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Ladders, noodle stations and K-pop: how the arrest of South Korea’s president unfolded
By 4.30am, the streets around Yoon Suk Yeol’s hilltop residence felt like rush hour, packed with police and protesters despite the early hour.
Roads were completely sealed off and thousands of officers were in position on the freezing winter morning, while hundreds of pro-Yoon supporters chanted aggressively while clutching red …
Raducanu ‘more comfortable’ with herself now not she’s not fixated on results
Emma Raducanu says she has become more comfortable in her skin and learned how to enjoy her career journey rather than fixating on results as she prepares to face her friend Amanda Anisimova for a place in the third round of the Australian Open.
“I think I’m a lot more …
Plantwatch: A squirting cucumber is nature’s slimy explosive missile
The squirting cucumber (
Ecballium elaterium
) is a phenomenal ballistic missile, unique in the plant world. The tubby little fruit looks somewhat like a pickled cucumber hanging on a stalk and when ripe itsuddenly explodes
, shooting off into the air like a rocket and squirting out its seeds …Jordan Thompson limps out of Australian Open with straight-sets defeat to Nuno Borges
Australia is left with just a single seed in the men’s draw at Melbourne Park after Jordan Thompson limped out of the tournament on Wednesday, losing his second round clash on John Cain Arena to world No 33 Nuno Borges.
Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol in South Korea: why has it taken so long and what happens next?
South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol,
amid a huge police presence outside his official residence in the capital, Seoul. Officials from the Corruption Investigation Office had for weeks been seeking his arrest over insurrection allegations connected to hisshort-lived declaration of martial …
‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar
In a dimly lit corridor of a mud-walled house nestled among coconut trees, Sharifa Hussein stripped red and black cables, a screwdriver voltage tester balanced between her lips and rolls of cable lying by her feet.
Then, with the help of three other women, she attached the two wires to …
Ukraine war briefing: Power cuts after ‘massive’ Russian missile strike
Ukraine’s national grid operator said it had introduced emergency power cuts in six regions
on Wednesday morning amid a “massive” Russian missile strike
. The Ukrainian energy minister, German Galushchenko, said “preventative measures” were in force. Ukrainian authorities earlier issued air raid alerts for the entire country as the …
Simon Townsend, star Australian children’s TV presenter, dies aged 79
Veteran children’s television star Simon Townsend has died aged 79, shortly after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
The former newspaper and television journalist launched Simon Townsend’s Wonder World! on Channel 10 in 1979 with mascot Woodrow the Bloodhound. The ground-breaking show made him a household name …
US sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose early Twitter stock purchase
A US financial regulator has sued Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock and later acquiring shares in the company at “artificially low prices”, stiffing other shareholders.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against Musk late on Tuesday in Washington DC federal court …
MP launches legal action against Andrew Tate over social media posts
A Northern Ireland MP has launched legal action against the self-styled misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother over social media posts made in the past week.
A lawyer for Sorcha Eastwood, an MP for the Alliance party, said the posts were made on Friday, the day after she had told …