News 1 Han Dong-Hoon was once regarded as the South Korean president’s right-hand man Han Dong-Hoon was driving home from dinner in Seoul on December 3, scanning the radio, when he heard a breaking news update: President Yoon Suk-Yeol was preparing to deliver an emergency address. Han, then the leader of Yoon’s People’s Power Party … Read more
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a strategic reserve for Bitcoin, making the US one of the few countries in the world to create a national stockpile of blockchain assets. The reserve will hold cryptocurrency forfeited to the federal government as part of criminal or civil proceedings, White House AI and … Read more
Adnan Syed, whose criminal conviction was made famous in the hit true-crime podcast Serial, will not have to serve any additional jail time after being resentenced in the murder of his ex-girlfriend. A Baltimore judge ruled that Syed “is not a danger to the public”, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News, and that … Read more
The US owner of high street chemist Boots says it will be taken private in a $10bn (£7.8bn) deal. The move brings to an end nearly a century of trading on public markets for the Walgreens Boots Alliance. It has seen its debt grow as cost-conscious customers chose to shop online and opted for cheaper … Read more
A powerful winter storm has hit parts of the US Midwest with strong winds and heavy snow. In Iowa, blizzard conditions left vehicles stranded on Wednesday. Video shows a snowplough used to move cars stuck in snow and lorries that had careened off roads.
Christal Hayes BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom has broken with many elected Democrats by saying he thinks it is “deeply unfair” to allow transgender women and girls to compete in female sports. Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential contender who leads one of the most liberal states in the US and … Read more
US aviation authorities have halted all flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX’s Starship, which spun out of control shortly after launch. A ground stop was temporarily in effect for airports in Orlando and Miami after the failed launch over the Atlantic Ocean. In a statement, SpaceX confirmed that the ship … Read more
SpaceX, the private space company owned by Elon Musk, sent up its eight Starship test flight. As pioneered by the company, the launch tower successfully caught the rocket booster but the rocket itself spun out of control. It is the second consecutive Starship test flight failure.
Pamela Bach, the former Baywatch actress and ex-wife of David Hasselhoff, has died aged 62. Bach was found at home in the Hollywood Hills on 5 March after she died by suicide, said the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office. She met Hasselhoff while acting with him on the set of TV series Knight Rider, and … Read more
Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime in a coastal area in the country’s north-west. At least 13 soldiers have been killed in the clashes in Latakia province, close to a Russian-controlled airbase, according to state TV. A curfew has been … Read more