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SEOUL: At least two firefighters have been killed in a wildfire in South Korea and more than 200 residents in 15 southern villages have been told to evacuate, authorities said on Saturday (Mar 22). The fire, which began in Sancheong county on Friday afternoon, prompted the deployment of 304 personnel, along with 20 helicopters, according to South Korea’s Interior Ministry. On Saturday, “two firefighters have been found dead, while two individuals are remaining missing”, a fire agency official told AFP. It was not immediately clear if the two missing people were also firefighters. Wildfires also hit several other areas in…

One afternoon last week, I convinced a friend to accompany me to a restaurant in Brooklyn to learn how to play Hong Kong-style mahjong. I’d always been intrigued by mahjong’s colorful bakelite tiles, the satisfying clacking sound they make as they’re shuffled. My mother plays the American version twice a week with the same groups of friends, a clubby ritual that makes me a little jealous: Why don’t I have a regular game of something going?We were a group of 15 or so students, all new to the game. To begin, we played a dummy round with all the tiles…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — It’s a breezy Tuesday evening in South Florida and Coco Gauff is hanging out in the Delray Beach park where she probably spent more waking hours of her childhood than anywhere except her family home.Her dad, Corey, is here in Pompey Park. So is her grandfather, Eddie ‘Red’ Odom. The baseball field on the other side of the trees is named for him. An aunt is here. Seemingly every other person says they are a cousin.A bunch of little kids who look like Gauff once did are whacking tennis balls on a couple of free public…

When President Trump announced on Friday that the United States would move ahead with a long-debated project to build a stealthy next-generation fighter jet, the message to China was clear: The United States plans to spend tens of billions of dollars over the next decade, probably far longer, to contain Beijing’s ability to dominate the skies over the Pacific.But here on earth, the reality has been very different.As the Department of Government Efficiency roars through agencies across government, its targets have included some of the organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert. And, as with much…

Australian power puncher Teremoana Teremoana has shattered James “The Beast” Singh’s hopes of shocking the boxing world, finishing off the Fijian in barely two minutes.Singh had ambitiously vowed to end Teremoana’s undefeated record on the George Kambosos Jr-Jake Wyllie undercard on Saturday night.But the Parramatta Eels tragic was put firmly in his place as the referee stopped the heavyweight mismatch two minutes 12 seconds into the bout at Qudos Bank Arena.Toying with the 50-1 underdog, Teremoana had dropped Singh earlier in the opening round of the contest.The crowd jeered the referee when he stopped the fight but he had no…

He’s one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics, wielding influence over media, technology and every corner of the federal government. “Yes!” In just a few short weeks since the inauguration, Elon Musk has taken a sledgehammer to the federal workforce and injected his companies into the center of the White House. He’s pushed legal boundaries and become one of the biggest donors in Republican politics, pouring his money into races across the country. And now his influence may be extending to one of the most influential and consequential departments in Washington, the Pentagon. The Musk effect…

A group of mayors from Canadian border towns issued a plea for help to upper levels of government on Friday as businesses in their communities suffer through the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and anti-Canadian rhetoric. “We need the federal government to fully understand and look to different sectors to assist them through the tariffs that will be coming,” Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said during a press conference organized by the Frontier Duty Free Association.“We’re feeling the pain and we’re on the front line,” Bradley said of his city, which shares a border with Michigan. “That’s just…

Daines, a senator for Montana, said on X earlier this week that he would be talking with Chinese officials about curbing the production and distribution of fentanyl and “the need to reduce the trade deficit and ensure fair market access for our Montana farmers, ranchers and producers”. Just months into Trump’s second term, tensions between the world’s two largest economies have risen after the US imposed 20 per cent duties on Chinese goods and drew retaliatory tariffs of 15 per cent on US farm goods from China. Additionally, the US accuses China of doing too little to stop the export…

In SummaryIn terms of market size, the African e-learning market reached USD 3.4 billion in 2024. The market is projected to reach USD 7.7 billion by 2033, with a CAGR of 9.12% between 2025 and 2033. Online education is a key strategy for expanding access to higher education in Africa, aiming to increase higher education participation to 50% by 2063. Over 60% of universities on the continent now offer online programs.Deep Dive!!Across the globe, online and distance learning is crucial for expanding access to education, particularly in higher education. However, there were growing concerns amongst many critics in the past that Africa—particularly sub-Saharan Africa…