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December 17, 2024 1400 UTC

December 17, 2024 - 09:00

Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy loses legal case against UK intel agency

December 17, 2024 - 08:40
Britain's MI5 security service issued an alert in January 2022, warning that London-based lawyer Christine Lee was knowingly engaged in ‘political interference activities in the UK’

Japan targets 40-50% power supply from renewable energy by 2040 

December 17, 2024 - 08:35
Nuclear power to account for 20% of Japan's 2040 energy supply 

Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris 

December 17, 2024 - 07:58
Orbital Lasers and InspeCity to collaborate on in-space services 

Russia sells out of vast Kazakh uranium deposits to China 

December 17, 2024 - 07:51
Kazatomprom said that Rosatom unit, Uranium One Group, had sold its 49.979% stake in the Zarechnoye mine to SNURDC Astana Mining Company Limited, whose ultimate beneficiary is China's State Nuclear Uranium Resources Development Company

France to impose nighttime curfew on 'devastated' Mayotte  

December 17, 2024 - 07:41
According to the latest official toll, 21 people are confirmed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido, but authorities fear that hundreds, and possibly even thousands, were killed, once the true scale of the toll is revealed

Taipei mayor calls for reduced tensions during rare visit of Chinese officials 

December 17, 2024 - 07:32
'More olive branches of peace, less sour grapes of conflict', mayor says 

Political strife erupts over South Korean court as it is set to determine fate of impeached Yoon  

December 17, 2024 - 07:25
The country’s liberal opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach Yoon last Saturday over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law imposition, suspending his presidential powers until the Constitutional Court determines whether to uphold or overturn the decision

Israel’s defense minister envisions Israeli post-war security control in Gaza 

December 17, 2024 - 07:10
US has said war must bring end to Hamas control, but with Israeli forces leaving too 

US hits North Korea and Russia with new sanctions, Treasury says 

December 17, 2024 - 06:55
Sanctions target North Korean banks, generals, Russian trade firms shipping oil 

South Korean authorities make new attempt to raid presidential office, Yonhap reports 

December 17, 2024 - 06:43
President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday over his martial law decree and suspended from his presidential duties

Iran says awaiting 'necessary conditions' to reopen Syria embassy 

December 17, 2024 - 06:33
The diplomatic mission was vandalized following the ouster of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad 

 Bomb kills senior Russian general in Moscow 

December 17, 2024 - 06:25
Igor Kirillov led the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces 

UN expresses hope for ‘ambitious’ boost in humanitarian support for Syrians

December 17, 2024 - 06:12
French, German diplomats engaging with Syrian transitional leaders following Assad ouster  

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President-elect Trump gives first press conference since election

December 16, 2024 - 22:35
President-elect Donald Trump gives first press conference since election. Families are returning to Aleppo, even as their future is uncertain. During fighting, more than 60,000 Israelis fled their homes near the border with Lebanon; now, as a ceasefire appears to be holding, some are returning. A look at Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a deadly storm in the Indian Ocean, and yet another school shooting in the United States.

Suspected abduction of Lao rights advocate remembered on 12-year anniversary of disappearance 

December 16, 2024 - 22:00
Sombath Somphone was last seen at a police checkpoint in the capital, Vientiane, in 2021 

Western nations agree to 'disrupt, deter' Russian shadow fleet  

December 16, 2024 - 21:43
Objective is to prevent sanctions breaches and increase the cost to Moscow of the war in Ukraine, Estonia's government says

December 17, 2024 - 0200 UTC

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