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Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba. from World News https://ift.tt/prUyRkS

Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers comes amid a resurgent rebel offensive. from World News https://ift.tt/zawcBQg

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol apologizes after abortive imposition of martial law

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized to the nation in his first public comments since his abortive attempt to impose martial law threw the country into political chaos and led to calls for his impeachment. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/bFskpXA

Iran Makes ‘Dramatic’ Leap to Produce Near-Bomb-Grade Fuel, but to What End?

The United Nations chief inspector says production has quadrupled. But it is not clear whether Iran is trying to touch off a crisis or gather bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States. from World News https://ift.tt/zYfXDad

Shalom Nagar Dies; Reluctant Executioner of Adolf Eichmann

He was the hangman chosen to carry out the sentence on the fugitive Nazi war criminal, in Israel’s only case of capital punishment. from World News https://ift.tt/Y3R2JNC

Amnesty International says there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza

Amnesty International on Wednesday said that it had gathered “sufficient evidence to believe” that Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza amounts to genocide against the Palestinian people. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/n8Po5Mi

Rohit Bal, Exuberant Star of Indian Fashion, Dies at 63

Known as “the bad boy of fashion,” he was among a wave of designers who created modern Indian couture by updating traditional garments. from World News https://ift.tt/Teu375P

South Korea Stock Markets Wobble After Martial Law Turmoil

Officials pledged “unlimited” support to markets as traders digested the implications of South Korea’s brief declaration of martial law. from World News https://ift.tt/WHF4I2n

Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance

The Biden administration has hailed South Korea as a model democracy and bolstered military ties as it relies on the country as a bulwark against North Korea, China and Russia. from World News https://ift.tt/etNsyB6

Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting on Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/fVBiSmp

Death toll rises to 130 in northwest Pakistan sectarian violence, officials say

Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people and wounded 200 others in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days, officials said Sunday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/2uH19tO

Vietnam announces ambitious high-speed rail plans

Vietnam on Saturday approved the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh city in the south at an estimated cost of $67 billion. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/govFJec