine as it battles invading Russian forces, along with $1.5 trillion to keep U.S.

Christopher Liang a senior college student from California who went missing for more than a week, was found dead in a flipped-over Tesla he rented out for the road trip.

The day is aimed at reaching out to friends or family members, who suffer from nicotine addiction.

Lawyers for four men standing trial on charges they planned to break into Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's vacation home and kidnap her at gunpoint said their clients only engaged in idle talk and never conspired to abduct the governor over her COVID-19 mandates.

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday, with technology stocks leading the declines after data showed consumer prices surged in February, cementing the case for an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month.

Wall Street resumed its sell-off on Thursday, closing lower as inflation hit a four-decade high, cementing expectations that the U.S.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq surged 3% on Wednesday, leading a rally on Wall Street as sharp losses this week from worries over the fallout of the Ukraine crisis saw investors scoop up beaten-down stocks, with sentiment lifted by a pullback in oil prices.

President Joe Biden's strategy in grappling with the domestic fallout from gasoline price increases is for Americans to direct their anger at one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring the government to assess the risks and benefits of creating a central bank digital dollar, as well as other cryptocurrency issues, the White House said.

The report dismissed the Chicago Teachers' Union's suggestion that Denisha Henry contracted COVID from her school-going child.

Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowhere to go, as host countries scrambled to accommodate them.

Victoria Zaburyna had urged her 76-year-old mother to flee the Russian forces that now besiege Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.

As Tunisia's president prepares to rewrite the constitution after dismissing parliament last year and ruling by decree, he has called for citizens' input by setting up a voluntary multiple-choice questionnaire online.