A South Korean court has approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and suspended from power over his decision to impose martial law on 3 December, investigating authorities said. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) confirmed a Seoul court approved the warrant requested by investigators examining Yoon’s short-lived…
The search for a 24-year-old hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day has entered its sixth day, with the man’s sister expressing fears about potential threats to his safety. Hadi Nazari, an experienced hiker whose birthday was on Tuesday, has not been seen since, when friends had descending the Hannels Spur Trail at…
Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died aged 100 on Sunday, will be honored with a state funeral before being laid to rest in his home town of Plains, Georgia, next to his wife, Rosalynn. The proceedings to honor the 29th president of the United States will start on Saturday, when a motorcade accompanying…
Tony Blair’s government discussed diverting £2m earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa in order to fund a controversial pilot scheme to process and house asylum-seekers in Tanzania, newly released government files show. Under the scheme, Britain would have offered Tanzania an extra £4m in aid if it opened an asylum camp to house people claiming…
The Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof urged Tony Blair not to appoint an African co-chair to the UK-led organisation working to overhaul international aid to the continent because he thought African leadership was “very weak” on the issue, newly released government documents suggest. The singer was “scathing about the ability and worthiness of virtually all…
The former chief executives of HSBC and Rolls-Royce have been knighted, as figures from the business world joined sportspeople, entertainers and public servants on the new year honours list. Noel Quinn, 62, the bank’s chief executive from 2019 until September, received a knighthood for services to finance and net zero. He is credited with revamping…
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that positioned a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a…
Israel Sebastian | Moment | Getty Images Investors who hold exchange-traded funds can often escape a tax bill incurred by those with mutual funds, which are generally less tax efficient, according to investment experts. ETFs and mutual funds are baskets of stocks, bonds and other financial assets overseen by professional money managers. But they have…
A leaked letter purportedly written by a senior US military official and published on social media on Monday highlights stark contradictions in the government’s approach to victims of Havana syndrome – a mysterious series of health incidents affecting personnel at embassies and consulates overseas. The letter, dated 24 March 2024 and signed by air force…
Biden cites Carter’s character as spur for early endorsement for White House Joe Biden has given a short public address paying tribute to Jimmy Carter, with both official praise and personal anecdote. The US president said that Carter told him in the past that he was the first official figure to endorse Carter for the…
