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The vote to impeach South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was a dramatic fall from grace for the conservative leader, who must now suffer the ignominy of being forced from office well before the end of his five-year term.

But

the vote on Saturday in the national …

Agony for Kane Williamson, ecstasy for Matthew Potts. Granted, it may not trip off the tongue like Ian Smith’s famous commentary at Lord’s five years ago, but both emotions were very much on show after the moment that changed day one in Hamilton.

Williamson had looked indelible during the opening …

Cricket writer’s challenge: discuss bowling first in a Brisbane Test without referring to Nasser Hussain. Better to fail at that challenge in the first line and get it out of the way. England’s former captain has copped an unfair amount of grief for his decision at the toss in 2002. …

South Korea

In dramatic scenes at the national assembly in Seoul, 204 lawmakers voted for an opposition …

Through a combination of a series already won by England, the various adornments for the retiring Tim Southee, and fancy dress being in vogue on the banks of leafy Seddon Park, this

final Test could easily have taken on an end of term vibe

Thousands have taken to the streets of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, in rival rallies as President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment vote over his failed martial law bid.

Protests demanding Yoon step down kicked off around midday outside the National Assembly. Seoul police said they expected at least 200,000 …

Earlier this week, the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she was hoping talks in the new year could lead to an

extensive “reset”

The remarks were seized on by leave supporters who fear a betrayal of the referendum vote, while others argue Reeves won’t …

One month ago, during a meeting in Beirut, a senior western diplomat was venting his frustration: when would international sanctions be lifted from the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad? Though the dictator had few friends, it seemed that the brutal killing and torture of hundreds of thousands of protesters had succeeded …

Beneath mango trees in the lush garden of the Palais de Lomé, an oceanside estate in the Togolese capital, dozens of students from the African School of Architecture and Urban Planning (EAMAU) were taking sessions on archiving.

Established in 1905, the palace housed German, French and British colonial governors in …

• Ukrainian drones made several strikes inside Russia overnight into Saturday, including an infrastructure facility storing fuel in central Russia’s Oryol region, sparking a fire and smashing windows in homes.

  The Oryol governor, Andrei Klychkov, said early on Saturday that a “mass attack” on an infrastructure site caused fuel …