SEOUL, Dec 14 — South Korean lawmakers started voting today on a second motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the nation, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term.

LONDON — Two dozen migrant workers who allege they were subjected to forced labour at a Malaysian factory while making parts for United Kingdom (UK) vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson can sue the company in London, the Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.

PARIS, Dec 13 — French President Emmanuel Macron named François Bayrou on Friday as his fourth Prime Minister of 2024, tasking the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second major political crisis in the last six months.

MANILA, Dec 13 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said that the government evacuated over 45,000 residents from villages around the active Kanlaon Volcano, which erupted on Monday, reported Xinhua.

NEW YORK, Dec 13 — Amazon is donating US$1 million (RM4.42 million) to United States president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund and the company will air the event on its Prime Video service, an Amazon spokesman said yesterday.

NEW YORK, Dec 13 — Elon Musk is the first person to reach an estimated fortune of more than US$400 billion (RM1.7 trillion) , reported German news agency dpa quoting Forbes and Bloomberg.

CAIRO, Dec 13 — An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll yesterday in the enclave to 66.

BEIJING/TAIPEI, Dec 13 — China's defence ministry today broke its silence about days of military activities around Taiwan, saying it was up to China to decide whether or not to hold drills and the military would "not be absent" in fighting against separatist forces.

NEW YORK, Dec 13 — Time magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump its ‘Person of the Year’ yesterday, citing his deep impact on American politics and the country's role in the world.

DAMASCUS, Dec 13 — A hip bone in a blown-out building, part of a spine amid some debris, a few foot bones in a worn-out sock.

NEW DELHI, Dec 13 — Pakistan has yesterday called the Israeli regime's attacks and land grab in Syria as a "grave breach" of Syrian sovereignty.

SEOUL, Dec 13 — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said yesterday he would "fight to the end" as his own political party shifted closer to voting with the opposition to impeach him over his short-lived martial law order that threw the US ally into turmoil.

NEW DELHI, Dec 12 —Samsung has accused India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a raid carried out in connection with an antitrust investigation on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, a legal filing shows.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 — US President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, CBS News reported yesterday, citing multiple sources.

HAMILTON, Dec 12  — The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution yesterday calling for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza as well as the release of all hostages held in the conflict, Anadolu Agency reported.

BENGALURU, Dec 12 — Saudi Arabia will host the men's soccer World Cup in 2034 while the 2030 edition will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one-off matches in three South American countries, world soccer's governing body Fifa said yesterday.

ATHENS/BERLIN, Dec 12 — Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 — President Joe Biden is pushing the United States’ national security agencies ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration to devise new strategies to tackle the risky, deepening ties among Russia, Iran, North Korea and China, said US officials.

NEW YORK, Dec 11 — Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new suit in the United States yesterday accusing them of designing and marketing “ultra-processed” foods to be addictive to children, causing chronic disease.

SEOUL, Dec 11 — South Korean police raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, a presidential security official said today, in a widening investigation into the embattled leader’s failed attempt to impose martial law.