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As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

remains barricaded

The scenes outside …

Music lovers spent a record £2.4bn on streaming subscriptions and physical music last year as the UK music industry finally recovers from the digital revolution that ushered in rampant online piracy and the

slow death of the CD

Subscriptions to streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon and …

Gaza’s healthcare is on the

brink of “total collapse”

The UN special envoy for Syria will urge the security council to back a transition to a pluralist democratic Syria, but faces resistance within the country. The interim government fears the lifting of sanctions will be tied to excessive demands imposed by the west, with suspicion of the UN deeply …

The ring of fire is a 40,000km long horseshoe shaped belt that wraps around the Pacific Ocean.

The ring, also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is home to 75% of the world’s active volcanoes, and 90% of its earthquakes. Many of the world’s most powerful earthquakes have occurred along this …

• Donald Trump has said he sympathises with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of Nato, and lamented that he will not be able to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.

  Though Nato members and the Biden administration have expressed support for its eventual …

A former Cambodian opposition MP and French citizen was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle in Bangkok on Tuesday, according to Thai media.

“Lim Kimya... died at the scene. Officers with the Metropolitan Police Bureau have launched a manhunt for the assassin,” the Bangkok Post reported, adding that …

The injury comeback for tennis player Nick Kyrgios has stalled, after a new ailment scuppered his Australian Open preparations and put the former world No 13 in doubt for his home grand slam.

The 29-year-old has been

rehabbing a surgically repaired wrist and returned to the court …

China’s military launched a record number of warplane incursions around Taiwan in 2024 as it builds its ability to launch full-scale invasion, something a former chief of Taiwan’s armed forces said Beijing could be capable of within a decade.

Analysts said China’s relentless harassment had taken a toll on Taiwan’s …

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has said it will invest £300m in expanding its Goodwood factory in West Sussex to meet the growing demand for bespoke upgrades, after the luxury carmaker recorded its third-highest annual sales in 2024.

The investment will extend the luxury carmaker’s manufacturing facility as it gradually moves away …