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Seoul, South Korea — South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration, officials said Wednesday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office resisted a police attempt to search the compound. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party is pushing for a new motion to impeach Yoon for his Dec. 3 decree that imposed martial law in South Korea for the first time in more than four decades. Its first impeachment attempt against Yoon last Saturday failed after ruling party lawmakers boycotted the vote. The party said it plans to submit the new…
A gene involved in setting cholesterol levels may also determine whether breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body. A variant of the PCSK9 gene drives the spread of breast cancer, but a lab-made antibody already approved to treat high cholesterol may help stop the exodus, researchers report December 9 in Cell. For years, researchers have been examining normal tissue and breast cancer tumors that had spread to other parts of the body trying — and failing — to find mutations that spur the migration, says oncologist and cancer biologist Sohail Tavazoie of the Rockefeller University in New York…
Helsinki, Finland — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russia-linked vessel that has already been seized for investigation. The Estlink-2 power cable, which transmits energy from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea, went down on Dec. 25 after an evident rupture. It had little impact on services but followed earlier damage to two data cables and the Nord Stream gas pipelines, both of which have been termed sabotage. Finnish police chief investigator, Sami Paila, said late Sunday the…
The GMA T.33 supercar is set to gain a track-focused “s” version The T.33s will be the third and final version of the V-12-powered T.33 GMA will then launch a different type of car boasting a new platform The U.K.’s Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) will unveil a more track-focused “s” version as the third and final version of the company’s T.33 supercar in mid-2025, Gordon Murray has revealed. “Next summer we’ll launch the third and final variant, which will be the 33s, and that’s going to be tougher and more focused,” Murray, who serves as executive chairman of GMA’s Gordon…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. A crypto analyst has set an ambitious target between $7 and $13 for the XRP price, basing his predictions on the Elliott Wave theory and Fibonacci levels. According to the analyst’s price chart, Wave 2 and 5 could push XRP to these key targets, marking new all-time highs for the cryptocurrency. XRP Price Roadmap To New ATHs The XRP price has been on a rather lengthy consolidation trend, halting its previous price momentum after hitting the $2.5 mark. Despite facing bearish trends and a drop to $2.2, a crypto analyst on TradingView, ‘Zerpcrypto,’…
Nairo Quintana has revealed that he will take on two Grand Tours in 2025, with the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España both among his goals for the new season.The Colombian is preparing for his second season back at Movistar, the 10th of his career with the Spanish squad. He turns 35 in February but still has high hopes for the future, with a free role at the Giro in May on the menu along with a support role for Enric Mas at the Vuelta.He took on both races in 2024 after a year away from top-level racing in…
Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailHeartfelt tributes are pouring in from world leaders celebrating the life and humanitarian achievements of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr, the former US president, who has died aged 100.Carter, a naval officer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and peanut farm operator who became the 39th president of the United States, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, December 29, according to his son. He served…
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Serhiy Boyev discussed with ambassadors and representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden the priorities of military and financial assistance to Ukraine in 2025. That is according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Ukrinform reports. The parties reviewed the results of their collaboration this year and discussed the priorities for supporting Ukraine in 2025. Boyev expressed gratitude to the allies for their assistance and provided an overview of the current battlefield situation, the specifics of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Victory Plan, and focused on the priority…
Spanish authorities said on Monday they had seized seven tons of cocaine stashed in sea freight containers buried underneath a farm, arresting three suspected smugglers. Police posted video of the seizure, showing officers digging up ground and retrieving dozens of packages containing the alleged drugs.The Civil Guard police said they launched the operation on Friday when they detected two suspicious speedboats at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River.The boats were tracked to a rural estate in the municipality of Coria del Rio, south of the city of Seville, where the suspects stored the drugs in two containers hidden underground.The Civil…
Ineos Grenadiers riders have been seen wearing what appears to be their refreshed 2025 racing kit at a training camp in Spain. The British super team have stuck to their 2024 orange and black colours but have flipped the fade, with the black section now on the left shoulder. Ineos Grenadiers used orange Kask helmets in 2024 but seem to have switched to a brighter red colour with a white strip down the middle, in a move that perhaps makes the riders easier to see in the peloton. A team car also had a white stripe. Geraint Thomas, Josh Tarling, Magnus…