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SOUTH KOREA

Court to rule on Yoon's impeachment on Friday

South Korea's Constitutional Court will issue its long-awaited ruling on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment on Friday, months after he was suspended for declaring martial law. The court has held weeks of impeachment hearings to determine whether to officially remove Yoon from office after he was impeached by lawmakers over his short-lived suspension of civilian rule. The Constitutional Court has until June to decide Yoon's fate, but it has typically issued rulings within weeks on past presidential impeachment cases.

UNITED STATES

Wildfire in California prompts evacuations

A wildfire erupted in central California over the weekend. It has prompted evacuations in multiple counties. According to the emergency services agency Cal Fire, the blaze, dubbed Silver Fire, ignited at 2:11 pm on Sunday in Inyo County near the state border with Nevada and quickly grew in size. On Monday morning, the fire spread to 5.06 square kilometers with zero containment, Cal Fire said, noting strong winds and gusts reaching up to 56.3 kilometers per hour fueled the fire, which "created hazardous conditions, grounding some firefighting aircraft and complicating containment efforts".

ETHIOPIA

Cholera vaccination kicks off for 1m people

The Ethiopian government has launched a cholera vaccination campaign in the southwestern part of the country, targeting about 1 million people at risk. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said the vaccination will be conducted in all zones of the country's Gambella Region and refugee camps during the coming week. It came as the World Health Organization and various other humanitarian agencies called for concerted efforts to contain the "rapidly spreading" cholera outbreak across the Gambella Region, bordering South Sudan.

Xinhua - Agencies