Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Record snowfall hits Seoul, grounds hundreds of flights and knocks out power

Pedestrians are seen during a snowstorm in Seoul.

South Korea's capital was blanketed on Wednesday by the heaviest snowfall in Seoul during November on record, with bad weather snarling traffic, knocking out power and grounding hundreds of flights as authorities braced for more snow in coming days.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/seoul-snowstorm-south-korea-1.7394836?cmp=rss

Several Trump cabinet picks targeted with bomb threats and 'swatting'

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump attends at UFC event at Madison Square Garden in November 2024.

Several of Donald Trump's cabinet and administration picks have been targeted since Tuesday evening with actions including bomb threats and "swatting," a spokesperson for the U.S.-president elect said on Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-cabinet-bomb-threat-1.7394801?cmp=rss

Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation: 'We're not making any accusations'

A ship in the ocean.

Sweden is asking a Chinese vessel to return to Swedish waters to help facilitate an investigation into recent breaches of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday, but stressed he was not making any accusations. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said he assumed it was sabotage.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sweden-cable-investigation-1.7394525?cmp=rss