Strength of South Korea democracy tested as president defies arrest
Protesters have thronged the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, where officials trying to arrest him were blocked by security guards.
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Hamas Releases Video of Teenage Israeli Soldier Held Hostage in Gaza
Liri Albag, 19, is one of about 100 hostages believed to remain held in the enclave nearly 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel.
Exclusive | The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6 – The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6 The Wall Street Journal Toyota donating $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration – report The Guardian US Ford is latest company to kick in cash for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration USA TODAY Ford to donate $1M, fleet of vehicles to Trump inauguration The Hill Toyota is donating $1…
French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping
David Balland, a founder of Ledger, a prominent cryptocurrency company, and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search. Ten people have been arrested.
Tourism agency deletes ‘pristine swimming spot’ post about unpatrolled beach on Mornington Peninsula
Video removed as Life Saving Victoria carries out 145 rescues – ‘We don’t remember when we’ve been that busy’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s tourism agency has removed a social media post that described an unpatrolled ocean beach on the Mornington Peninsula as a “pristine swimming spot” amid…
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Increase U.S. Trade and Investment by $600 Billion
The Saudi media reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had spoken with President Trump, who made the kingdom the first stop on his first overseas presidential trip in 2017.
Joy Buoys Syria’s First Friday Prayers Since Assad Ouster, but Hardships Loom
In an impoverished, war-ravaged country, the first prayers after the fall of a brutal regime drew jubilant crowds, even in areas seen as regime strongholds.
How countries respond to Trump’s tariffs is what matters next
Retaliatory taxes against the US by other nations could lead global trade into uncharted territory.
Investigators receive black box data from plane that crashed in Kazakhstan
Authorities now have access to cockpit dialogue from Azerbaijan Airlines plane that went down on Christmas Day Brazil’s air force has extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was downed by Russia on Christmas Day, killing 38 of the 67 people on board. The…
Melania Trump launches cryptocurrency ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration
It comes days after President-elect Donald Trump launched his own meme coin, “Official Trump.”