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…
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…
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]…
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…
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…
News Los Angeles fires burn 10,000 structures as new blaze spreads Third blaze breaks out in West Hills as authorities battle to bring existing fires under control. A VW van sits among burned-out homes on January 9, 2025, in Malibu, California, the United States [Mark J Terrill/AP] Published On 10 Jan 202510 Jan 2025 Two…
Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet Mark Zuckerberg’s invocation of ‘cultural tipping point’ comes as number of fact-checking initiatives has plateaued. A logo of Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on May 22, 2024 [Julien De Rosa/AFP] By John PowerPublished On 10 Jan 202510 Jan…
‘Much more persecution’: Venezuela braces for Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration On Friday, Maduro is set to start a third term. Will his inauguration continue his post-election crackdown on dissent? Jesus Medina Ezaine, a Venezuelan photojournalist, was forced into exile last September and is currently living in Bogota [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera] By Christina NoriegaPublished On 10 Jan 202510…