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World German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition.  Conservative opposition bloc leads polls following collapse of governing coalitionThe Associated Press · Posted: Dec 27, 2024 6:11 AM EST |Continue Reading

World South Korea’s opposition votes to impeach acting presidentSouth Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country’s political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment. Impeachments ofContinue Reading

World Ukraine’s military intelligence said Ukrainian strikes near Novoivanovka inflicted heavy casualties on North Korean units. It said North Korean troops also faced supply issues and even shortages of drinking water. South Korean media reports an injured North Korean soldier has been captured aliveThe Associated Press · Posted: Dec 26,Continue Reading

World Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines. ‘We are investigating grave sabotage,’ says directorContinue Reading

Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of colleges in Canada and two “entities” in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-U.S. border. A news release Tuesday from India’s Enforcement Directorate — a multi-disciplinary organization that investigates money laundering and foreign exchange laws — saidContinue Reading

World The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, which administers the Sydney to Hobart race, says two sailors on different yachts were killed after wild weather conditions during the event caused them to be struck by the boom — a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail. Yacht clubContinue Reading

World Described as a “reluctant king” in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at 92, was arguably one of India’s most successful leaders. Singh had been undergoing care for age-related medical conditionsThomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 26, 2024 1:45 PM EST |Continue Reading

World Syria’s new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue ‘remnants’ of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government accused of the attack, state media reported. Security forces launch operation in Tartous, an erstwhile stronghold of fallenContinue Reading

World A Russia-bound Azerbaijani airliner crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after being diverted, killing 38 of 67 people on board.  Kremlin cautions against speculation that plane came under fire from Russian air defence systemThe Associated Press · Posted: Dec 26, 2024 7:52 AM EST | Last Updated: December 26 In thisContinue Reading