Deaths from Israeli attacks in Gaza undercounted by 41 percent, study finds The Lancet medical journal estimates the actual number of deaths in the first nine months of war is much higher than the official toll. People search the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli attack on the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees…
Aerial views over Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades area show entire neighbourhoods destroyed.
Since Tuesday, wildfires have ravaged different neighbourhoods in California, especially around the Los Angeles area. The California wildfires have killed at least 10 people and destroyed some 10,000 homes and structures, local officials have said. How have the wildfires affected Hollywood? Los Angeles is home to Hollywood, America’s entertainment hub, and to many Hollywood celebrities….
South Korea’s presidential security chief resigns after ‘bloodshed’ warning Park Jong-joon says citizens concerned about violence if authorities push ahead with bid to arrest suspended president. The head of the Presidential Security Service, Park Jong-joon, arrives at the Joint Investigation Headquarters in Seoul on January 10, 2025 [Yonhap/AFP] Published On 10 Jan 202510 Jan 2025…
EXPLAINER Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media? Meta owned social media platforms ends third-party fact-checking, adopting community notes as its replacement. Social media giant Meta on January 7, 2025, has changede its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking programme [Drew Angerer/AFP] By Dwayne OxfordPublished On 10 Jan 202510…
Donald Trump says a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin is being set up Trump calls the Russia-Ukraine war ‘a bloody mess’ and signals his intention to discuss the conflict with Putin. US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland in 2018 [File: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo]…
Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention. Under Australia’s hardline policy introduced in 2012, the government sent thousands of refugees attempting to reach the country by boat to offshore processing centres in Nauru and…
Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party to elect new leader on March 9 Former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and former central banker Mark Carney poised to seek party leadership. Trudeau will step down after nine years in power, bowing to pressure from politicians alarmed by the party’s miserable showing in pre-election polls [File: Christian Bruna/EPA]…
Earth records hottest ever year in 2024 and crosses key 1.5C threshold EU’s climate monitor says climate crisis is pushing temperatures to levels never experienced by modern humans. An aerial view showing dead fish amid a drought in the Bustillos Lagoon, near Anahuac, Chihuahua State, Mexico [File: Alex Arzaga/AFP] Published On 10 Jan 202510 Jan…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,051 Here are the key developments on the 1,051st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A police officer inspects the remains of a Russian rocket shell in the front-line town of Orikhiv in Zaporizhia [Stringer/Reuters] Published On 10 Jan 202510 Jan 2025 Here is the situation on…