South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law

South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol has avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law

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South Korea opposition moves to impeach acting president in new political twist

If motion is successful, it would be country’s second impeachment of a head of state in less than two weeks. South Korea’s opposition said on Thursday it had filed an impeachment motion against ...
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S. Korean opposition submits motion to impeach the country's acting president

South Korea’s main opposition party has submitted a motion to impeach the country’s acting leader over his reluctance to fill three Constitutional Court vacancies ahead of the court’s review of ...
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The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs

Authorities have resorted to siege tactics to ‘smoke out’ thousands of miners trapped underground
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South Korean opposition moves to impeach acting president

Han Duck-soo has refused to fill vacancies on the constitutional court hearing Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment
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South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president

South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached ...
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South Korean opposition plans to impeach prime minister

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Magdeburg attack has cast ‘dark shadow’ over Christmas, says German president in call for unity

Frank-Walter Steinmeier seeks to convey message of healing four days after the brutal attack in Magdeburg killed five people and injured more than 200. A deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas ...
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There is a foolproof solution to avoiding conflict this Christmas | Fiona Katauskas

But you may need to consult an expert. See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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‘A hostage situation’: South Korea paralysed in fight against Trump tariffs

Companies fear political vacuum in Seoul will leave them vulnerable to tariffs and loss of subsidies
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French PM names new government, hoping to avoid another no-confidence vote

Centrist François Bayrou had promised a ‘national interest government’ across the middle political ground but ended up leaning to the conservative right. The French prime minister has announced his ...
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