- South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree NPR
- YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters The Associated Press
- South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection The Washington Post
- Yoon supporters storm Seoul courthouse after judge extends detention Financial Times
- Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls BBC.com
Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok 90-day reprieve from ban
Trump says an announcement will probably come once he takes office on Monday about the app's future in the US.
Thousands protest in Washington DC ahead of Trump inauguration
Thousands of people joined in on demonstrations as the United States prepares to inaugurate its new president.
Two women in intensive care after Spain ski lift collapse
Officials say 10 people were taken to hospital after a chairlift failed at the Astún resort in the Spanish Pyrenees.
Ski lift at Spanish resort collapses, injuring dozens – CNN
- Ski lift at Spanish resort collapses, injuring dozens CNN
- Dozens injured, trapped in a ski lift accident in northern Spain Reuters
- Ski Lift Collapse Injures Dozens of People and Traps About 80 Skiers in Chairlifts at Resort: ‘We Were Hurt’ PEOPLE
- 'People were flying': Eyewitnesses describe ski lift collapse BBC
- Around 30 people injured in Spain as chairlift collapse at ski resort Euronews
Trump admin to launch immigration raids on day one amid deportation push
Several large cities are reportedly expected to be hit by Trump's immigration authorities shortly after inauguration.
Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran’s capital tied to 1988 mass executions – The Associated Press
- Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran’s capital tied to 1988 mass executions The Associated Press
- Two Prominent Judges Are Shot Dead Outside Iran’s Supreme Court The New York Times
- Two judges shot dead in Iran’s supreme court building, state media say The Guardian
- Two Iran Supreme Court judges killed in Tehran shooting attack Al Jazeera English
- Two Iranian ‘judges of death’ gunned down in Tehran Yahoo! Voices
Fuel tanker explosion kills dozens of people in Nigeria
People had rushed to collect fuel from the tanker after it overturned in a crash.
Fuel tanker explosion kills dozens of people in Nigeria
People had rushed to collect fuel from the tanker after it overturned in a crash.
Two judges shot dead in Iran’s supreme court building, state media say
Unnamed gunman killed Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghisseh before shooting himself, Mezan reports
Two judges have been killed in a shooting on Saturday at the supreme court building in Tehran, Iranian state media have reported.
“This morning, a gunman infiltrated the supreme court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
Continue reading...Yoon supporters storm South Korea court after detention extended
A court in Seoul grants request for an arrest warrant, saying there was 'concern' that Yoon could 'destroy evidence'.
Israel must withdraw from Lebanon by January 26 deadline: President Aoun
Lebanon's new president's comments come after the UN chief called on Israel to end its 'occupation' of southern Lebanon.
Italian Reporter’s Ordeal in Iranian Prison: ‘I Was Trapped in a Game’ – The New York Times
- Italian Reporter’s Ordeal in Iranian Prison: ‘I Was Trapped in a Game’ The New York Times
- Musk played no part in release of journalist held in Iran, Italy says Reuters
- Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from Iran with Elon Musk's help, reports claim Euronews
- Elon Musk Helps Free Italian Prisoner In Iran The Daily Beast
- Musk ‘helped get Italian journalist out of jail in Iran’ The Telegraph
Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok 90-day reprieve from ban
Trump says an announcement will probably come once he takes office on Monday about the app's future in the US.
Mined diamonds are a waste of money, an expert says. Here’s why
Lab-grown diamonds sell for one-quarter of the price of traditional ones and an Australian wholesale broker says he can’t tell the difference
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When Steve Richards, a gemologist trained to identify grades of precious jewels, was considering a Christmas present for his wife, he settled on a pair of diamond earrings.
These diamonds, however, were not formed deep in the Earth over millions or billions of years and brought to the surface through volcanic eruptions. They were grown in a lab over a matter of weeks and bought for a fraction of the price.
Continue reading...Fema’s message to LA wildfire victims: ‘carefully consider’ GoFundMe appeals
Having a GoFundMe does not disqualify someone from aid – but it might affect their eligibility to cover specific needs
After the house that she grew up in burned down in the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, last week, Steven Celiceo’s wife Kiri suggested that the couple visit the local library. As a librarian herself, she knew there were resources being distributed – and Fema agents available – at nearby branches.
The couple had heard some concerning claims on social media and wanted to sort fact from fiction. Like hundreds of other Angelenos, Celiceo had launched a GoFundMe for his in-laws – but rumors were floating around that its existence could prevent the family from receiving badly needed funds.
Continue reading...Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme
Home Office official says data protection laws caused the cost of its forced removal programme to increase
The Conservative government spent more than £130m on IT and data systems for the scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which will never be used, the Observer can reveal.
Digital tools needed to put the forced removal programme into effect made up the second-largest chunk of the £715m spent in little over two years, behind only the £290m handed directly to Paul Kagame’s government.
Continue reading...‘I’ll kiss the ground’: chaos feared amid Gaza ceasefire as families head home
Hundreds of thousands are now set to return to whatever remains of their houses or to claim bodies from the rubble
Aid agencies in Gaza are bracing for chaotic scenes this week as hundreds of thousands of people try to return to homes in the territory after the expected implementation of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.
Before the ceasefire, which is due to begin at 8.30am local time, Israel has continued to carry out attacks inside Gaza. The local health ministry claimed on Saturday that 23 Palestinians had been killed in the previous 24 hours, while the Israeli army said it had conducted strikes on 50 “terror targets” on Friday.
Continue reading...Trump says he will likely grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from US ban when he takes office
President-elect said he’d probably give the company an extension from US ban the supreme court recently upheld
Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” give the Chinese-owned TikTok app a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the US after he takes office on Monday morning.
The incoming president said on Saturday, in an interview with NBC News, that he was considering the extension on a Sunday deadline laid down for the parent company of the wildly popular app to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a ban under US law.
Continue reading...Israel-Hamas ceasefire: What do we know about the captives held in Gaza?
About 100 Israeli captives, including soldiers and civilians, are still believed to be held in Gaza.