South Korea’s opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against the acting president, Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the constitutional court which will decide whether to remove his predecessor from office. South Korea became mired in a political crisis when President Yoon Suk Yeol, currently suspended, declared…
A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip. They were in a Quds Today van parked outside al-Awda hospital, where the wife of one of the journalists was about to give birth, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp. The channel posted a…
A man has been charged with the murder of Mariann Borocz, a Hungarian woman who went missing in Greater Manchester this month. Christopher Barlow, 61, will appear at Manchester and Salford magistrates court on Boxing Day charged with murdering Borocz, whose body was found at a house in Bolton on Christmas Eve. Borocz was last…
Play video content TMZSports.com Actor Kusem Goodwind says being involved in the LeBron James-produced “Rez Ball” movie was the ultimate honor … praising the Lakers superstar for giving Native Americans the spotlight with the film. Goodwin portrayed Nataanii Jackson in the sports drama released in September, which followed a Native American high school basketball team…
Rachel Hall Hello – Welcome to the Guardian’s blog covering the Russia-Ukraine war. The Ukrainian military has said that it shot down 20 drones out of 31 launched by Russia overnight. Of the 31 drones, 11 “imitator-drones” did not reach their targets due to active engagement from the Ukrainian military, it added. Here are yesterday’s…
Two women are fighting for life after a house fire authorities consider suspicious. Detectives were investigating the cause of the Boxing Day blaze, which erupted shortly after 3am in Gulliver, a suburb of Townsville. The pair, 53 and 83, were rushed to Townsville university hospital with critical airway burns, while a third resident, a 55-year-old…
Ko Wen-je, once a rising star in Taiwanese politics and a presidential contender, was indicted Thursday on corruption charges. The 65-year-old is accused of accepting half a million dollars in bribes involving a real estate dealing during his term as mayor of Taipei, as well as misreporting campaign finances during his run for president in…
Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 27 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 110-100 on Wednesday night in the nightcap to the NBA’s Christmas slate of games. The Nuggets blew out Phoenix 117-90 on Monday night in Denver, but the Suns put up much more of a fight despite playing without…
South Korea’s opposition lawmakers have filed a motion to impeach the country’s prime minister and acting leader Han Duck-soo, less than two weeks after parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. This comes after Han refused to appoint constitutional court judges nominated by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). “Han has revealed himself to…
Animal welfare campaigners are calling on ministers to keep to a pledge to toughen anti-hunt laws, as figures suggest illegal foxhunting remains widespread in England and Wales. Almost 20 years since the Hunting Act 2004 was brought in by Tony Blair’s government, the League Against Cruel Sports (Lacs) – the animal welfare charity that was…
