Returning to my destroyed house in Homs, Sarah in Syria
“They stole the life from this house.” Sarah Kassim returns to what is left of her childhood home in Syria.
Video: Hundreds break out from Mozambique prison amid civil unrest
More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped in Maputo as Mozambique experiences escalating civil unrest.
France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
Authorities carry out series of operations off northern coast, as 451 people arrive in England on 11 boats
French maritime authorities carried out 12 rescue operations along the coast of northern France on Christmas Day, rescuing 107 people in distress from small boats trying to cross to the UK.
On Christmas morning, 30 passengers were rescued from a boat near Dunkirk, while the others onboard wished to continue their journey and were taken into British custody once they reached UK waters, said the French Channel and North Sea maritime prefect’s office.
Continue reading...Musk’s rise is symptomatic of our neo-feudal capitalist times
Trump’s 'billionaire boys club' has parallels in other supposedly liberal democracies around the world.
A Silicon Valley nudist resort is on sale for $30m – but will its new owner ‘go textile’?
Members are in limbo as Lupin Lodge is on the market after nearly 90 years – with next buyer likely to require clothes
After nearly 90 years as a historic nudist resort, California’s Lupin Lodge is up for sale – and its next owners are likely to require guests to wear clothes.
The 112-acre Silicon Valley property became a retreat for members of the “naturist” movement in 1935. Today, its hundreds of members enjoy the resort’s clothing-optional hiking trails, pickleball court and its nude-only community pool. (Yes: the members really do hike naked.)
Continue reading...Parliament blaze and a deadlock: Why is Liberia in a political crisis?
Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?
Azerbaijan observes day of mourning for air crash victims
An investigation is under way into the cause of the crash that killed 38 of 67 people on board the Embraer 190 aircraft.
Protests in Syria as ‘old’ video showing attack on shrine surfaces
Thousands of people in Syria have taken to the streets to protest a video showing an attack on an Alawite shrine.
Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say – NPR
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South Korea’s opposition files motion to impeach acting president
Opposition seeks to impeach Han Duck-soo for not appointing judges to the constitutional court.
Three babies freeze to death in Gaza refugee camp amid Israeli blockade
Father of three-week-old victim Sila Mahmoud al-Faseeh says family slept on cold sand in tent exposed to bitter winds.
South Korea opposition moves to impeach acting president in new political twist
If motion is successful, it would be country’s second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeks
South Korea’s opposition has said it has filed an impeachment motion against the acting president, Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the constitutional court which will decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.
South Korea fell into a political crisis when President Yoon Suk Yeol, currently suspended, declared martial law on 3 December.
Continue reading...Cambodian opposition leader jailed after conviction for inciting disorder
Sun Chanthy also barred from running for office, in latest case to target critics of government
The leader of a Cambodian opposition party has been sentenced to two years in jail and banned from running for office after he was found guilty of inciting social disorder, in the latest legal case to target government critics.
Sun Chanthy, the president of the Nation Power party, was found guilty of the charge at a court in Phnom Penh. He also faces a fine of 4m riel (£800) and has been stripped of his right to vote or stand for election.
AFP contributed to this report
Continue reading...Birdsville notches up another temperature record as Australia faces more heat before New Year’s Eve
The town hit 47.2C by mid afternoon, but locals are already well-versed in the art of staying cool
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It might have been the hottest place in the country on Boxing Day, but when the tiny outback town of Birdsville hit 47.2C by mid-afternoon, locals were already well-versed in the art of staying cool.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist, Dean Narramore, said Birdsville was “looking like it’s going to be the hottest in the country,” even though places across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales had reached the mid 40s.
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Continue reading...S Korea MPs file motion to impeach acting president
The motion comes less than two weeks after parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Two women fighting for life after suspicious house fire in Townsville
Investigators appealing for information after blaze erupted around 3am on Boxing Day
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Two women are fighting for life after a house fire authorities consider suspicious.
Detectives were investigating the cause of the Boxing Day blaze, which erupted shortly after 3am in Gulliver, a suburb of Townsville.
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Continue reading...Taiwan’s ex-presidential candidate charged with corruption
Ko, once a rising star in Taiwan politics, is accused of accepting half a million dollars in bribes.
Victoria fires live updates: emergency bushfire warnings and road closures in Grampians, Vic; dangerous fire conditions in South Australia and NSW
Fires burning in Grampians national park, Bullengarook, Creswick and at the Gurdies after residents of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal ordered to leave. Follow the latest updates live
- Full report: Firefighters warn Victorians against travel in ‘critical part of the day’ as extreme conditions develop
Authorities in Victoria have issued an emergency warning for a bushfire at Mafeking in the state’s west.
Locals have been told to take shelter immediately.
Continue reading...Boxing Day sales: crowds flock to stores around Australia in search of bargains
Shoppers expected to splurge on homewares and beauty products, with retail spending projected to top $1.3bn on Boxing Day
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Shoppers have flooded stores to make the most of Boxing Day bargains.
Australians are projected to spend $1.3bn on Boxing Day and a further $2.4bn during the last days of December, Australian Retailers Association and Roy Morgan research shows.
Continue reading...Melbourne stabbing: Man arrested after woman found dead at Langwarrin home on Boxing Day
Homicide squad detectives investigating after 59-year-old found dead at Wood Duck Court in Langwarrin
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Police have arrested a 63-year-old man in relation to the death of a woman in Langwarrin in Melbourne’s south-east.
The 59-year-old woman was found about 6:30am on Boxing Day, after emergency services responded to reports that a woman had been stabbed at an address at Wood Duck Court.
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