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Jimmy Lai during a court appearance in December 2020

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai grilled over US, Taiwan ties

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares (L) shakes hands with an official outside Madrid's reopened embassy in Damascus

Following Assad ousting

Spain raises flag at Damascus embassy after 12-year closure

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) is seen inside a vehicle as he leaves the complex housing investigators

Insurrection charges

South Korea's Yoon avoids fresh questioning after dramatic arrest

South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office

South Korea's president arrest: what happens next?

Morning Roundup

Bettel reacts to Gaza ceasefire, tram to airport starts in March, and website for autistic students launched

The Bauhaus movement follow the principle that 'form follows function'

'Degenerate art'

German far-right AfD takes aim at Bauhaus movement

Japan aims to attract a yearly 60 million tourists by 2030

'Bucket list' destination

Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024

Naftali Furst survived Auschwitz and is determined to keep speaking out about anti-Semitism

Eighty years on

Life after the unthinkable: Shoah survivors who began again in Israel

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake rumbled through Vanuatu on December 17, rupturing roads and toppling buildings

Unfortunate timing

Quake-stricken Vanuatu heads to polls in snap election

A US official hailed the 'remarkable' cooperation between Joe Biden and Donald Trump's Middle East envoys

McGurk and Witkoff

Behind the Gaza deal: a US odd couple and last-minute snags

Liset Fonseca is anxiously awaiting news on the fate of her son Roberto Perez, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for taking part in anti-government protests in 2021

Eleventh-hour outreach

Cuba frees jailed protesters in Biden terror list deal

People celebrated while watching a television on a street in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as news of the ceasefire spread

Eyeing permanent end

Qatar, US announce Gaza truce, hostage release deal

Fires around Los Angeles created fear and anxiety for tens of thousands of people

Between ashes and heartbreak

Survivors count the mental cost of Los Angeles fires

Gazans celebrate along a street in Khan Yunis after news spread of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel

After 15 months of war

Thousands across Gaza celebrate ceasefire deal

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Seoul

End of standoff

South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid

US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination to be Secretary of State

Rubio vows to confront 'dangerous' China, deter Taiwan invasion

Signs posted on the buildings said activities on the premise had been temporarily suspended

Ramped up animosity

Kosovo raids Serbia-linked offices as tense elections loom

Several leading politicians, including Finnish President Alexander Stubb (C) have acknowledged the need for increased defence spending

Amid global instability

Upping defence spending 'key point' for NATO summit: ministers

Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, according to a new study

Drug consumption rising

Cocaine use nearly doubles in France: study

Zelensky called on the West to use around $250 billion of unallocated frozen Russian assets to buy Kyiv weapons

Critical infrastructure

Russia strikes Ukraine energy sites in 'massive' barrage

Mozambique's new president Daniel Chapo (CR) was inaugurated under heavy security

Amid disputed results

Mozambique's new president vows 'unity' as sworn in amid deadly protests

UN rights chief Volker Turk met with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

Following regime change

UN rights chief says transitional justice 'crucial' in Syria

Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (right) and Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi

Bolstering support

Russia PM meets Vietnam president, seeking deeper ties

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv call for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza

'Flexibility' required

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong says

Australia mulls 'all options' after citizen reported killed by Russian forces

Thousands of residents on the island of Halmahera are set to be evacuated after Mount Ibu erupted on Wednesday

Thousands to be evacuated after Mount Ibu eruption

The launch of two warships, like the INS Surat shown here, and a submarine was key to India's 'quest towards self-reliance', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said

Warships and submarine

India's triple naval launch shows 'self-reliance': Modi

Morning Roundup

City Mayor calls situation in Gare 'untenable', Diesel price hike, and US TikTok ban ruling imminent

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