Hundreds of people in a rural part of Ethiopia, 165km (100 miles) north-east of the capital, Addis Ababa, have been leaving their homes in panic as a nearby volcano has…
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Vietnam: British woman and fiance found dead in a villa
A British woman and her South African fiance have been found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, local police have said. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered by staff…
USA: Top doctor calls for cancer warnings on alcohol
America’s top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer. The…
UK: Badenoch calls for national inquiry into ‘rape gangs’
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for a full national public inquiry into the UK’s “rape gangs scandal”. It comes after Home Office minister Jess Phillips rejected Oldham Council’s request…
UK: Musk ‘misinformed’ on grooming gangs – Streeting
Elon Musk’s attack on the government’s handling of grooming gangs is “misjudged and certainly misinformed”, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Tech multi-billionaire Musk has posted a series of messages…
USA: Biden blocks Nippon Steel from buying US Steel
US President Joe Biden says he has blocked the proposed $14.9bn (£12bn) purchase of US Steel by Japanese rival Nippon Steel. A White House announcement of his executive order cited…
South Korea: How one man threw a country into a political crisis
South Korea’s month-long political crisis saw another day of high drama with police failing to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol after a six-hour standoff. Authorities had sought to arrest…
S Korea: Army defies police in standoff leading to a failed arrest
The standoff started long before dawn where an army of police had pushed back suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s angry supporters, who’d camped out overnight hoping to stop his arrest.…
Slovakia: PM Robert Fico threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainians
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates. On 1 January,…
S Korea: Attempt to arrest president suspended after dramatic standoff
After a dramatic six-hour long standoff with security, South Korea police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol. The military and Yoon’s security service officers…