By Minwoo Park SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Koreans Kim Eun-ha and Park Cho-hyeon would like to get married and have children, a plan that fits in with government ambitions to boost the world’s lowest fertility rate. The catch is that same-sex unions remain illegal in South Korea, and doctors refuse to perform artificial […]
Michigan Capitol | Susan J. DemasMichigan Capitol | Susan J. Demas Despite no longer having the cushion of federal COVID funding, Michigan should still see modest growth in net tax revenues for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 that will leave a higher-than-anticipated bottom line in the state’s General Fund. That was the takeaway Friday from the […]
Donald Trump’s VP nominee shortlist just got even smaller, as the former president confirmed that Nikki Haley, his former primary challenger and UN Ambassador, isn’t in the running. “Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, ending speculation that Haley, who ran against Trump […]
Early planted corn has begun to emerge in parts of Iowa. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Farmers should plant their corn by next week to ensure their yields are maximized, but wet fields have stalled their progress, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn planting had been tracking ahead of the five-year average […]
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity contracted again in April, but manufacturers’ optimism climbed to the highest level in nearly two years as output and orders managed to post marginal growth, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for manufacturers in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, compiled by S&P […]
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., abruptly announced on Tuesday that he will resign from Congress later this month instead of serving out the rest of his term. Buck announced on social media that he would step down at the end of next week. The longtime lawmaker, a member of the House Freedom Caucus who has emerged […]
After seven years of growth, membership in the German Green Party declined for the first time in 2023 but is now showing a marked recovery, the party said in Berlin on Friday. At the turn of the year, the number of members stood at 125,991, several hundred fewer than the 126,451 recorded at the same […]
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will actually teach skills and safeguard trainees’ rights as Japan desperately seeks more foreign workers to supplement its aging […]
With enrollment continuing to plummet, the Broward school district plans to close or overhaul at least five schools in 2025, with dozens more possible in the next few years. The first affected schools should be determined by June, after the school district holds a series of public forums, meetings with community groups and School Board […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – The Republican presidential field started with a handful of candidates. After the Iowa caucuses, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the race leaving two candidates vying to be the party’s nominee: former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. […]
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83.6 years in 2021, the statistics agency said on Friday, after life expectancy fell in 2022 for the first time since 1970, hit by a spike in deaths linked to COVID-19. Following a global […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who earlier this year declared “I never quit,” announced Wednesday that he will be resigning from the House of Representatives at the end of the year in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. The California Republican, who was ousted from the speakership in October following a concerted effort […]