[ad_1] SEOUL — South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” was convicted Friday of sexual harassment and handed a suspended prison sentence, a court official said. The Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court sentenced O to eight months in prison, suspended for two…

[ad_1] MOSCOW, Russia — A steady stream of voters arrived at a polling station in the heart of Russia’s capital early on this crisp, sunny Friday to cast their votes in a three-day presidential election. With the winner in no doubt, the Kremlin will instead be looking to turnout as a measure of public support…

[ad_1] “The Zone of Interest” executive producer Danny Cohen has become the first member of the film’s production team to publicly address director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech, saying “I just fundamentally disagree with Jonathan.” While accepting the Academy Award on Sunday evening for best international film, Glazer delivered a set of pre-written remarks in which he compared his…

[ad_1] LONDON — If Britain’s royal family thought the saga over Kate, the Princess of Wales, was going away, there was little sign of salvation Friday after a leading news agency compared the family to North Korea and another monarch offered gentle public ridicule. Meanwhile, Prince William and Prince Harry both spoke Thursday evening at…

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[ad_1] SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador will transfer “a big chunk” of its bitcoin assets to an offline device that will be stored in a physical vault within the Central American country’s territory, President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday. “We’ve decided to transfer a big chunk of our Bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store…

[ad_1] A blueberry grown in Australia has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the heaviest in the world. The golf-ball-sized berry, picked on Nov. 13 at a farm run by Costa Group in Corindi, Australia, came in at 20.4 grams, or 0.72 ounces, and measures more than an inch and a half across, about…

[ad_1] McDonald’s stores across parts of the world were either closed or had suspended online orders Friday after what the company said was a technology outage. The unspecified issue affected the fast food chain’s stores in Japan and Australia, while social media users also reported disruption in China, Britain and elsewhere across Asia and Europe….

[ad_1] NEW DELHI — Thousands of farmers protested in India’s capital on Thursday to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices, after weeks of being blocked from entering the city. They rode crowded buses and trains instead of their tractors to New Delhi after authorities barricaded highways into the…

[ad_1] Aid ship arrives off the coast of Gaza, organizers say JERUSALEM — The Open Arms, a private aid ship, arrived off the coast of Gaza today carrying the first nautical aid delivery for starving Palestinians. World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, that played a central role in organizing the…