The Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office said that Russian forces used drones with thermobaric warheads. In a statement on Telegram, it said thermobaric weapons create a powerful blast wave and a hot cloud of smoke, causing large-scale destruction. The prosecutor said its use may indicate a deliberate violation of international humanitarian law.
Restaurant owner Shin Byung-chul peers from behind a flyer he put up of Kenneth Barthel at his restaurant in Busan, South Korea, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Restaurant owner Shin Byung-chul peers from behind a flyer he put up of Kenneth Barthel at his restaurant in Busan, South Korea, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
He hung flyers all over Busan, where his mother abandoned him at a restaurant. She ordered him soup, went to the bathroom and never returned. Police found him wandering the streets and took him to an orphanage. He didn’t think much about finding his birth family until he had his own son, imagined himself as a boy and yearned to understand where he came from.He has visited South Korea four times, without any luck. He says he’ll keep coming back, and tears rolled down his cheeks.Some who make this trip learn things about themselves they’d thought were lost forever.
In a small office at the Stars of the Sea orphanage in Incheon, South Korea, Maja Andersen sat holding Sister Christina Ahn’s hands. Her eyes grew moist as the sister translated the few details available about her early life at the orphanage.An investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by
involving South Korea’s foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s and `80s amid huge Western demands for babies.
She had loved being hugged, the orphanage documents said, and had sparkling eyes.Nothing was said about the
who raced to develop the country’s infrastructure for the World Cup tournament three years ago, or Qatar’s, which makes possible such elaborate central planning.
The Republican president’s admiration reflects an aesthetic and political vision at odds with American tradition. After declaring independence from the British monarchy, the Founding Fathers wanted to eschew anything that suggested royalty. Even as the United States emerged as the global superpower, the country and its leaders emphasized a facade of humility.But that’s never been Trump’s style. The billionaire’s New York City penthouse is embellished with gold and marble, and parts of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida are modeled after France’s Palace of Versailles.