South Korea’s president and his team have started moving back into Seoul’s historic Blue House, which his predecessor abandoned for being too “imperial”, an official said Tuesday. The Blue House, known as Cheong Wa Dae in Korean, is named for the approximately 150,000 hand-painted blue tiles that adorn its roof and has long been synonymous with the South Korean […]
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Honduran right-wing presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla made allegations of electoral corruption on Monday after a stalled ballot count in the November 30 general election. The accusations come after the ruling left-wing Libre party called for the vote to be annulled and accused US President Donald Trump of election interference. The ballot count had stalled over the […]
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The planet is on track to log its second hottest year on record in 2025, tied with 2023 after a historic high in 2024, Europe’s global warming monitor said Tuesday. The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service reaffirms that global temperatures are on course to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels — the threshold considered safer […]
Read MoreChileans will elect a new president on Sunday, with an arch-conservative who has promised to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants strongly tipped to beat his leftist rival. After a campaign dominated by fears over crime and immigration, Jose Antonio Kast, a veteran politician and father of nine, is on course to become Chile’s first […]
Read More2025 wird voraussichtlich das zweitwärmste Jahr seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Dies geht aus den am Dienstag veröffentlichten vorläufigen Zahlen des europäischen EU-Erdbeobachtungsprogramms Copernicus hervor. Das bislang wärmste Jahr war 2024. Laut Copernicus lag die globale Durchschnittstemperatur zwischen Januar und November 1,48 Grad über dem Referenzwert der vorindustriellen Zeit von 1850-1900, bevor der menschengemachte Klimawandel einsetzte. 2025 […]
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Der rechtspopulistische Milliardär Andrej Babis soll am Dienstag von Tschechiens Präsident Petr Pavel zum Regierungschef ernannt werden (09.00 Uhr). Babis’ Partei Ano war Anfang Oktober als Sieger aus der Parlamentswahl hervorgegangen. Anfang November schmiedete er eine EU-skeptische Koalition mit der rechtsgerichteten Autofahrerpartei und der rechtsextremen SPD. Ende vergangenen Monats stellte Babis seine Kabinettsliste vor, darunter […]
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A big quake off Japan injured at least 30 people, authorities said Tuesday, damaging roads and knocking out power for thousands in freezing temperatures. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 7.5 quake at 11:15 pm on Monday (1415 GMT) — downgraded from its first reading of 7.6 — raised the chances of similar or […]
Read MoreCambodia has retaliated in a reignited border conflict with Thailand, the former leader of Cambodia said Tuesday, after Phnom Penh accused Thai forces of shelling positions overnight in fighting that has killed seven civilians and a Thai soldier. The Thai military fired shells into the border province of Banteay Meanchey after midnight, killing two people […]
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