‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Joo-Sil Passes Away at 81 Following Battle with Stomach Cancer

South Korean actress Lee Joo-Sil, a star in the second season of “Squid Game,” has died. She was 81. The veteran actress collapsed in cardiac arrest at home in Uijeongbu, South Korea, on Sunday, three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, The Korea Times reported. She was brought to a hospital but could not be revived. Joo-Sil played Park…

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“Venezuelan Americans Speak Out: Trump Administration’s Decision to Cancel Deportation Protections for 350,000 Venezuelans” (Video)

Venezuelan migrants in South Florida say they feel betrayed by the Trump administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people who fled dictatorships and sought refuge in the U.S.  New regulations scheduled to be published this week would end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in early April.  Protections for…

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Neil Gaiman Faces Lawsuit from Former Nanny Alleging Sexual Abuse and Rape

Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife were sued in a set of federal cases filed in New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts on Monday, alleging the bestselling author violently raped and sexually abused the former nanny of his child. The suits brought by Scarlett Pavlovich come after Gaiman, 64, was recently accused in a New York Magazine cover story of sexually assaulting, abusing and forcing…

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China Responds to Trump’s Tariffs with Antitrust Investigation Against Google

The government of China has launched an antitrust investigation into Google in response to President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 10% tariff on Chinese goods.  The State Administration for Market Regulation in China is conducting an investigation into Google’s suspected monopolistic tactics as trade tensions between the two countries escalate. Although Google’s internet and search…

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Three Durban High School Students Stabbed in Suspected Racial Incident

Three school pupils in Durban were rushed to the hospital on Tuesday, February 4, after being st@bbed during an alleged racial altercation.   Centenary Secondary School in Asherville issued a notice to parents, announcing that classes would be dismissed early at 9:30 a.m. due to “circumstances that have arisen.”   Videos circulating on social media…

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