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South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose super-aged society
Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires.

Australian cop spared prison after fatal tasering of 95-year-old
An Australian judge sentenced a policeman who fatally tasered a "frail and confused" 95-year-old woman to do community service rather than jail time.

Family fights for death-row retrial under Japan's 'snail-paced' system
Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial.

South Korea's life game 'InZOI' challenges 'The Sims'
South Korean game publisher Krafton released early access to its life simulation game "InZOI" Friday, hoping its powerful lifelike graphics will unseat the decades-long dominance of "The Sims" hit franchise.

Man charged with destroying Teslas in Las Vegas, amid anti-Musk wave
A man who allegedly set fire to five Teslas and sprayed them with bullets from a semi-automatic rifle appeared in a US court Thursday to face federal arson charges, the Department of Justice said.

Quantum Biopharma's 2024 Financial Statements Show Strong Improvements in Cash, Working Capital, Operating Efficiency and the Removal of Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
Completion of unbuzzdTM Clinical Trial and Multiple Sclerosis Drug Lucid-21-302 Phase 1 Trial Advance Company's Pipeline of Products and Assets

83.33% of Veterinary Oncologists Highlight Importance of Jaguar Health's FDA Conditionally Approved Canalevia-CA1 as a Non-Antibiotic Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Diarrhea (CID) in Dog's in New Survey
Canalevia®-CA1 (crofelemer delayed-release tablets) is the first and only treatment for CID in dogs to receive any type of approval from the FDAIn dogs undergoing chemotherapy, as is the case with people undergoing cancer treatment, diarrhea is a highly neglected and unmet medical need

UniDoc Completes Purchase of AGNES Connect(R) Software from AMD Telemedicine
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 28, 2025 / UniDoc Health Corp. (CSE:UDOC)(FRA:L7T)(OTCQB:UDOCF) ("UniDoc" or the "Company"), announces that, further to its news release dated March 19, 2025, it has closed the acquisition of the AGNES Connect software from AMD Telemedicine ("AMD").

Two of LQR House Stockholders, Including Its CEO, Enter Lock-up Agreement Covering at Least 209,543 Shares
MIAMI BEACH, FL / ACCESS Newswire / March 28, 2025 / LQR House Inc. (the "Company" or "LQR House") (NASDAQ:YHC), a niche e-commerce platform specializing in the spirits and beverage industry, today announced that two of its stockholders, including its Chief Executive Officer, signed 12-month lock-up agreements, covering 209,543 shares of the Company's common stock that they now own and any future shares of common stock they may acquire during 12 months lock-up period. Currently this represents approximately 0.6% of LQR House's outstanding shares. Both agreements restrict the sale of shares and other securities that can be acquired by these stockholders for 12 months, i.e. until January and March 2026 respectively.

Judge hears Associated Press suit over White House denial of access
Lawyers for the Associated Press (AP) urged a federal judge on Thursday to restore the news agency's reporters access to the White House press pool that covers US President Donald Trump's events.

Games publisher Ubisoft announces restructuring, billion-euro investment
In a bid to escape financial woes, French games giant Ubisoft said Thursday it was creating a new subsidiary around its most popular franchises such as "Assassin's Creed" in partnership with China's Tencent.

Salman Rushdie to publish first fiction book since stabbing
British-American novelist Salman Rushdie will publish his first major work of fiction since the brutal stabbing that blinded him in one eye, his publisher said on Thursday.

Six Russians dead in sinking of Egypt tourist submarine
Six Russian tourists, including two minors, died on Thursday when a submarine carrying dozens of passengers sank off a major resort town on Egypt's Red Sea coast.

Water cannon break up Indonesia military law protests
Indonesian police fired water cannons Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital Jakarta angry at a newly passed military law, AFP reporters said.

Six dead in sinking of Egypt tourist submarine
Six people died on Thursday, two of them minors, when a tourist submarine carrying dozens of Russian visitors sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast near a major resort town.

Six dead in sinking of Egyptian tourist sub carrying Russians
Six people died on Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast, state media reported, with Russia's consulate saying 45 Russian citizens were aboard.

Israel parliament passes law enabling political control over judicial appointments
Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials' power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests.

South Korea wildfires 'largest on record': disaster chief
Wildfires in South Korea are now "the largest on record" having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country's disaster chief said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 26.

Jaguar Health Meeting with FDA Regarding Results of Phase 3 OnTarget Study
The statistically significant responder analysis results for Mytesi® (crofelemer) in the OnTarget study's prespecified subgroup of patients with breast cancer were the subject of a December 2024 poster presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer SymposiumLate-breaker abstract recently submitted to the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) shows additional significant results for breast cancer subgroupThe American Cancer Society expects 316,950 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women in the US in 2025, and it's estimated that there were 4 million US women with a history of invasive breast cancer in 2022

Bausch Health to Announce First Quarter Results on April 30
LAVAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2025 / Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE:BHC)(TSX:BHC) will release first quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Bausch Health will host a conference call and live webcast at 5:00 p.m. U.S. EDT to discuss the results and provide a business update. All materials will be made available on the Investor Relations section of the Bausch Health website prior to the start of the call.

Pivotree Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Results
Pivotree delivers record Adjusted EBITDA of $1.7 million in Q4 2024 since going public in 2020

Chile rocked by clashes over fishing quotas
Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannon Wednesday as they battled with hundreds of fishermen who threw stones and burned tires to press for greater catch rights, leaving at least 15 officers and a protester hurt.

Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present
Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been ordered to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup, is the latest leader of Latin America's biggest economy to face court proceedings.

'I adore women,' says French actor Depardieu at sexual assault trial
French actor Gerard Depardieu on Wednesday said he loved women and was not a "groper" as he made a final plea at his sexual assault trial in Paris, after his friend and fellow actor Fanny Ardant vouched for him.

US Supreme Court upholds Biden-era regulation of 'ghost guns'
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulation of untraceable "ghost guns" -- firearms sold in easy-to-assemble kits -- in a defeat for the powerful gun lobby.

Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket.

Grandparents face further questions in French toddler death mystery
French police have extended the detention of a 59-year-old man being questioned about the death of his young grandson, who disappeared while he was on holiday nearly two years ago.

'Like the apocalypse': S. Korea wildfires tear through mountains
Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea's Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the area in flames and turning it into "a literal hell".

South Korea's wildfires kill 24, wreak 'unprecedented damage'
One of South Korea's worst-ever wildfire outbreaks has killed at least 24 people, officials said Wednesday, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage" and threatening two UNESCO-listed sites.

Ex-judge fights Japan's 'unopenable door' retrial system
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail -- and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination.

South Korea says 19 dead in raging wildfires
At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage", the acting president said Wednesday.

Brazil's Bolsonaro awaits ruling over alleged coup bid
Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will learn on Wednesday whether he faces trial on charges of backing a coup bid after being voted out of office in 2022.