‘Loneliest’ elephant Kaavan set to leave for Cambodian sanctuary

After years of campaigning by animal rights advocates and pop star Cher to rescue him from grim conditions with no companion, Kaavan was finally...

Biden names all-female senior communications team

WASHINGTON - US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team, what his office called a first in the...

Embattled top prosecutor 2nd most favored presidential candidate: poll

Lee Nak-yon (L), chairman of the Democratic Party, Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung (C) and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. (Yonhap News TV)Prosecutor General Yoon...

French police risk charges over black man’s beating after clashes

PARIS: Four French police on Sunday risked being charged over the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer that shocked France and...

Scientists discover bones of sea lions from Ulleung

Sea lions of Ulleung Island (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)A group of South Korean scientists has found that a batch of animal bones discovered...

Top runners brave pollution, pandemic in Delhi half marathon

NEW DELHI: Elite runners brushed off poor air quality and a surge in coronavirus cases Sunday in India's capital for the Delhi Half Marathon,...

[Photo News] Students in line for COVID-19 testing in Gwangju

Students line up to get tested for COVID-19 on Thursday morning after a new case was reported at a middle school in Seo-gu in...

Mysterious monolith in US desert reportedly disappears

LOS ANGELES: A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it...

[Photo News] Streets of Hongdae deserted amid pandemic

The “street of youth” full of people crowded together is no longer to be expected in western Seoul’s Hongdae. As the nation‘s new daily COVID-19...

Protests mount over French police violence

PARIS: Dozens of rallies are planned Saturday against a new French law that would restrict sharing images of police, only days after the country...