Anti-Yoon protesters clash with police officers as they march towards his official residence, after investigators were unable to execute an arrest warrant. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji |
- South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in a tense six hour stand-off inside Yoon's compound in the heart of Seoul. His supporters are adopting "Stop the Steal" slogans popularized by US President-elect Donald Trump voters.
- Republicans will face a first test of their control of both chambers of the US Congress today when they decide whether to keep Mike Johnson in the powerful role of Speaker of the House of Representatives. We also look at how in a divided House, top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries aims to keep some grip on power.
- A US Army veteran who killed 14 people by ramming a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to Islamic State. Middle East Lead Writer Michael Georgy tells the Reuters World News podcast why the fall of the Assad regime might lead to a growing threat from the group.
- Officials positively identified the person found dead inside the Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas as a US Army soldier from Colorado, while the FBI said it was not yet clear if the blast was an act of terrorism.
- All industrial companies except food producers shut down in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region, an official said. The territory has suffered a painful and immediate hit from the cutting off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine.
- The foreign ministers of Germany and France will meet Syria's de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa during a trip to the country on behalf of the EU. The ministers will also meet representatives of Syrian civil society and visit Syria's most notorious prison.
- Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave's Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said. Follow the latest on the war.
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- In a year when its annual global deliveries fell for the first time, Tesla said its China sales rose 8.8% to a record high of more than 657,000 cars, a strong performance in a competitive market. For more on the industry, sign up for our Auto File newsletter.
- In more news from China, millions of government workers across the country were given surprise wage increases this week, people affected by the move said, as Beijing looks to boost spending to support the slowing economy.
- President Joe Biden has decided to officially block Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9-billion purchase of U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the decision said, dealing a probably fatal blow to the contentious merger plan.
- Skydance Media and Paramount Global defended their planned $8.4 billion merger, urging the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss opposition from critics, calling them "unwarranted" and "meritless".
- Meta has elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to be its chief global affairs officer, replacing Nick Clegg. The change comes as the company mends fences with Trump, who has railed against its approach to political content and threatened to imprison its CEO.
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Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis |
The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war. The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus from Lviv to a monastery built on a cliff on the mountainous Athos peninsula in northern Greece, where they hoped to escape haunting memories of the battlefield. In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support program organized by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos, a spiritual center since the 10th century. |
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Nepal's kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar |
About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering wellwishers at the long-awaited reopening of their nunnery in Nepal. |
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