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South Korea ruling party acting leader offers to quit

  Bloomberg The acting leader of South Korea’s ruling party offered to resign over in-fighting in the People Power Party, adding to the growing woes for new President, Yoon Suk Yeol, whose approval ratings have plunged to historic lows. “Our party is currently facing a grave crisis,” Kweon Seong-dong, the acting leader of the People Power Party, said in his ...

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Fidel Ramos, who helped end Marcos dictatorship, dies at 94

  Bloomberg Fidel Ramos, the former Philippine president who was head of the national police under Ferdinand Marcos before defecting and joining the “People Power” protests that ousted the dictator in 1986, has died. He was 94. Ramos’ family announced his passing in a statement on Sunday, without giving a cause of death. He died of complications from Covid-19, according ...

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US poised to deliver bumper wheat crop world badly needs

  Bloomberg The US is poised to deliver a bumper spring wheat crop in the upcoming weeks, which if realized could help relieve global shortfalls caused by turmoil in the Black Sea. Fields in North Dakota, the top producing US state, are forecast to yield a record high 49.1 bushels per acre of the grain, according to the final estimate ...

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