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Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea’s constitutional court to decide on impeachment April 4
South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule on Friday whether to permanently remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the court stated that it will rule on Yoon, who was impeached by legislators after briefly proclaiming martial law late last year, at 11 a.m. (02:00 GMT), and the decision […]
US tariffs: Japan to make strong push for exemption
Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that Japan will keep up a strong push for the United States to exempt it from auto tariffs. Ishiba vowed to take the necessary steps to alleviate the blow to the economy and jobs. It was gathered that Japan could take a severe hit from a planned […]
Trump Considers Third Term Presidential Bid
Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about wanting to serve a third term as US president in what may appear to many as a bizarre ambition by the US President. The US Constitution says that “no person… shall be elected more than twice”, but some Trump supporters have suggested there could be ways […]
New Mexico Republican Party HQ set on fire
The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico was set on fire on Sunday. Fire officials in Albuquerque, the largest city in Democratic-controlled New Mexico, were reportedly called to the blaze around 6 am and put it out in five minutes. In a post on social media, Albuquerque Fire Rescue said the single-story structure […]
Israel PM picks ex-naval commander as new security agency head
Israel’s prime minister has picked former navy commander Eli Sharvit to be the next head of the Shin Bet domestic security agency, his office said Monday, despite the supreme court freezing the government’s bid to dismiss the incumbent. “After extensive interviews with seven qualified candidates, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint former navy […]
Taliban releases detained US citizen Faye Hall
Washington’s former envoy to Kabul says an American citizen has been released by the Taliban government after being held for two months. Faye Hall was detained in February alongside a British couple in their seventies, Barbie and Peter Reynolds, and their Afghan interpreter. The couple ran training programmes for women and girls, and decided to […]
Putin will die soon – Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Vladimir Putin “will die soon”. His comments come amid rumours that the Russian leader is battling poor health. Zelenskyy stated this during a sit-down interview with journalists in Paris following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday. He said: “He (Putin) will die soon, and that’s a […]
Trump signs order requiring citizenship proof in federal elections
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered tighter controls on federal elections, including requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as the Republican continues to attack a system he insists remains tilted against him. Experts swiftly denounced his executive order as an abuse of presidential power that could ultimately prevent millions of Americans from […]
ILO, UNICEF, EU, launch €13m initiative
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched the ‘Supporting Sustainable Social Protection Systems in Nigeria’ project. Funded by the European Union (EU), the project, also called ‘SUSI’, seeks to bolster Nigeria’s social protection structures, ensuring more comprehensive coverage and aid for vulnerable groups across the country. The Ambassador of […]
‘Stranded astronauts’ Butch and Suni set to begin journey home
After an epic nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally getting ready to head home. Their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) was only supposed to last eight days, but their mission was dramatically extended after the spacecraft that they arrived on suffered technical problems. The pair are […]