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The chairman of corporate giant SK Group has been ordered by a South Korean court to pay his ex-wife 944bn won (£483m; $644m) in a case that local media has called the “divorce of the century”.The award, which still needs to be finalised, is below the initial 1.38tn won that chairman Chey Tae-won was told to pay Roh Soh-yeong in 2024.It comes more than a decade after his marriage to Roh – the daughter of a former president – fell apart following the revelation he had fathered a child with another woman.SK Group runs SK Hynix, the semiconductor giant that…
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not looking at bringing in rent controls in England.She told BBC Breakfast that changes made through the Renters’ Rights Act, which came into effect in May, were “already having a significant impact on the market”.She added that controls which had been implemented in some areas of the UK over the past few years had not “necessarily brought rents down”.In 2023 when he was the mayor of Greater Manchester, Burnham called for freezes to private sector rents until the cost of living crisis was over.But Rayner told the BBC on…
While Modi did not address the protests directly, he said he was “well aware that the issue of paper leaks is not a small matter”.”It causes immense distress to [hundreds of thousands] of students and their parents,” he said, reiterating his earlier promise to strengthen the legal framework to punish culprits.But the CJP’s response suggested they would not back down on the demand for Pradhan’s resignation.”The fact that Modi had to make a selfie at midnight shows the pressure he’s under. He has promised to take action – the best he can do is sack his education minister,” CJP spokesperson…
Authorities in France have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula (Lège-Cap Ferret) in the south-west of France, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. The tourism hot spot is being evacuated as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that has raged in the Gironde region for days.The fire, which began on Tuesday in Saumos, continued its progression overnight with 8,700 hectares (around 21,500 acres) consumed by the flames.Meanwhile, the government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas close to the capital Madrid.Two firefighters died…
A public memorial for Ann Widdecombe will be held later this year, her family has said in a statement.Former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman Widdecombe, 78, was found dead in her Dartmoor home with serious head injuries earlier this month. Her family thanked the public for “the wide expression of condolences” but asked that her private service, to be held in the coming weeks and for which invitations have already been sent, is “limited to those closest to Ann”.”We understand that there is significant public interest in the funeral of Ann Widdecombe,” the statement said.”A private service for family…
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads “a brand new party full of new people” – after it emerged in the Spectator, external that the former cabinet minister and Tory party chairman Sir Grant Shapps has been rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate.Sir Grant, who has declined to comment, served in nine ministerial roles in government as well as co-chairing the party.In cabinet, he served as home secretary, defence secretary, transport secretary, business secretary, energy secretary and net zero secretary.He was also a Foreign Office Minister, housing minister and international development minister, external.He lost his Welwyn…
Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) is dire: The current outbreak of the Ebola virus currently spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) might be one of the world’s worst, the agency has said over and over.In the worst outbreak on record, the haemorrhagic viral disease killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016. In the second-largest outbreak, from 2018 to 2020, 2,287 deaths were recorded in eastern DRC.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHealth authorities warn this outbreak could be even more widespread…
EDITOR’S ANALYSISHouthi blockade for now is shaping who moves Saudi crude, not whether it moves, analysts say, even as oil prices soar.As oil prices hit $100 a barrel on Thursday, experts say they are watching to see which vessels Yemen’s Houthis allow to pass through in the Red Sea as that will indicate how the crude market trends.Brent futures rose $6.58 or 6.96 percent, to $100.65 a barrel, exceeding $100 for the first time since late May.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThat was on the back of the Iran-aligned Houthis saying they were cutting off the passage Riyadh…
When Myanmar’s junta seized power in a 2021 coup, Elle* and a fellow doctor fled to the jungle to provide aid to the resistance movement, one of 45,000 healthcare workers to lend their support.Elle does not regret her decision, she supports the pro-democracy movement and later married the doctor with whom she escaped, but years of sacrifice have taken a toll. She treats patients from refugee camps at a clinic but does not earn enough to send money back to support her parents in their old age, which is her greatest wish.“We did everything we could for our country,” she…