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A fire broke out yesterday in Guryong Village, a densely packed neighborhood in South Korea's capital of Seoul, destroying roughly 60 makeshift homes and forcing approximately 500 people to evacuate. Hundreds of firefighters and several helicopters extinguished the fire in five hours (see photos). The cause of the fire is unknown and no deaths have been reported.
Home to 1,000 people, Guryong Village was formed as an informal settlement for people who were pushed out of their original neighborhoods under the city's redevelopment projects for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The village is considered to be Seoul's last remaining slum. It is located across a highway from the capital's affluent Gangnam district, which features high-rise apartments and luxury shopping.
Guryong Village, in which many of the homes are made with cardboard and wood, has had at least 16 fires since 2009. Seoul's government, in 2011, had announced plans to redevelop the area, but efforts have stalled due to disagreements between village residents and officials over land compensation and other issues. See video of the village before the fire here. |
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March for Life demonstration returns to the US Capitol.
Tens of thousands of people attended the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, yesterday. The event is the country's largest pro-life demonstration and comes about seven months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of abortion to state legislatures.
Ruben Gallego to challenge Kyrsten Sinema in 2024 Senate run.
Arizona Rep. Gallego (D) is expected to announce his bid for the US Senate by Monday, launching a face-off against Arizona Sen. Sinema, who in December switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent.
Alphabet (Google) to lay off 12,000 people from its workforce.
CEO Sundar Pichai announced the layoffs yesterday in an email to staff, which would account for about 6% of the company. Online retailer Wayfair also announced it is cutting 1,750 roles, or 10% of its workforce. Both are the latest in a series of companies reducing their staff amid the current macroeconomic climate.
Existing home sales fell for 11th consecutive month in December.
Home sales ended 2022 at a seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of 4.02 million units, which was 34% lower than December 2021—the slowest pace since November 2010. Total sales for 2022 were down 17.8% from 2021, due to a number of factors, including higher mortgage rates.
Paleontologists find 250 fossilized dinosaur eggs in India.
Scientists from the University of Delhi also discovered 92 dinosaur nesting sites and a rare ovum-in-ovo, in which an egg is found to contain another egg. The discovery was made in Narmada Valley in central India. |
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"I studied abroad ... for all of middle and high school, leaving behind my mom and my adoptive little brother, Benjamin. He'll be 4 on Valentine's Day, and would always cry when it was time for me to go back to school ... He missed me so much, in fact, that one time when they went to Panera, he thought he saw me behind the counter and began screaming, 'Raven! Raven!! It's my stister!!' (He can't pronounce 'sister' quite yet.) He ran up to the desk, and the girl who turned around after hearing the noise of course wasn't me. She liked him so much though that every time my mom has gone to that Panera since, months later, she gives a free oatmeal raisin cookie to my little Benjamin."
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