Hundreds of people were forced to flee a fire that broke out in an eight-story commercial building south of Seoul Friday afternoon, with video footage showing several people trapped on the roof waiting to be rescued. Fire officials received reports of the fire around 4:40 p.m. in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, and were at the scene […]
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot says defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is not distracted by rumours of a move to Real Madrid. Trent Alexander-Arnold is fully committed to Liverpool, his manager Arne Slot has said amid rumoured interest in the England right-back, including from European champions Real Madrid. Alexander-Arnold’s contract with the Reds expires at the end of
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared. The 28-year-old was in the sea at a popular surf beach in South Australia where another man was killed by a white shark in 2023.
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US president expected to announce decision to block proposed sale of Pittsburgh-based steelmaker as early as Friday. United States President Joe Biden has decided to block the proposed takeover of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, US media has reported. Biden is expected to announce his decision to scuttle the $14.9bn sale on national security
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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates. On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to supply Central Europe with Russian natural gas. Slovakia had been the main entry point
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Spain received 63,970 migrants and refugess who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 people in the Canary Islands. At least 46,843 people reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024 through the increasingly deadly Atlantic migration route, the country’s interior ministry has said. The European country received 63,970 migrants who arrived through irregular routes last
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China on Thursday singled out dozens of companies from the United States, including Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, in a series of punitive trade measures that could ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers. With weeks to go before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes the office with a promise to impose new tariffs and sanctions
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Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says most workers have seen wages outpace inflation. Singapore’s economy grew 4 percent in 2024, comfortably beating forecasts, according to preliminary government figures. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.3 percent in the October-December period, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Thursday, lifting full-year growth to its strongest performance
As authorities probe passenger jet crash, police conduct ‘search and seizure operation’ at airline’s offices and airport. Police in South Korea have banned Jeju Air chief executive Kim E-bae from leaving the country amid an investigation into the deadliest-ever air disaster on South Korean soil. The move came on Thursday as aviation authorities stepped up their probe
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A gunman killed at least 10 people, including two children, after a bar fight in Montenegro on Wednesday, leading to a manhunt and a government declaration of three days of mourning in the small Balkan country, officials said. The shooting took place in the city of Cetinje, about 22 miles west of the capital. Among
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