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2nd martial law impeachment vote on knife edge
South Korea’s opposition leader yesterday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the “people” and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump invites China’s Xi to inauguration
US President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other foreign leaders to his inauguration next month in Washington, a Trump transition spokesperson said on Thursday, but experts said that Xi was not likely to attend.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Any drills around Taiwan ‘decided by us alone’
China’s defence ministry said yesterday that any drills it may hold around Taiwan “are decided by us alone”, as Taipei announced the apparent end of massive military exercises not formally declared by Beijing.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Conservationists in Cambodia yesterday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
France’s Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM
President Emmanuel Macron yesterday named centrist leader Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian missiles batter Ukraine’s power grid
Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities during the morning rush hour yesterday, Kyiv said, while explosions were heard in the Black Sea port of Odesa and other cities in western Ukraine.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Francois Bayrou appointed as new French PM
French President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister of 2024 on Friday, charging the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second political crisis in the past six months
13 December 2024, 13:50 PM
Canada unveils 2035 climate goal critics say is weak
The target for 2035 would see emissions slashed by 45 to 50 percent from 2005 levels, on its way to net-zero by mid-century.
13 December 2024, 05:08 AM
Nine migrants dead in shipwreck off Tunisia
Tunisian authorities have found the bodies of nine migrants following a shipwreck off the country’s Mediterranean coast, with 27 people rescued and six others still missing, a judicial official told AFP yesterday.
12 December 2024, 20:03 PM
India’s Cabinet clears ‘one nation one election’ bill
The Indian Cabinet has cleared bills required to implement the “one nation, one election” proposal - which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and, at a later stage, municipal polls too - sources told NDTV yesterday afternoon.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
US man freed from Syria prison amid Assad collapse
An American who spent 7 months in a Syrian prison after crossing into the country on foot on a Christian pilgrimage has been found.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
India SC pauses surveys of places of worship
Ongoing surveys of places of worship, including mosques, will be paused, the Indian Supreme Court (SC) said yesterday as it began hearing petitions challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship Act.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Biden grants clemency to 1,500 criminals
Outgoing President Joe Biden said yesterday he had commuted sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan ex-PM Imran, wife indicted
A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally selling state gifts yesterday.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 36
At least 36 Palestinians were killed early yesterday in Israeli bombings of various areas in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Time Magazine yesterday named US President-elect Donald Trump its “person of the year,” marking the second time he has won the accolade in acknowledgement of the mogul’s stunning political comeback.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM
India to strengthen ties with its neighbours
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated New Delhi's intent to strengthen relations with its neighbours in tune with the ‘Neighborhood First Policy’
12 December 2024, 13:19 PM
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife indicted in another graft case, Geo TV reports
The indictment was the latest in dozens of cases against the 72-year-old former cricket star, who has been in jail since late last year.
12 December 2024, 11:23 AM
Syria's new government thanks countries that reopened missions
The offensive, which took just 10 days to sweep across Syria and take the capital Damascus, stunned the world and brought an end to more than a half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan.
12 December 2024, 11:17 AM
Chinese man arrested for US military base drone overflight
Yinpiao Zhou, 39, was arrested as he readied to board a flight to China from San Francisco, authorities said.
12 December 2024, 07:49 AM