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South Korea police raid President Yoon’s office over martial law declaration
South Korean police have raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his role in declaring martial law last week – a move that plunged Asia’s fourth-biggest economy into crisis and caused alarm among its allies.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the search on Wednesday was part of an …
AGL kept taking money from welfare recipients via Centrepay years after promising to stop, court hears
Energy giant AGL promised to stop wrongly taking money from the welfare payments of ex-customers via Centrepay years before it inexplicably allowed the unlawful practice to continue, diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the pockets of vulnerable Australians over more than four years, a court has heard.
The federal …
Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics
Representatives of more than 80 Māori tribes have issued a rare plea to King Charles III requesting his intervention in New Zealand politics, amid growing tension over the government’s policies for Māori and a souring of the relationship between Indigenous people and ruling authorities.
The National Iwi Chairs Forum – …
Ukraine war briefing: Don’t let Patriot missile systems gather dust, says Zelenskyy, after deadly strike on clinic
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s allies to provide 10-12 more Patriot air defence systems
that he said would fully protect its skies, after a Russian missile killed at least six people in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia. The attack destroyed a private clinic and injuring 20 more people, …
Paul Mescal sells clothes on Vinted to raise money for Irish charity
First the chain he wore in Normal People gained a cult following, then he went viral for the tiny shorts he’d been papped wearing while running through London and Dublin.
Paul Mescal’s latest fashion fixation is the cardigan, and fans will no longer have to admire them from afar or …
Northern Ireland to continue to retain some EU trade laws post-Brexit
Crown prince lobbied Cameron over Saudi dissident, documents reveal
Mohammed bin Salman personally lobbied David Cameron earlier this year to intervene in the legal case of a London-based dissident who is suing the Saudi government, amid threats by its officials that the issue “could have implications” for £100bn of investment in the UK.
UK government documents obtained by the …
Leading group of Syrian rebels could be removed from UK terror list
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the leading group that overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, is not a direct terror threat to the UK, according to western intelligence assessments.
The judgment could mean that the UK, along with the US and EU, will soon remove HTS’s designation as a terror organisation. In …
Prince Harry trying to turn News Group trial into ‘public inquiry’, high court told
The Duke of Sussex is attempting to turn his case against the publishers of the Sun into a “public inquiry” to seek accountability for others who have already settled claims, the high court has heard.
Prince Harry faces up to four days of “very extensive” questioning in the witness box …
Tobago’s push for greater autonomy fails at final hurdle
A new attempt to give the Caribbean island of Tobago more self-governance has been defeated in what local politicians described as a major setback in a decades-long battle for more political and economic independence.
One of the Caribbean’s top tourist destinations, Tobago is part of the twin-island state of