California firefighters prepared for the possibility of new or worse wildfires in Southern California on Tuesday amid warnings of high winds and dry conditions. The National Weather Service said wind speeds could exceed 100 kilometers per hour on Tuesday, warning of extreme fire danger across large areas of Southern California. Los Angeles County Fire Chief … Read more
Rescue workers in northern Peru were searching for miners trapped in a small Peruvian gold mine after the mine was reportedly attacked by suspected illegal miners, a local mayor said. Segundo Armas, mayor of the Pataz district in the northwestern region of La Libertad, said on Monday that 17 miners may be trapped in the … Read more
Seoul, South Korea – The impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol begins Tuesday, with the country’s Constitutional Court considering whether to relieve him of presidential duties over a failed martial law effort. Yoon’s December 3 seizure of power plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, when he directed … Read more
The South Korean military said North Korea had launched an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea,” South Korea’s military said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons were fired from the northern inland area and suspected they were short-range ballistic … Read more
A massive relief effort is underway in Los Angeles to help thousands of people who have lost their homes or been evacuated from the path of the fires that have devastated the area since last week. Genia Dulot reports from the Pasadena Convention Center, now an emergency shelter for evacuees. Source link
Outgoing US President Joe Biden delivered his final foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington on Monday, a week before handing over power to his Republican successor Donald Trump. Biden’s speech covered everything from his work to build a strong US alliance to his administration’s policies toward Ukraine and China. “Compared with four … Read more
Pro-Kremlin Russian media lost millions of readers and viewers in 2024, with the audience of some state propaganda outlets falling by up to a third. The main propaganda TV channel, Channel One, has lost a quarter of its viewers following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Experts who spoke to VOA Russian said this … Read more
For the boss of a military alliance dedicated to mutual security, NATO chief Mark Rutte did not seem concerned by a member’s recent threats to occupy allied territory. On his first official visit to the European Parliament on Monday, Rutte was questioned by lawmakers on everything from ammunition standards to suspected Russian sabotage at sea. … Read more
Abuja, Nigeria – Human rights groups in Nigeria are condemning the pattern of civilian deaths from airstrikes in the northeast, and calling for an impartial investigation into the military’s operations. This comes after reports from local residents that at least 15 civilians were killed in weekend air strikes targeting armed gangs in Zamfara state. Nigeria’s … Read more
Dangerously high winds are set to return to Los Angeles, threatening efforts to extinguish a wildfire that has destroyed neighborhoods and killed at least 24 people. “We’re not in the clear yet,” Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said. “We must not let our guard down,” he said. Dry Santa Ana winds of up to … Read more