S. Korea's conservative contender Kim Moon

Seoul (AFP) – When his conservative South Korean party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology.

Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, gestures as he leaves an election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election in Seoul on June 1, 2025.

Lee Jae

Seoul (AFP) – Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung’s ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea’s presidency.

Opponents decry Lee Jae-myung, 60, for his populist style -- but his rags-to-riches personal story sets him apart from many of South Korea's political elite

Sarri back at Lazio after 15

Milan (Italy) (AFP) – Maurizio Sarri is returning to coach Lazio more than a year after leaving them, the Roman Serie A club announced on Monday.

Maurizio Sarri watching his Lazio team going out of the 2024 Champions League against Bayern Munich

Malawi's debt crisis deepens as aid cuts hurt

Lilongwe (Malawi) (AFP) – Behind a dimly lit bar in Malawi’s capital, Ben Manda rubbed his tired eyes and poured a customer a drink. He had been working for 36 hours straight, packing in back-to-back shifts to feed his family of four.

President Lazarus Chakwera and his wife marked the opening of the 2025 tobacco trading season

Danish brewer adds AI 'colleagues' to human team

Fakse (Denmark) (AFP) – They have names, faces and email addresses, but the five new colleagues at Denmark’s Royal Unibrew only exist in the virtual realm, which the brewer hails as a milestone to unleash the full potential of its staff.

The brewer says it has introduced AI 'co-workers' to increase the potential of its human staff