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South Korean police officials apologized for the weekend stampede in Seoul that left at least 156 people dead and hundreds more injured, accepting a “heavy responsibility” and vowing to investigate the police response.
The statement comes as new details reveal police received 11 calls before the incident and dispatched officers to the site four times, prompting speculation as to whether the disaster could have been prevented. The incident happened Saturday night as crowds gathered in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district, to celebrate Halloween for the first time since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. Seoul police said the first call came at 6:34 p.m. local time, several hours before the deadly crush.
A total of 137 officers, primarily focused on crime, were present at the scene of the 100,000 partygoers. In comparison, about 6,500 officers were present at a protest with 25,000 people during the same timeframe. South Korea does not have specific procedures for handling crowd surges at unorganized events. |
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A member of the Federal Communications Commission called on the US government to ban TikTok yesterday over concerns the app exposes private American data to Chinese interests. The video-centric TikTok, which has been downloaded more than 200 million times in the US, is owned by Shanghai-based ByteDance and has been in negotiations with the federal government over a security deal.
Brendan Carr, one of four current FCC commissioners, asked both Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores in June after leaked audio tapes at TikTok showed private US data were accessed numerous times from China. Although the FCC can't regulate TikTok directly, its remarks historically have sway in Congress, including last year's ban on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
A similar call to ban TikTok came in 2020 from then-President Donald Trump, ultimately fizzling after he left office. See what data TikTok collects here. |
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Brazil's conservative populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, addressed the nation for the first time yesterday since losing to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's election. In the two-minute speech, Bolsonaro neither explicitly conceded nor recognized Lula's victory, but said he would follow the rules of the country's constitution. Following the speech, the president's chief of staff said he would begin the transition process.
Bolsonaro's public remarks came on the second day of protests from his supporters who blocked hundreds of roads across Brazil and cut off access to key locations, including a grain export port and a lane to São Paulo's international airport.
Lula won the presidential runoff by a thin margin, garnering 50.9% of the votes. The election was the tightest race in Brazil since the country's return to a democracy in 1985 and marked the first time Bolsonaro lost an election in his 34-year political career. |
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