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January 19, 2025 4:44 PM

What to expect on Trump’s Inauguration Day

Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American history. Inauguration Day is, by tradition, largely dedicated to ...

January 19, 2025 2:09 PM

Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon’s detention

Hundreds of supporters of South Korea's arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country's acting leader called "unimaginable". ...

January 19, 2025 2:05 PM

Gaza ceasefire delayed over hostage list

A ceasefire in Gaza set for Sunday morning was delayed after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Hamas to provide a list of the hostages who were to be released during the day and Hamas said it could not do so for "technical" reasons. An...

January 19, 2025 12:55 PM

PM Modi, President Biden raised US-India partnership to new heights: Eric Garcetti

US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on Sunday highlighted that US-India relations have reached new heights, thanks to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. During a visit to India with his family, Garcetti met with ...

January 19, 2025 10:46 AM

TikTok stops working for US users, disappears from Apple, Google stores

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans. President-elect Donald Trump said ...

January 18, 2025 5:28 PM

Bangladesh: Dr Yunus administration sets stage to drop secularism from Constitution

In Bangladesh, the constitution reform commission, appointed by the Nobel Peace laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus administration, recommended removal of "secularism", "nationalism" and "socialism" from the Constitution. The commission, led by Prof Ali Riaz,...

January 17, 2025 10:48 PM

Who will lead Canada’s Liberals? key candidates for march 9 election

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Jan. 6 he intended to step down. The Liberal Party will pick a new chief on March 9. Former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said...

January 17, 2025 4:07 PM

Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel says

Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, kille...

January 17, 2025 1:30 PM

Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan to 14 years in land graft case: report

A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, local broadcaster ARY News reported. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was ...

January 17, 2025 10:06 AM

China’s population falls for a third consecutive year

China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years. The National Bureau of Statistics said the tota...

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