WORLD

THE HAGUE | Xinhua | The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Tuesday that its president, judge Nawaf Salam, has resigned following his appointment as Lebanon’s prime minister. Salam, who assumed the ICJ presidency in 2024, officially stepped down as a member of the court effective immediately, the …

SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country’s first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition. A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the National Office of …

NEW YORK | TASS | US President-elect Donald Trump would like to hold a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as soon as possible, he told the Newsmax TV channel in an interview. “I know he wants to meet and I’m going to meet [him] very quickly. I would’ve done it sooner …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua |  As thousands of firefighters are battling the raging wildfires in Los Angeles County, politically-motivated finger-pointing has set in. More than 110,000 signatures have been gathered as of Sunday demanding the resignation of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Started by a user identified as “Frustrated Californian,” …

SEOUL | Xinhua | As the arrest warrant against South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol was extended, investigators are preparing a second attempt to detain Yoon. They have expressed their resolution that the second attempt will be the final. Experts believe that uncertainty remains in the second operation to arrest …

HAIYANG, Shandong | Xinhua |  A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Monday in east China’s Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 01 into the planned orbit. The rocket blasted off at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang. Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center …

SAN FRANCISCO, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. social media giant Meta announced Tuesday that it is ending the “Third-Party Fact-Checking” program and replacing it with the “Community Notes” system for content management. The shift would start in the United States. Supporters believe this step signifies Meta’s attempt to …

SEOU | Xinhua |  South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial, scheduled for Tuesday, for safety concerns, Yoon’s defense counsel said Sunday. Yun Gap-geun, Yoon’s lawyer, was quoted by multiple media outlets as saying that concerns remained about safety and mishaps as …

  LOS ANGELES | Xinhua |  At least 16 people have been killed by blazes as thousands of firefighters race to battle spreading wildfires across Los Angeles County, the most populous U.S. county, local authorities said Saturday. According to a list of fatalities published by the County of Los Angeles …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Juan Merchan, a New York judge overseeing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case, on Friday granted Trump an unconditional discharge in delivering the sentence, meaning the incoming president will face no fine or probation supervision. Still, the sentencing formally designates Trump as a convicted …