A person has been arrested after allegedly confessing that he began a hearth in South Africa that killed 76 folks - whereas making an attempt to eliminate a physique. The 29-year-old made the shock confession throughout a public inquiry into the reason for the hearth at a five-storey constructing in Johannesburg in August final 12 months. The man reportedly stated he had strangled somebody to dying within the basement of the block of flats, earlier than setting hearth to his physique, in accordance with South African media reviews of the testimony.He stated that he was a drug consumer and was informed to kill the person by a drug vendor who lived within the constructing.Police later stated the person - who was not named - has been arrested in reference to the hearth and is de...

South Korea's presidential workplace mentioned Monday it authorised a request by the nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to increase its time period by a yr by means of late-May 2025. Investigators had been calling for extra time to look at a broad vary of human rights violations linked to Seoul's previous army governments, together with a widespread falsifying of kid origins that fueled a government-backed international adoption growth within the Seventies and '80s. Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com