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Yoo, whose real name is Uhm Hong-sik, was accused of using propofol on 181 occasions between 2020 and 2022. The drugs were administered at professional clinics, under the guise of having cosmetic procedures done. The prosecution had sought a four-year sentence for the "Hellbound" actor, but the Seoul Central District Court handed the 37-year-old a one-year jail term, Yonhap reported. "He is deemed guilty of all his purchases for habitual drug use," the court stated in its ruling, according to Yonhap News TV. Читать дальше...

The vital post-Labor Day sprint to the Nov. 5 election has now begun, and both Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, are expected to ramp up outreach to voters, especially in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada. As The Harris campaign focuses on an upbeat, positive message about America's future, and Trump's campaigning overshadowed by his demeaning comments about Harris' intelligence and heritage, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Читать дальше...

Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country in which he is expected to emphasise inter-religious ties.

In a move that could help cement President Nicolas Maduro's disputed presidential reelection, a Venezuelan court allowed for an arrest warrant to be issued against presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia for "serious crimes", despite widespread support for his party's claim that he had won the election.

After Hamas's execution of six hostages in Gaza sparked massive strikes and protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout Israel over the weekend, US President Joe Biden, one of Netanyahu's staunchest allies, on Monday called for more "urgency" from Netanyahu to reach a hostage deal. This prompted pushback from the prime minister and Hamas to frame the comments as validation of Israel's refusal to cooperate on a ceasefire deal.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the United States "engaged in a criminal practice" after it seized Maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic on Monday, alleging that it was "illegally purchased" through a shell company. The move follows widespread condemnation of Maduro's highly scrutinised reelection in late July, including US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken saying it was "clear" opposition candidate Edmundo González won South American country's presidential election.

Promised modeling work, they were enslaved by a gang that confiscated their passports and offered their services as sex workers in Mexico City through a website called Zona Divas. The case took an even more tragic turn with the murders in 2017 and 2018 of four Venezuelan and an Argentine trafficking victim in murky circumstances. Their stories feature in the four-episode series "Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas" ("El Portal" for the Spanish-language version) that will premiere globally on Thursday. Читать дальше...

With only two months left in the US presidential race, nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ramped up their campaigns in major swing states, with US President Joe Biden joining Harris over the weekend.

As massive protests broke out throughout Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked for forgiveness for failing to bring home the six hostages who were killed in Gaza. Despite mounting pressure on Netanyahu to deliver a hostage deal, he maintained that he could not afford to back down during negotiations for Israel to take control of the Philadelphi corridor.

Japan won its first-ever gold medal in wheelchair rugby at Paris's Champs-de-Mars Arena Monday night, surging ahead of the US team at half-time. It was an infuriating night for the US, which has failed to win gold in the fast-paced sport – once known as "murderball" for its full-contact play-style – since 2008.