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Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea court begins Yoon's impeachment trial process
SEOUL — South Korea's constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended for declaring martial law and plunging his country into political turmoil.MPs voted to impeach Yoon last Saturday, after his actions sparked widespread protests calling for him to step down.The court now has six months to decide whether to remove Yoon or reinstate him.Yoon's ruling People Power Party (PPP) has been grappling with the fallout ever since, with its leader announcing his resignation on Monday.While public hearings for Yoon's impeachment trial could take months, the court is under pressure to decide quickly and bring an end to political uncertainty. Protesters have vowed to keep up their calls for Yoon's removal during court...
December 16, 2024

South Korea court begins Yoon's impeachment trial process

Clear waters off the beach of Fiji's Coral Coast
Foreigners in Fiji hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning
SUVA — Seven foreigners in Fiji have been sent to hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning after reportedly drinking cocktails at a five-star resort's bar.Four are Australian tourists, aged between 18 and 56. One is American and two are foreigners living in Fiji, according to local media reports citing the health ministry.Some were previously reported to be seriously ill, but local officials say their symptoms have since improved and all are now in stable condition.The incident comes weeks after the deaths of six tourists in the South East Asian nation of Laos because of suspected methanol poisoning.Fiji tourism chief Brent Hill told RNZ they were keenly aware of the Laos incident, but added that the case in Fiji was "a long way from that".It is believed the seven people...
December 16, 2024

Foreigners in Fiji hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning

India's fertility rate has fallen substantially in recent decades
Why a nation of 1.45 billion wants more children
NEW DELHI — Last year, India nudged past China to become the world's most populous country, according to UN estimates.With nearly 1.45 billion people now, you'd think the country would be quiet about having more children. But guess what? The chatter has suddenly picked up.Leaders of two southern states – Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – have recently advocated more children.Andhra Pradesh is mulling providing incentives, citing low fertility rates and aging population. The state also scrapped its "two-child policy" for local body elections, and reports say neighboring Telangana may soon do the same. Next-door Tamil Nadu is also making similar, more exaggerated, noises.India's fertility rate has fallen substantially — from 5.7 births per woman in 1950 to the...
December 16, 2024

Why a nation of 1.45 billion wants more children

The plane crashed on an island in the southern Great Barrier Reef, in central Queensland
Pilot avoids jail over crash that killed UK tourist
SYDNEY — A pilot who caused a deadly light plane crash on an island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been spared a jail sentence.British tourist Jocelyn Spurway, 29, was killed and 21-year-old Irish woman Hannah O'Dowd seriously injured when the aircraft hit the sand on Middle Island in January 2017.A jury found pilot Leslie Woodall guilty of dangerously operating a vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, after a short trial that focused on his actions after the plane's engine suddenly failed.Woodall was given a two-year sentence, wholly suspended - which means he will remain free as long as he complies with certain conditions.The three-day trial in the Brisbane District Court was shown footage filmed by one of the three passengers inside the plane, which...
December 13, 2024

Pilot avoids jail over crash that killed UK tourist

Yoon Suk Yeol
Net closing in on South Korea's president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote
SEOUL — The news is moving so quickly in South Korea, the papers can no longer keep up. President Yoon Suk Yeol's shock attempt to impose martial law last Tuesday night was so short-lived it failed to make the front page. By the time he despatched the troops, the press had already gone to print. By the following day's editions, the failed power-grab had already been defeated.Within the week, the president has morphed from being contrite and apologetic, hoping to avoid impeachment, to brazenly defiant, vowing to fight on as the net closed in on him.Banned from leaving the country while he is investigated for treason - a crime punishable by death - he is facing a second impeachment vote this weekend, as support from his party trickles away. Meanwhile, the roars of anger from the...
December 13, 2024

Net closing in on South Korea's president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote

The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi city is at the center of a dispute in court
Law protecting historical holy sites under scrutiny in India
NEW DELHI — India's top court is hearing a number of petitions challenging a decades-old law that preserves the character and identity of religious places as they existed at the time of the country's independence in 1947.The law, introduced in 1991, prohibits converting or altering the character of any place of worship and prevents courts from entertaining disputes over its status, with the exception of the Babri Masjid case, which was explicitly exempted.The Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque, was at the heart of a long-standing dispute, culminating in its demolition by a Hindu mob in 1992. A court verdict in 2019 awarded the site to Hindus for the construction of a temple, reigniting debates over India's religious and secular fault lines.The current petitions, including...
December 12, 2024

Law protecting historical holy sites under scrutiny in India

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea on December 7, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law
SEOUL — South Korea’s ruling party has thrown its support behind attempts to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ill-fated decision to declare martial law that sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country.The announcement came moments before Yoon delivered a defiant speech Thursday in which he attempted to justify his hugely controversial martial law decision and rejected growing calls from across the political spectrum for him to stand down.The People Power Party (PPP) had initially refused to back impeachment, hoping instead Yoon would resign from office. But its leadership said attempts to persuade him had made no progress.“We tried to find a better way than impeachment, but that other way is invalid,” party leader Han Dong-hoon said....
December 12, 2024

South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

Khalil Haqqani at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan in June 2022
Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister
KABUL — The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials.Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network, a division of the wider Taliban organization.On Wednesday, a suicide bomber disguised himself as a visitor to the Ministry of Refugees compound, detonating his bomb as Haqqani was signing paperwork, a ministry spokesperson told CNN. Six other people were killed, Reuters reported, citing his nephew.In a statement posted by the Taliban, a spokesperson said that the group received the news of Haqqani’s death with “profound grief.”The Taliban blamed ISIS for the “cowardly attack,” calling the terror...
December 12, 2024

Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister

Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea police raid president's office over martial law attempt
SEOUL — Police in South Korea have raided the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's abortive attempt to impose martial law last week.The raids are the latest development in what has been a tumultuous week in South Korean politics.President Yoon, who has stayed in office despite an impeachment vote and multiple calls for him to step down, is facing multiple investigations from various branches of government, on charges of insurrection and treason.Meanwhile, the country's ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun who took responsibility for the martial law declaration, attempted suicide while in detention on Tuesday night, an official said.Kim is currently being kept in a guarding room and "has no current health issues", the ministry told parliament.He...
December 11, 2024

South Korea police raid president's office over martial law attempt

Former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun
South Korea ex-minister linked to martial law move attempts to take his life
SEOUL — South Korea's former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who claimed full responsibility for the president's failed attempt to place the country under martial law last week, has tried to take his own life, an official said.Authorities found him while making the attempt in his detention center on Tuesday night, Shin Yong-hae, the justice ministry's correctional agency chief, told lawmakers.In the wake of Yoon's shock martial law order, Kim resigned last week along with other top presidential staff.He had been detained on Sunday for investigation, before he was formally arrested on insurrection charges.Kim was in stable condition following the attempt, Shin said.Kim is among top officials who are facing investigations for their role in Yoon's short-lived martial law...
December 11, 2024

South Korea ex-minister linked to martial law move attempts to take his life

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