South Korean authorities arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his December 3 martial law declaration, news agency Reuters reported citing investigators. This marks the first ever arrest of an incumbent South Korean president. A motorcade was seen leaving the gates of his hillside residence where Yoon Suk Yeol was holed…
In a tragic incident, as many as 100 workers have died in an illegal gold mine in South Africa. The workers, who were trapped in the mine for several months, have died of starvation. Around 100 workers were trapped in a gold mine in Buffelsfontein, near the city of Stellenbosch in South Africa. According to…
Los Angles: A man dressed as a firefighter was caught looting houses in LA wildfire police on Sunday. He was arrested red-handed while robbing homes by Los Angeles police. It is worth mentioning that as many as 29 arrests were made. The LA wildfires continue to rage, the death toll has risen to 24, many people…
Washington DC: US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday slammed the officials responsible for handling raging wildfires in Los Angeles, calling them “incompetent.” Taking to the social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticised the situation, stating that it was one of the worst catastrophes in US history. “The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent…
Canberra: A man has died and a woman has been hospitalized after a light plane crashed in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). The 63-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were the sole occupants of the plane when it crashed in a recreational area about 50 km southeast of Darwin on Sunday, local authorities reported.NT Police, Fire and Emergency…
Japan: Japan is reporting a record number of flu cases, at an average 64.39 patients per clinic in the last week of December. This number is the highest since records were started in 1999 according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The country as a whole saw 317,812 cases, and every one of the…
Six people died when a propane-butane cylinder exploded in a restaurant in the northwest Czech city of Most, setting the building on fire, emergency services said on Sunday. “The fire spread extremely fast after a gas heater was probably knocked over,” the local fire service posted on X. Eight people were injured in the fiery…
Bhubaneswar: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the Indian diaspora at the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan emphasised the PM’s appeal for their participation in India’s development, particularly in the eastern region. Harichandan also underscored the PM’s encouragement to the Indian diaspora for frequent visits to India and…
New Delhi: Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaki while on his visit to Dubai. The meeting is India’s first high-level bilateral dialogue with the Afghan government.It is worth mentioning here that since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 this was India’s first meeting with them. “We will…
California: Multiple major wildfires raging across Los Angeles County, the most populous US county, has killed at least five people and damaged at least 1,100 buildings, authorities said. The Palisades fire, a devastating wind-driven brush fire in Pacific Palisades starting Tuesday, spread to 15,800 acres (63.9 square km) as of Wednesday afternoon with zero containment, according…
