Jake Kwon,Seoul correspondentand Leehyun Choi,Seoul EPA/Shutterstock Yoon was impeached in 2024 for his martial law attempt South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be jailed for five years over abuse of power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents in relation to his failed martial law bid in 2024. This is the first of the verdicts…
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell A political leader demanding questionable policy from the central bank and testing the legal limits to get it – to Martin Redrado, sitting in Argentina, Donald Trump’s stand-off with the Federal Reserve feels surprisingly familiar. Redrado was fired as head…
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Watch: Troops and vessels from European Nato allies arrive in Greenland A small French military contingent has arrived in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, officials say, as several European states deploy small numbers in a so-called reconnaissance mission. The limited deployment, which also involves Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK,…
Lahore: The federal government has decided to keep the prices of petroleum products unchanged for the next 15 days.According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, the price of petrol has been maintained at Rs 253.17 per litre, while high-speed diesel will continue to be sold at Rs 257.08 per litre.Officials said the…
Watch: Protesters clash with authorities in Minneapolis after ICE shoot man in leg A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in the US city of Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel as he tried to make an arrest, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says. In a statement on X, the…
Sammy Awami,BBC Africa, Kampalaand Wycliffe Muia AFP via Getty Images More than 21 million Ugandans have registered to vote Vote are being counted in parts of Uganda amid an internet shutdown and opposition accusations of rigging in presidential and parliamentary elections. “Massive ballot-stuffing reported everywhere,” declared presidential hopeful Bobi Wine in a post on social…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Medical Graduates Association has called on the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to immediately implement internationally recognised and transparent examination standards, warning of protests if their demands are not addressed within a week.Speaking at a press conference at the National Press Club in Islamabad, Association President Dr Tahir Khan Sikandari urged…
Norberto ParedesBBC Mundo, Caracas Getty Images Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado may hold the Nobel Peace Prize, but she knows there is only one foreign endorsement that really matters: Donald Trump’s. She will meet the US president at the White House on Thursday, after publicly offering to share her Nobel with him – a…
Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Ontario Premier Doug Ford generally have a friendly relationship but are taking shots at each other over whisky A British owned, Canadian-made whisky is at the centre of a spat between two provinces that is testing a unified “Team Canada” approach in…
David Grittenand Jon Donnison,Jerusalem Reuters Phase two of the peace plan should see reconstruction starting in Gaza after two years of war US envoy Steve Witkoff has announced the start of phase two of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, with a technocratic Palestinian government established in the territory. Under phase…
