South Korea’s opposition parties on Thursday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking move to impose a short-lived martial law that has embroiled the country in political chaos. The martial law declaration announced by Yoon late Tuesday lasted about six hours in total, after lawmakers managed to get into the…
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE The Associated Press Posted December 4, 2024 9:25 am Updated December 4, 2024 11:58 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. The deaths were recorded between…
French opposition lawmakers brought the government down on Wednesday, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a political crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and rein in a massive budget deficit. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his government, with a…
Cargill’s plans to slash thousands of jobs across its global workforce are not expected to impact front-line, unionized positions in Canada, according to the union representing the bulk of the food giant’s Canadian workers. Minnesota-based Cargill confirmed to Global News on Monday that it plans to lay off about five per cent of its global…
Canada and other countries are urging caution for travellers in South Korea after the country was briefly placed under martial law overnight Tuesday, sparking protests and democratic chaos. Presisdent Yoon Suk Yeol made the martial law declaration Tuesday night, accusing the opposition that controls parliament of sympathizing with communist North Korea, and military troops soon…
The recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad must reconcile with his own people and hold talks with the opposition, the Turkish foreign minister said Monday. At a joint news conference in Ankara with his Iranian counterpart, Hakan Fidan said Turkey and Iran, which support opposing sides in…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday for the first time in the country since 1980. Yoon’s declaration saw the president accuse the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Here is the full text Reuters translation of the military decree:…
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They are at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls on toxic…
Once presenting itself as one of the world’s most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is hard. The C$250,000 ($178,662) in advertisements will run through March in 11 languages, including Spanish, Urdu, Ukrainian, Hindi and Tamil, the immigration department told Reuters….
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province. They faced little to no resistance from government troops, according to fighters and activists. A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for…
