Australian doctors have achieved a medical milestone by extracting a live parasitic roundworm from a woman’s brain, marking the first recorded case of its kind globally. The woman, aged 64, underwent an MRI scan after experiencing memory lapses, revealing an unusual lesion at the front of her brain. Measuring eight centimeters (three inches), the roundworm, … Read more
Gareth Bale is set to join MLS side Los Angeles FC after leaving Real Madrid. Bale signed for Real from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 for a then-record transfer fee of $105.54 million. Bale led Wales to a first World Cup since 1958 as they beat Ukraine 1-0 in their playoff in Cardiff earlier this month. … Read more
CHEONGJU – Cultural hits from Netflix show “Squid Game” to Oscar-winner “Parasite” have raised South Korean inequality to global prominence, and one presidential hopeful claims his working-class credentials make him the best man to fix a broken system. Former child factory worker Lee Jae-myung, a school dropout maimed in an industrial accident as a teen, … Read more
A dystopian vision of a polarised society, Netflix smash hit “Squid Game” blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the latest South Korean cultural phenomenon to go global. It features South Korea’s most marginalised, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional children’s … Read more
