BEIJING, Dec 31 — China has shared the most Covid-19 data and research results in the international community, its Foreign Ministry said today, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) repeated its call for more information and access.

BEIJING, Dec 31 — China has approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified (GM) soybean, corn and cotton, expanding approvals to boost high-yield crops, reduce import reliance, and ensure food security.

SEOUL, Dec 31 — Questions grew on Tuesday over the crash of a Jeju Air jetliner as police rushed to identify victims and as families of those killed in the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil pressed authorities for more information.

SEOUL, Dec 31 — The remains of 174 people have tentatively been identified out of the 179 killed in a deadly passenger jet crash that occurred in South Korea's southwestern airport Sunday, the Transport Ministry said today, reported Xinhua.

SEOUL, Dec 31 — A Seoul court on Tuesday approved a request from law enforcement authorities to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face an arrest.

TEL AVIV, Dec 30 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today called on Israel to release a prominent clinician detained in the Gaza Strip, reported dpa.

PARIS, Dec 30 — Dominique Pelicot, sentenced to 20 years in jail by a French court for repeatedly drugging and raping his then-wife Gisele for almost a decade and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her, will not appeal, his lawyer said today, although a new trial will take place as 17 co-defendants have appealed.

SEOUL, Dec 30 — A surge in cancellations of travel deals and airline tickets was reported today as concerns over aviation safety mounted following a deadly airliner crash that claimed 179 lives, Yonhap news agency reported, citing industry sources.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 — United States President Joe Biden announced US$2.5 billion (RM11.16 billion) in additional security assistance for Ukraine today as he uses his final weeks in office to surge military aid to Kyiv before president-elect Donald Trump takes power.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 30 — South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation system as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the country’s deadliest air disaster.

SEOUL, Dec 30 — South Korean investigators have sought an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over this month’s short-lived imposition of martial law, an official said today, the first time an incumbent president has faced such action.

OSLO, Dec 30 — Torp Airport in Norway resumed operations yesterday afternoon after a Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) Boeing 737, which made an emergency landing on Saturday evening, was cleared from the runway, reported Xinhua.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 30 — Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military.

MOSCOW/BAKU, Dec 30 — President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a "tragic incident" over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air defences were fired against Ukrainian drones.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 — Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, the Carter Center said.

BAKU/MOSCOW, Dec 29 — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said today a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said some in Russia had lied about the cause of the disaster.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people today, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — Uncertainties surround the deadliest crash on South Korean soil, experts said today, questioning initial suggestions that a bird strike might have brought down Jeju Air flight 7C2216.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — Several hours after a passenger plane crashed into a wall at a South Korean airport, an Air Canada plane reportedly slipped on the runway during an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, yesterday.

SOUTH JEOLLA, Dec 29 — At least 124 people have been killed after an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport today, the national fire agency said.