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Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion 'weaponisation' fund
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What’s next for Canada after Trudeau’s resignation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to legislators alarmed by his Liberal Party’s miserable pre-election polling numbers. Here is what might happen next:
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia doubles migrant expulsions in 2024
Russia said yesterday it had expelled more than 80,000 migrants in 2024, nearly twice as many as in 2023, as the country toughens migration policies after last year’s Crocus City Hall terror attack.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site
Iran’s military has begun drills near the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in the centre of the country, state media reported yesterday, as part of exercises planned nationwide.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump asks top court to block his criminal sentencing
US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing this week for covering up hush money payments to a porn star while he appeals his conviction.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
International flights resume at Damascus airport
International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus yesterday for the first time since rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month, AFP journalists said.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine strikes Russian air force oil depot
Ukraine launched an overnight strike deep inside Russia that set fire to an oil depot in the city of Engels that serves an air base for Russian nuclear bomber planes, the Ukrainian military said yesterday.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
3 Pakistani soldiers, 19 militants killed in NW clashes
Three soldiers and 19 militants were killed in the latest clashes in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region, the military said Tuesday.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
US records its first human death from bird flu
The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalized in the southern state since at least mid-December
7 January 2025, 07:30 AM
What to know about the HMPV outbreak in China
HMPV has likely been around for centuries, and it has likely infected most people once in their lifetime.
7 January 2025, 06:25 AM
Indonesia welcomes its entry into BRICS bloc
BRICS was created in 2009 by founding members Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined the following year.
7 January 2025, 05:53 AM
10 gunmen dead in clash with Mexico security forces
A dozen firearms were seized along with several stolen vehicles and ballistic vests
7 January 2025, 05:51 AM
Major storm sweeps across Central and Eastern US, leaves 5 dead
The mercury could sink tens of degrees below seasonal norms on the US Gulf Coast.
7 January 2025, 05:13 AM
North Korea's Kim says new missile will deter 'rivals'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a new hypersonic missile system tested this week would help deter the country's Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region
7 January 2025, 02:51 AM
7.1M earthquake in Tibet kills 95 with tremors felt in Bangladesh, Nepal, India
Today's quake was the most powerful recorded within a 200-kilometre radius in the last five years
7 January 2025, 01:18 AM
Trudeau announces resignation
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation yesterday, saying he will leave office as soon as the ruling Liberal party chooses a new leader after months of slumping polls and internal division.
6 January 2025, 20:40 PM
Hamas, Israel wrangle over ceasefire deal
Israel and Hamas have wrangled over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran executed over 30 women in 2024: report
Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said yesterday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use of capital punishment in the Islamic republic.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Kurdish fighters will be ‘eliminated’
Turkey said yesterday that it was “only a matter of time” before Syrian Kurdish fighters -- seen by the West as essential in the fight against Islamic State jihadists -- will be wiped out.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
60m people across US under weather alert
Dangerous wintry conditions descended Sunday on a large swath of the central United States as a severe storm system tracked eastward, prompting travel and work disruptions from Kansas City to Washington.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Over 30m in need of aid: UN
More than 30 million people, over half of them children, are in need of aid in Sudan after twenty months of war, the United Nations said yesterday.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM