South Korean President Park Geun-hye's voice trembled as she tried to comfort parents gathered near a makeshift morgue to identify the bodies of their children, among the hundreds drowned in a ferry disaster.
U.S. Representative Michelle Bachmann, leader of the Tea Party movement, announced that she will not seek re-election, and will retire from the House of Representatives.
Thousands of activists rallied on Wednesday in a coordinated series of nationwide protests on Wednesday, in hopes of pressing the U.S. Congress to approve certain measures, to enable those currently deemed as "illegal" a path toward citizenship. Organizers told the press that demonstrations were taking place in at least 18 states, and Washington D.C.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family announced on Monday. Lady Thatcher served as the Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and was the first woman serving in that role.
