News, songs, movies and games: What the world searched for in 2024
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Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India – The White House
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India The White House
- Manmohan Singh: Former India PM mourned in state funeral BBC.com
- #Cancelpatriarchy: Manmohan Singh's daughter lights funeral pyre The Times of India
- On Congress Attacks Over Manmohan Singh Funeral, JP Nadda's 'Super PM' Swipe NDTV
- A colossus in a landscape of pygmies The Tribune India
Analysis: Why have Pakistan’s ties with the Afghan Taliban turned frigid?
For two decades, they were close allies. Why are relations between Pakistan and the Taliban so tense now?
Analysis: Why have Pakistan’s ties with the Afghan Taliban turned frigid?
For two decades, they were close allies. Why are relations between Pakistan and the Taliban so tense now?
How old English sea shanties inspired Cape Verdean singer
Carmen Souza's latest album is inspired by the little-known British influence on the Cape Verde islands.
‘It’s still in shambles’: Can Boeing come back from crisis?
Safety issues with the Boeing 737 Max and mass employee strikes made for a challenging 2024.
Georgia’s pro-Western president refuses to leave and prepares for showdown
Salome Zourabichvili's term is due to end on Sunday, but she says she is her country's last legitimate institution.
Georgia’s pro-Western president refuses to leave and prepares for showdown
Salome Zourabichvili's term is due to end on Sunday, but she says she is her country's last legitimate institution.
Driver behind China car ramming attack that killed 35 is sentenced to death
Fan Weiqiu, angry at his divorce settlement, caused ‘great social harm’ when he drove into people as they exercised in the city of Zhuhai, court says
A court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into a crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings.
Fan Weiqiu was venting his anger because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, the court in the southern city of Zhuhai said in handing down the sentence on Friday. The victims were exercising at a sports centre at the time of the attack. Fan pleaded guilty to endangering public safety by dangerous means, a court statement said.
Continue reading...1,329 tiny snails released on remote island
Conservationists released the critically endangered snails to help restore a remote island habitat.
‘Assad’s fall opened part of my husband’s past I knew nothing about’
Syrians across the world are still coming to terms with the rapid fall of the Assad regime.
‘Assad’s fall opened part of my husband’s past I knew nothing about’
Syrians across the world are still coming to terms with the rapid fall of the Assad regime.
Man dies after Sydney arrest for allegedly attempting to enter vehicles armed with knife
Critical incident team from Bankstown Police Area Command to investigate circumstances surrounding 33-year-old’s death
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A man has died after he was arrested while allegedly attempting to enter vehicles armed with a knife in the middle of Sydney traffic.
Police declared a critical incident after officers responded to reports of a man trying to stop traffic and enter vehicles on Remembrance Driveway at Tahmoor in Sydney’s south-west at about 1pm on Friday.
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Continue reading...Trump asks US supreme court to pause ban-or-divest law for TikTok
Court will hear arguments in case that could see app banned in US if not sold to American firm by 19 January
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the US supreme court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.
The court is set to hear arguments in the case on 10 January.
Continue reading...Russia may be responsible for downed Azerbaijani plane, says US
The Kremlin has refused to comment, but Russia's civil aviation agency said the situation in Chechnya was "very complicated" at the time.
Remembering the ‘kind leader’ who led India with a steely resolve
A man of few words, Manmohan Singh led the country from the front - but was deeply misunderstood along the way.
Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’
Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second world war, according to figures published by the UN.
The UN humanitarian aid organisation for children, Unicef, said on Saturday that the percentage of children living in conflict zones around the world has doubled from about 10% in the 1990s to almost 19%, and warned that this dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the “new normal”.
Continue reading...A year of mass attacks reveals anger and frustration in China
The killings have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse.
A year of mass attacks reveals anger and frustration in China
The killings have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse.
In first, US THAAD system deployed in Israel assists in Houthi missile interception – The Times of Israel
- In first, US THAAD system deployed in Israel assists in Houthi missile interception The Times of Israel
- Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says The Associated Press
- WHO chief details 'close' encounter to Israeli strike at Yemen airport Yahoo! Voices
- US anti-missile THAAD system in Israel used to intercept projectile from Yemen Reuters
- Israel Hits the Houthis in Yemen After Their Slow Escalation Bloomberg