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Authorities in South Korea have handed a 40 year jail term to this 24-year-old recent graduate for heading an online sexual blackmail ring. Cho Ju-Bin coerced women into sharing degrading sexual images and videos of themselves and sold these onto paying viewers…

While parts of the medical community are on the hunt for a vaccine against the coronavirus, others are on the hunt for its origin. While the first confirmed case was in China, the exact steps of the virus’s early progression are still…

Donald Trump’s days in the White House finally seem to be numbered. The question is: how much damage can he still do? Our guests: Susanne Koelbl (Spiegel), Ali Fatholla-Nejad (analyst), Erik Kirschbaum (LA Times), Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/…

In Ethiopia’s Tigray region heavy fighting still continues. 80km away from the Ethiopian border the Um Raquba UN Camp once housed refugees who fled Ethiopia’s famine in the 1980s. Now, the camp is expected to house several thousand refugees according to the…

‘Voodoo’ has come to represent something evil when it appears in popular culture. ‘Black magic’, witchcraft – it’s always portrayed as something to be feared. But in reality, Vodou, as it’s correctly written, is an official religion practised by millions of people.…

People across Argentina have been mourning the death of football great and national icon Diego Maradona, who died following a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60. Three days of national mourning have begun in the country and thousands of…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the "final phase" of the army’s operation in the northern region of Tigray after weeks of fighting. He said the military would try not to harm civilians in the regional capital Mekelle –…

A doctor in Missouri has made a video simulating what a patient dying from Covid-19 might see – in a bid to urge people to wear face masks. Dr Kenneth Remy told the BBC that "wearing a mask is not as uncomfortable…

Between COVID-19 and a sweeping new national security law, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests were forced off the streets. Now people are protesting through food. Watch Counter Space Saturdays at noon on VICE TV. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE…

Facing censure in Brussels, recent mass protests over abortion rights, and criticism on press freedom, is Poland’s government on a path to isolation? Conflict Zone asks MEP Ryszard Legutko from the ruling Law and Justice Party in a special edition of the…

New coronavirus measures in Germany will last until at least January, Angela Merkel has told lawmakers in the German Parliament. A Christmas amnesty cannot be guaranteed. German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the extension of Germany’s partial lockdown in a speech to lawmakers…

Xie Zhenhua is probably the most influential politician in China when it comes to shifting the country’s climate policy over the past decade. As China’s lead negotiator at United Nations Climate Change Conferences, he’s been critical to forging agreements on the global…

Despite tougher laws and punishments brought in after the rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012, India continues to see cases of brutal attacks on women. Many survivors and their families have told the BBC World Service, as part…

A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence in Iran for espionage has been freed, with Tehran saying it was a swap for three jailed Iranians. In a statement, Kylie Moore-Gilbert thanked those who had worked for her release and said that leaving…

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Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trump grants his former national security adviser a full pardon despite his guilty plea for lying to the FBI, COVID-19 cases and deaths break records as millions of Americans travel for the Thanksgiving holiday and President-elect Joe…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Devlin Barrett, of the Washington Post, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the circumstances surrounding Flynn’s conviction and…