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A majority of South Korean lawmakers in the country’s opposition-dominated parliament voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday. The ruling party has maintained that a two-thirds majority is needed to impeach an acting president. Source link
Tokyo— Japan’s government on Friday approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, boosting spending on social welfare and defense to deal with regional threats as the population ages. The $730 billion budget for the year through April 2025, approved by the Cabinet, includes $55 billion in defense spending. It also includes social security … Read more
Defense Stocks: The Indian defense sector has delivered many multibaggers stocks in the last three years. The prices of these stocks were seen increasing by 3 to 10 times between September 2022 and July 2024, due to which investors got huge profits. However, profit booking started in these shares from July 2024 onwards. The NSE … Read more
On January 1, Hungary will hand over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU to Poland, bringing to a close a tumultuous half year for the bloc. Instead of acting as a neutral mediator, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán set out on a collision course with Brussels and angered his allies with his willing “peace … Read more
Canada’s finance and foreign ministers flew to Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday to meet with officials of the incoming Trump administration to try to avoid a damaging trade war between Ottawa and Washington. Source link
A wounded North Korean soldier has been captured by the Ukrainian military, Seoul’s spy agency said Friday. Thousands of North Korean troops are believed to have been deployed in Russia’s Kursk region to repel a Ukrainian incursion. Source link
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it has confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine has been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russian forces, including in the Kursk border area, where Ukraine made a sudden border incursion in … Read more
A bus in northern Norway has crashed due to bad weather and partially submerged in a frozen lake. Police said three people were killed and four injured, with weather conditions making rescue difficult. Source link
More than 6,000 prisoners escaped from a high-security facility in Maputo on Christmas Day following a rebellion, during which at least 33 inmates were killed. The chaos erupted amid violent protests and riots triggered by the confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party’s victory in October’s elections. Source link
The United States military said Thursday it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia, killing two members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, including a senior commander. The strike, conducted in coordination with Somalia’s federal government, targeted an area southwest of Quyno Barrow on Tuesday, according to US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Source link