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In Singapore, Indah Yosevina and Raman Saravanan are among many migrant workers who find joy in spending their days off amid their busy schedules to organise or participate in community programmes.  Indah, a domestic worker from Indonesia who has worked in Singapore for over six years, spends her free time organising various initiatives aimed at supporting not only the migrant community but also contributing to the wider Singapore community. As the chairperson of the Indonesian Family Network (IFN) – an organisation made up of fellow Indonesian domestic workers – the 41-year-old has organised various exercise and educational classes to empower…

Protesters gathered by the tens of thousands on Saturday in Seoul, divided into two camps that reflected a nation divided over its embattled president.One crowd shouted for the country’s top court to remove Yoon Suk Yeol, calling him “a ringleader of insurrection.” Separated from them by walls of police buses, another crowd chanted for him to be restored to office, with speakers calling his parliamentary impeachment fraudulent and warning of civil war if he was ousted.Never have the jitters run so high in South Korea before a court ruling as the country waits impatiently for the Constitutional Court to decide…

The trade deadline is behind us and there are only 26 days until the end of the 2024-25 NHL regular season.With each team having 15 or fewer games left, attention has shifted to the final stretch of the season. Whether a team is vying for a division title, in a tight playoff chase or looking to finish the season with momentum, the stretch run has a lot to offer for all 32 clubs.This week, The Athletic asked its NHL staff to put teams into five playoff tiers — “not happening,” “long shot,” “bubble team,” “looks like a good bet” and…

What is the Department of Government Efficiency?It’s a question that has come up over and over again in the avalanche of court cases challenging the authority of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to conduct a full-throttle effort to gut and remake the federal government.Over two months of litigation playing out across more than 170 lawsuits, the government has offered limited answers but insisted on one thing: that Mr. Musk exercises no authority over the office and is not even an employee.But that assertion flies in the face of Mr. Musk’s own words and deeds as the ideological leader and…

Senegal have struggled without several key players, drawing 0-0 with Sudan, leaving their opponents top in a hotly contested World Cup qualifying group.Sudan lead Group B with 11 points from five matches, one more than second-placed Democratic Republic of Congo and two more than Senegal, who have drawn three of their five games.Senegal were without Premier League pair Nicolas Jackson and Iliman Ndiaye as well as Ligue 1 striker Habib Diarra, leaving Sadio Mane to struggle in attack as they searched for the victory that would have put them top of the group.Sudan had the best chance in the game,…

President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration.The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to “seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States” or in matters that come before federal agencies.Mr. Trump issued the order late Friday night, after a tumultuous week for the American legal community in which one of the country’s premier firms, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,…

Together, these sonar technologies provide complementary data for underwater exploration, search and recovery, and geological assessments. Camera systems and lights on the vehicles may be used to confirm potential targets. Once a target of interest is detected using sonar, the vehicles would be programmed with missions designed to operate significantly closer to the seafloor. This would allow them to capture imagery of the search area with which to identify the targets. Such a search would only be conducted once a target of interest is identified, as the area covered by each image is significantly smaller than that covered by sonar,…

The removal of the bounty comes days after Afghan group releases US citizen.The United States has lifted a $10m reward for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesperson says. Despite the announcement on Saturday, the FBI still lists the reward on its website, saying Haqqani was “believed to have coordinated and participated in cross-border attacks against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan”. The move comes after the Taliban on Thursday released a US citizen who had been kept in captivity for two years. The release of George…

President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer. “I love King Charles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning while linking to an article citing a Daily Mail report that said the monarch would secretly offer the U.S. associate membership in the Commonwealth during Trump’s second state visit to Britain. “Sounds good to me!” Trump also reposted the same report about the king’s “secret” offer of membership late Saturday morning. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment. PRINCE WILLIAM VIEWS…

Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction, has died. She was 88.Dukakis died on Friday night surrounded by her family, her son, John Dukakis, said on Saturday.She fought to make the world better, “sharing her vulnerabilities to help others face theirs”, her family said in a statement.”She was loving, feisty and fun, and had a keen sensitivity to people from all walks of life,” the family said.”She and our dad, Michael Dukakis, shared an enviable partnership for over 60 years and loved…