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Kim Sae-ron's death underscores the huge pressure on South Korean celebrities
Actor Kim Sae-ron’s death adds to the list of celebrity deaths in South Korea that underscore the enormous pressure they face under the gaze of a relentlessly unforgiving media that pounces on ...ABC News - Feb. 20 -
China Defends South Africa’s G20 Ambitions as Rubio Snubs Meeting
The absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio hung over the year’s first high-level meeting of the world’s largest economies, with diplomats fretting over turbulent times.The New York Times - Feb. 20 -
South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat
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South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat
South Sudan has announced the closure of all schools for two weeks due to an ongoing extreme heatwave that has caused some students to collapseABC News - 6d -
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.The New York Times - 6d -
Big Day for Crypto Goes South After Bybit Hack
Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.The New York Times - 5d -
Weather tracker: temperatures hit record highs across South America
Rio de Janeiro reached 44C, its highest temperature for more than a decade, last Monday. While North America grappled with widespread cold and wintry conditions last week, South America – now in ...The Guardian - 3d -
Rain washes out Champions Trophy game between South Africa and Australia
Rain has washed out the Champions Trophy game between South Africa and two-time winner Australia without a ball being bowledABC News - 2d -
A new lunar lander is set to launch to the moon's south pole this week
A robotic moon lander is about to launch on a SpaceX rocket. It's the second lunar mission for a private company that last year became the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.NBC News - 2d -
Claims of white genocide 'not real', South African court rules
Donald Trump has been raising the alarm over the number of white farmers killed in the country.BBC News - 2d -
WATCH: South African students create stunning crowd formations
Students at Curro Durbanville High School create synchronized formations while chanting to songs like “Can’t Stop the Feeling” by Justin Timberlake and “Let It Go” from "Frozen."ABC News - 2d -
Israeli jets strike Syrian targets after vow to demilitarise country’s south
Fresh wave of attacks launched on what Israel says are military sitesFinancial Times - 1d -
New lunar lander set to launch to the Moon’s south pole
A robotic moon lander known as Athena is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a mission to explore the moon’s south pole. The same rocket will ...NBC News - 1d -
South Carolina Republican wants to put Trump on new $250 bill
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) says he is preparing legislation to feature President Trump on a new $250 bill. “Grateful to announce that I am drafting legislation to direct the Bureau of Graving and ...The Hill - 1d -
3 tropical cyclones churn in the South Pacific in unusual occurrence
The unusual activity is "a lot to happen at once, but not unprecedented," an atmospheric science professor said.CBS News - 1d -
Satellite image captures three tropical cyclones spinning in the South Pacific at once
Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are churning as the region’s season reaches its peak . Three tropical cyclones are churning in the South Pacific at the same time, satellite images show, in ...The Guardian - 18h -
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.Wired - Feb. 20 -
Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
A directive calling for oversight over the central bank’s regulatory and supervisory responsibilities has set off alarm.The New York Times - Feb. 20 -
Fired IRS employees slam layoffs as agency makes cuts nationwide
As the IRS fired thousands of workers across the country on Thursday, many laid-off employees walked out of the headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the last time.ABC News - 6d -
Supreme Court stiffs Trump, punts on firing whistleblower agency head
The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office. ...The Hill - 5d -
Some agencies tell employees to hold off responding to latest Musk email
Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the Elon Musk-directed email from the Office of Personnel Management.ABC News - 4d -
Trump’s control over independent agencies tees up test of presidential power
President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is already making its way through the courts. This week, the president signed an ...The Hill - 4d -
DOGE cuts at health agencies prompt 'brain drain' fears
The Trump administration's effort to reshape the federal government through Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is raising fears among public health experts, researchers ...The Hill - 4d -
Officials Are Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has laid off 4 percent of its workers, a transportation official said. The agency has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s ...The New York Times - 4d -
Agencies push back on Musk email, including FBI, Pentagon, State, Intel
Several federal agencies have advised employees not to respond to Elon Musk’s email demanding federal workers list five accomplishments from the past week or risk losing their jobs. The email ...The Hill - 4d -
Some Agencies Urge Staff Not to Comply With Elon Musk’s Performance Email
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk to summarize their accomplishments.The New York Times - 3d -
Dems press agencies to ignore Musk: ‘Reckless, cruel, unlawful, and unenforceable’
House Democrats are pressing every major agency head in Washington to reject the recent demand from Elon Musk that federal workers must detail their recent work accomplishments or be fired. More ...The Hill - 3d -
Most voters support having agency focused on government efficiency: Poll
Most voters support having an agency focused on ensuring government efficiency but were split on the current Elon Musk-led department having access to their own personal data and the country’s, ...The Hill - 3d -
Some agency heads push back on demands for federal employees that Musk touted
Several federal agency leaders appointed by President Trump told employees not to reply to an Office of Management and Budget email demanding more details on accomplished tasks. Elon Musk previewed ...CBS News - 3d -
Some federal agencies tell workers to ignore Musk email
An email from the Office of Personnel Management prompted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency asks federal employees to justify what they do. Some agencies like the Pentagon and ...CBS News - 2d -
Livewire launches Gamer.ID identity solution for brands and agencies to reach gamers
Livewire, a game marketing startup, has launched Gamer.ID, a next-generation identity framework within its Gameview technology stack.VentureBeat - 2d -
Cowboys' Stephen Jones claims Dallas will be 'selectively aggressive' in free agency
Time will tell if this Cowboys offseason goes differently than the 2024 'all in' offseasonCBS Sports - 2d -
Patel, Bongino have no previous FBI experience. They are now the agency's top officials.
The top two officials at the FBI, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, have no previous experience at the law enforcement agency. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.CBS News - 2d -
Senate Democrats press Trump's FTC commissioner nominee over agency independence
Multiple Senate Democrats on the Commerce, Science and Transportation on Tuesday pressed President Trump's Federal Trade Commissioner nominee, Mark Meador, over the independence of the agency amid ...The Hill - 2d -
21 DOGE staffers, whose employment predated Musk agency, resign
The officials wrote in a letter that they "will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions."CBS News - 2d -
US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’
Workers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fear crackdown will have global fallout. The Trump administration has set its sights on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...The Guardian - 1d -
OPM instructs agencies to turn over plans for mass government layoffs
A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies across government to turn over plans for widespread layoffs of federal ...The Hill - 1d -
Federal agencies told to submit "reorganization plans," prepare for mass firings
The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management asked agencies to submit plans for downsizing by March 13.CBS News - 1d -
White House formally instructs agencies to prepare for 'large-scale' layoffs
The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to begin preparations for large-scale layoffs and restructuring, and submit plans by March 13, according to a memo.ABC News - 23h -
USAID cuts are just the start of Trump, Musk plan to slash agency spending
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) appears to be the beginning of President Trump's efforts to instill massive cuts across federal agencies. CBS News' ...CBS News - 6h