50 h. ago The Open golfer's first shot fails to reach fairway and set tone for dismal opening round

K.J. Choi was one of the early starters at The Open Championship on Thursday, and the South Korean's day got off to a dreadful start at Royal Portrush - and didn't get much better afterwards

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52 h. ago South Korean court clears Samsung chairman in merger fraud case

It removes a long-running legal risk for the head of the tech giant

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4 d. ago The Open winner pulls out of Royal Portrush days before start with replacement named

Two-time winner Ernie Els has been forced to withdraw from The Open at Royal Portrush as the South African gives way to South Korean star Si-woo Kim in the 156-man field in Northern Ireland

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4 d. ago US supreme court allows Trump to resume gutting education department

Justices lift federal judge’s order that reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs in win for presidentThe US supreme court on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education as part of his bid to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states.In the latest high court win for the president, the justices lifted a federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs at the department and blocked the administration from transferring key functions to other federal agencies. A legal challenge is continuing to play out in lower courts. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue unwinding the Education Department

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4 d. ago Supreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department – live updates

Conservative justices lift federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffsWith Trump’s headache not showing any signs of going away, Politico learned that “an ally supportive of the Trump DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case, has pitched senior White House officials on the idea of Bondi and deputy attorney general Todd Blanche doing an all-questions-addressed news conference in an attempt to exhaust the press and put the story to bed.”Maga influencer and far-right activist Laura Loomer also told Politico on Sunday that “there should be a special counsel appointed to do an independent investigation of the handling of the Epstein files so that people can feel like this issue is being investigated, and perhaps take it out of [Pam Bondi’s] hands, because I don’t think that she has been transparent or done a good job handling this issue”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Brigitte Macron launches appeal in top French court after women who claimed she was born a man were cleared of defamation

On Thursday, the Paris appeals court overturned earlier convictions against the two women for spreading false claims - that went viral online - that Brigitte Macron, 72, used to be a man.

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7 d. ago Sinner dismantles ailing Djokovic to set up Wimbledon final against Alcaraz

Italian world No 1 triumphs 6-3, 6-3, 6-4Djokovic called for trainer at end of second setWhen Novak Djokovic strode on to Centre Court for a second contest with Jannik Sinner in barely over a month, the narrative had long been set. This was surely one of the 24-time grand slam champion’s last chances for a potential major victory, a challenge that will only become more difficult as he ages even further away from his physical peak while Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz move closer to their own.For the ensuing two hours on court, Sinner made it clear just how punishing that challenge already is as he completely dismantled a weakened Djokovic, the sixth seed, with his nuclear weight of shot and unimpeachable defence as he reached the Wimbledon final for the first time in his career with a dominant 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago State Department puts 1,300 staffers on notice after Supreme Court clears Trump’s plan for mass firings

Marco Rubio overseeing seismic cuts to bureaus that promote democracy and combat human rights abuses

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8 d. ago WW3 fears as South Korea, US and Japan hold military drills to warn Putin and Kim Jong

Top South Korean, U.S. and Japanese military officers have urged North Korea to halt unlawful activities as the three nations flew advanced warplanes for a joint exercise in a show of force

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1 week ago The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings from experts that vital government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs

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1 week ago US supreme court clears way for Trump officials to resume mass government firings

Justices lift lower court order that froze ‘reductions in force’ federal layoffs while litigation in case proceededThe US supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume plans for mass firings of federal workers that critics warn could threaten critical government services.Extending a winning streak for the US president, the justices on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that had frozen sweeping federal layoffs known as “reductions in force” while litigation in the case proceeds. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be enacted

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy

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1 week ago 'Pretty much perfect' gritty period drama has 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

The Age of Shadows is a South Korean action-packed period drama set in the 1920s and has left fans in a frenzy as they are impressed by the sets and costumes

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1 week ago Swiss village cashes in as tourists pay to visit dock featured in hit K

A Swiss village has cashed in on a pay-for-entry turnstile used by avid tourists who flock each day to a lakeside dock featured in the hit South Korean Netflix series “Crash Landing On You,” often to snap souvenir photos

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1 week ago Olympic fencing star CLEARED of doping as authorities accept her staggering excuse in court

One of the world's top fencers has been cleared of charges that she used performance enhancers after she was found to have tested positive for a banned substance from an intimate moment.

Sport

1 week ago Trump threatens 25% tax on Japanese and South Korean imports starting August 1

Bizarre letters cite ‘unsustainable’ trade deficits with two of America’s most important allies and trading partners

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1 week ago French fencer cleared of doping charge on account of kissing her American partner

Ysaora Thibus tested positive for ostarine in 2024Partner Race Imboden was taking ostarine, Cas saysFrench Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a period of nine days.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruling echoed a verdict clearing another French athlete with a similar defense in a doping allegation – tennis player Richard Gasquet in the celebrated “cocaine kiss” case in 2009. Continue reading...

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1 week ago French fencer cleared of doping charge on account of kissing her partner

Ysaora Thibus tested positive for ostarine in 2024Partner Race Imboden was taking ostarine, Cas saysFrench Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a period of nine days.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruling echoed a verdict clearing another French athlete with a similar defense in a doping allegation – tennis player Richard Gasquet in the celebrated “cocaine kiss” case in 2009. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Wimbledon forced to apologise after crucial AI line judge blunder against Sonay Kartal's opponent...with system accidentally turned OFF mid

JAMES SHARPE: Pavlyuchenkova accused officials of pro-Brit bias and claimed a game was 'stolen' from her during their match on Centre Court when Kartal hit a ball clearly long.

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