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Temple staff in Thailand were shocked when the woman began knocking from the coffin. Source link

A court in Seoul ruled that Kim Nok-wan’s crimes were so grave they warranted his “permanent isolation from society.” Source link

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says medication he takes for hiccups made him so paranoid that he used a soldering iron to tamper with his court-mandated ankle monitor while under house arrest. Source link

The European Union will ask the United States to establish a “steel union” of higher tariffs and tighter import restrictions — which could have knock-on effects in Australia’s steel sector — at crucial talks in Brussels on Monday. Source link

The 18-carat gold Jules Jurgensen pocket watch belonged to Isidor Straus, the co-founder of the Macy’s department store. Source link

However, more than 250 students and 12 staff members are still being held, in what is one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded in the country.  Source link

Women are twice as likely to suffer domestic violence in Papua New Guinea compared with the rest of the world, a new report finds. Here’s what the country is doing to fix it. Source link

As Iran suffers through a drought and the president warns the capital could be evacuated, millions are worried about what the future will hold.  Source link

Ukraine and its European allies are scrambling to come up with counter-proposals after US President Donald Trump gave Kyiv a tight deadline to approve a deal to end the war that accepts some of Russia’s hardline demands. Source link

With a ceasefire in effect in Gaza, a restoration team is painstakingly retrieving historical manuscripts, rare volumes, and archival documents from beneath the rubble of a destroyed mosque. Source link