Frances Vinall

Seoul

Education: Monash University, BA in Journalism

Frances Vinall is a global breaking news reporter based in Seoul. She previously reported for The Washington Post from Australia, her home country. Before joining The Post, she covered the Melbourne courts for NCA Newswire and worked as a newspaper reporter in Tasmania and the Snowy Mountains.
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Live updates: Netanyahu willing to limit counterstrike to Iranian military targets, U.S. officials say

The Israeli prime minister’s words were seen in Washington as a sign of restraint amid concerns that a strike on Iranian oil or nuclear sites could start a wider war.

October 15, 2024

Woman attempted to kayak to Canada with bag full of protected turtles

Border Patrol agents in Vermont stopped the woman on the shore of Lake Wallace, on the U.S.-Canada border, with a duffel bag containing $40,000 worth of turtles.

October 12, 2024
A 30-year-old male eastern box turtle.

Tourists rescued from Colorado gold mine hours after fatal accident

One person died in an elevator malfunction at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tourist site near Cripple Creek, which left 12 others stuck 1,000 feet underground.

October 11, 2024
A member of law enforcement moves a barrier for an emergency vehicle Thursday at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek, Colo.

Israel’s cabinet to vote on Iran response; U.N. says 2 peacekeepers injured in Lebanon

Israel’s security cabinet will meet Thursday to vote on Israel’s response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack. The U.N. said two peacekeepers were injured by Israeli fire.

October 10, 2024

Earth’s wildlife populations have disappeared at a ‘catastrophic’ rate in the past half-century, new analysis says

The Living Planet Index tracks thousands of vertebrate species globally and found the worst declines were in Latin America and the Caribbean.

October 9, 2024
A male Guam kingfisher is seen in an enclosure at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita. The species is native to Guam, but an invasive snake has made the bird endangered.

Israel sends more ground troops to Lebanon; strike on Syrian capital kills 7, injures 11

Israel said it mobilized its first reserve division to operate in southwestern Lebanon. Hezbollah officials pledged to keep fighting.

October 8, 2024

Macron calls for an end to arms shipments to Israel; strikes rock Beirut suburbs

Israeli forces issued fresh evacuation warnings for southern Beirut, as Hamas say one of its commanders was killed in Israeli strikes on Tripoli.

October 5, 2024

Iran’s leader gives defiant address; Israeli strike hits key road at border

Israeli strikes cut off a key border crossing between Lebanon and Syria.

October 4, 2024

Plastic surgeons say the ‘ballet body’ is in. Here’s what that means.

Fueled by the rise of the blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, thinness appears to be making a comeback in the trend cycle.

October 1, 2024

Region braces for intensification after Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah’s assassination

Israeli forces killed Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in a Beirut strike, according to authorities in the region.

September 28, 2024