South Korea's soccer player Son Heung-min returned home to a rousing welcome after the Tottenham Hotspur forward ended the season as the Premier League's joint top scorer with Mohamed Salah
describe their latest EP as a teen account of how the lockdown shattered their world, and they hope it resonates with young people everywhere https://reut.rs/3luwUYc
Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion deal for Twitter. The company's CEO and CFO were terminated and escorted out of headquarters https://reut.rs/3ziMaA7
K-pop stars SEVENTEEN, best known for hits such as ‘HOME;RUN’ and ‘Left & Right,’ drop their new EP ‘Your Choice’ and lead single ‘Ready to Love’ https://reut.rs/3gI1qhk
Authorities in Canada uncovered the remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, at the site of a former residential school for indigenous students https://reut.rs/3fuGZUs
reached new heights with their first English-language song ‘Dynamite’ on the U.S. Billboard charts. But they wish they could celebrate with their fans https://reut.rs/2RpeCtL
Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion arrived in Madrid with the help of a group of Spanish taxi drivers who volunteered for a 40-hour trip to Poland and back to support the mass evacuation https://reut.rs/361tcTx
Exclusive: Tesla is considering exporting China-made electric cars to the U.S., a reversal that would reflect the automaker's deepening cost advantage at its Shanghai plant and slower demand from Chinese consumers https://reut.rs/3DZSJJB
Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its wax effigy of Donald Trump into a dumpster, calling it a 'preparatory measure' ahead of the election https://reut.rs/35NKJuf
U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into the Trump campaign's use of the White House for campaign-related activities to see if federal law has been violated. More #Election2020 updates: https://reut.rs/3p4aIWQ
Exclusive: Aspartame, one of the world's most common artificial sweeteners, is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, pitting it against the food industry and regulators https://reut.rs/3XzfgWX
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The first coronavirus case in the U.S. and South Korea was detected on the same day. By late January, Seoul had medical companies starting to work on a diagnostic test — one was approved a week later. Today, the U.S. isn’t even close to meeting test demand https://reut.rs/3daq8mF
say they hope their new digital single #DynamiteBTS refreshes fans and helps them recharge their batteries as they cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic https://reut.rs/32hb6XL
A young Syrian boy smiled and started to play with rescue workers who pulled him from the rubble of a building that was destroyed following deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
, a fundraising juggernaut for social justice causes in the United States, visited the White House to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians #BTSatTheWhiteHousehttps://reut.rs/3PSlHjL
Barcelona’s Liceu opera reopened its doors for the first time in more than three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants