The Daily Populous

Saturday December 14th, 2024 evening edition

image for LA Times billionaire owner killed op-ed that was critical of Trump’s cabinet picks, report says

The spiked column was set to be published in the outlet’s Sunday newspaper and website on November 24.

Soon-Shiong intervened just hours before the op-ed was scheduled to be sent to the printer, prompting the editors to pull the piece as the deadline approached.

According to the NY Times, the column was headlined: “Donald Trump’s cabinet choices are not normal.

Pharmaceuticals billionaire Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong waves as he arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower 10 January 2017 for a meeting with the President-elect Donald Trump.

Soon-Shiong isn’t the only billionaire owner of a large American newspaper that has taken heat from staff and readers for taking a softened stance towards Trump.

They’re liking us much better now, I think,” Trump said on Thursday after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

“If they don’t, we’ll have to just take them on again, and we don’t want to do that. »

President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached

Authored by koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

He transitioned into politics less than a year before the last presidential election, which he narrowly won by a margin of less than 1 percent.

If his impeachment is upheld, Yoon will become the second Korean president to be removed from office during their term, following Park's ouster in 2017. »

US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman

Authored by apnews.com

The civil trial jury found Las Vegas police and two detectives, now retired, fabricated evidence during their investigation and intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon Lobato.

Lobato was 18 when she was interviewed by police without an attorney, arrested and charged with killing Duran Bailey in Las Vegas in July 2001.

Last October, a state court judge in Las Vegas issued a certificate declaring Lobato innocent of Bailey’s killing. »

These musicians bought a seat for a cello worth $4.5M. Air Canada wouldn't let it on board

Authored by cbc.ca

Although they didn't specify the airline responsible in their statement, the post included a hashtag for Air Canada and also tagged Air Canada's account.

The cello that Sheku Kanneh-Mason uses is more than 300 years old and is on indefinite loan to the musician.

According to a short film about the instrument, it's worth more than three million euros, or about $4.5 million Cdn. »

South Korea latest: South Korea's President Yoon suspended after MPs vote to impeach him

Authored by bbc.com

The passage of the impeachment motion is "not the end of South Korea’s political turmoil," says Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.

"It is not even the beginning of the end, which will ultimately involve election of a new president," he said.

The constitutional court now has up to 180 days to rule on whether President Yoon should be impeached or restored. »