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Seoul to ban ‘Parasite’-type basement homes after storm deaths
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2022
» After at least four people drowned in basement homes during the worst storm to lash Seoul in more than a century, South Korea’s capital city is planning to phase out such dwellings that came to symbolise yawning inequality in the Oscar-winning film "Parasite".
Virus update: China deaths top 3,000; California declares emergency
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2020
» Deaths from the coronavirus surpassed 3,000 in China, although the first country hit by the disease also announced progress on discharging people after treatment. California called a state of emergency, underscoring the global spread of the disease.
Duterte says police chief to maintain post while under probe
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/10/2019
» MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte said Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde will be given due process in an investigation over allegations he protected officers who recycled illegal drugs.
United shares take hit as social-media firestorm spreads
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/04/2017
» DALLAS/LONDON - Shares of United Continental Holdings Inc fell as outrage on social media over a passenger’s forcible removal from a flight spread across the globe.
'Moonlight' wins best picture in Oscars milestone
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/02/2017
» LOS ANGELES -- In an upset made all the more shocking by a wrong announcement, “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday night, a crowning achievement for African-American filmmakers after two years of controversy over institutional racism in Hollywood.
Obama calls for noble politics in final State of the Union
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2016
» WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama implored Americans to turn away from cynicism and fear, in a final State of the Union address that at times represented a rebuke of the bitter campaign to succeed him.
Court tosses lighter conviction, finds Pistorius guilty of murder
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2015
» The South African Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday found Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day two years ago, throwing out his previous manslaughter conviction.
Money-Pacman ending in draw has oddsmakers nervous
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/05/2015
» A boxing fan’s least favourite outcome would be a nightmare for Las Vegas sports books in Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight.
Margaret Thatcher's remarkable life
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/04/2013
» Margaret Thatcher, the former UK prime minister who helped end the Cold War and was known as the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising style, died Monday. She was 87.