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The authorities in South Korea were expecting tens of thousands of protesters to descend on central Seoul on Friday as the nation’s Constitutional Court decides the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol.At least 14,000 police had been deployed to the area around the court, closing subway stations and locking down an area near a former royal palace that is popular with tourists and home to major businesses. Drones have been banned from the area, and schools, vendors and businesses have been ordered to close.The first protests were set to start at 10 a.m. local time, ahead of a possible decision…

When it comes to stopping a scorer in a one-on-one situation, NHL goalies are better than they’ve ever been.The league-wide save percentage has dipped in recent years — steadily declining from .910 in 2019-20 to .900 this season — as offensive strategies improve and shooters find ways to beat goalies with screens, deflections and backdoor plays. Beating a goaltender with a clean shot has become incredibly difficult.Listen to the dressing room conversations after a team is shut out. You’ll hear players and coaches parrot the same reasons for the lack of goals.“We needed more bodies in front of the net.”“We…

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration has set new preconditions for Harvard to combat antisemitism in exchange for access to federal funding.In a letter addressed to Harvard President Dean Garber, senior administration officials claimed Harvard had “fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment” in violation of the Civil Rights Act. “U.S. taxpayers invest enormously in U.S. colleges and universities, including Harvard,” the letter, signed by Josh Gruenbaum, Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration (GSA); Sean Keveney, acting general counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and Thomas Wheeler, acting…

Almost all the employees of the Wilson Center, a prominent nonpartisan foreign policy think tank in Washington, were placed on leave on Thursday and blocked from their work email accounts as Elon Musk’s task force quickly shut down most of the center.About 130 employees received orders telling them not to return to the office after the end of the day, according to an email reviewed by The New York Times and people with direct knowledge of the actions.The employees are to be paid while on leave but will be fired soon, in line with what has happened at other institutions…

For the first time in nearly a decade, Edmonton will have two gay bars this summer. Evolution Wonderlounge will open a new location on Jasper Avenue and 115 Street, as its downtown location on 103 Street near 102 Avenue winds down operations.“It forced us to start looking around so we found this space, so we’re like, let’s just do both at once until the lease runs out,” Evolution Wonderlounge co-owner Rob Browatzke told Global News.The new bar will take over the Reign Premium Lounge & Kitchen, which has been sitting vacant since January.Browatzke said he got the call from the…

The opposition leader is playing up the coalition’s plan to offer petrol price relief as he targets key seats in mortgage belt suburbs.

SINGAPORE: Clean-up operations off the northern coast of Pulau Ubin and along Changi Beach are ongoing following an oil leak at Langsat Terminal in Johor, Singapore authorities said on Friday (Apr 4).  Booms will be deployed at Chek Jawa Wetlands in Pulau Ubin as a precautionary measure to protect the biodiversity-sensitive areas, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), National Environment Agency (NEA), National Parks Board (NParks) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a joint media release.  SFA is also working with fish farms in the East Johor Straits to take the necessary preventive measures. The Johor Port Authority…

US president says Iran initially wanted talks through intermediaries, but he thinks Tehran has changed its position.Washington, DC – Donald Trump has suggested that Iran may agree to direct talks with the United States despite the intensifying tensions and back-and-forth threats between the two countries. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the US president appeared optimistic about the prospect of face-to-face diplomacy with Tehran. “I think it’s better if we have direct talks,” he said. “I think it goes faster, and you understand the other side a lot better than if you go through intermediaries. They wanted to use intermediaries. I…

Washington — The Trump administration plans to freeze $510 million in federal grants to Brown University while it reviews the school’s response to antisemitism and its efforts to eliminate diversity policies, the White House confirmed Thursday.Brown, however, said it was unaware of the funding freeze. “At this moment, we have no information to substantiate any of these rumors,” Brown’s provost Frank Doyle wrote in a message to academic leaders Thursday. “We are closely monitoring notifications related to grants, but have nothing more we can share as of now.” Brown is the latest university to be targeted by the administration. Hundreds of millions…

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Five Americans have pleaded guilty to money laundering in connection with a Nigerian sextortion scheme that led to a Michigan teenager’s death by suicide.Georgia residents Kendall Ormond London, 32; Brian Keith Coldmon, Jr., 30; Jarell Daivon Williams, 31; and Johnathan Demetrius Green, 32, as well as Dinsimore Guyton Robinson, 29, of Alabama, have pleaded guilty to using online payment systems to collect sextortion proceeds and send them to a Nigerian individual they referred to…