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<p>APTOPIX South Korea Plane Fire</p>
LiveEast Asia

Experts doubt bird strike theory as Jeju Air investigation begins

Jeju Air’s passenger plane smashed into a concrete wall after an emergency landing at Muan international airport in South Korea

<p>File. Aftermath of a wildfire </p>
News

Climate change added 41 heat days and supercharged disasters in 2024

<p>Demonstrators wave Bangladesh's national flag during a rally in Dhaka celebrating the ousting of the country's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina</p>
South Asia

Has Bangladesh’s revolution been a success?

<p>File. Palestinians receive medical care at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

WHO chief calls for end to Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals

News

Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi Documentary

<p>File. A Taliban prison guard stands next to a poster ordering women to cover themselves during the distribution of new uniforms in Jalalabad on 5 February 2023</p>
South Asia

Taliban threaten to shut down NGOs that employ women

Australasia

Australian youth pastor killed in shark attack on Great Barrier Reef

<p>Aerial picture of structures at Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev II</p>
Archaeology

Stone Age architecture in Near East was far more advanced than thought

<p>A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol being broadcast at the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on 26 December 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korean investigators seek arrest warrant for impeached president

<p>An Afghan security personnel uses his phone at the site of an alleged blast in Kabul</p>
South Asia

At least 10 Taliban fighters killed in Kabul ministry attack

<p>The ‘Grandma’ Nintendo Game Boy game developed by Chinese artist Zhou Yichen</p>
Tech

Artist creates retro Nintendo game to commemorate late grandmother

<p>Representational. Adult walking up stairs</p>
Health & Families

Wearing this type of sneakers increases injury risk for runners

<p>Officers lead the coffin of India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh for his funeral ceremony in New Delhi</p>
India

India bids goodbye to former prime minister Manmohan Singh

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<p>Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks to The Independent in the group’s office in Tokyo</p>
Japan

I survived Nagasaki – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

<p>Medical students dissect a cadaver – stock image </p>
India

Why the world’s most populous country is running low on bodies

<p>An Afghan man and a burqa-clad woman ride a motorcycle along a street on the outskirts of Kandahar</p>
South Asia

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

South Asia

South Asia

What happened to the iconic Humvees US left behind in Afghanistan?

South Asia

What happened to the iconic Humvees US left behind in Afghanistan?

<p>An Afghan woman sits next to a grave reciting the holy Koran at a cemetery on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province</p>
South Asia

At least 46 killed in Pakistani airstrike as Taliban vows retaliation

<p>File: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the media at a vandalized metro station in Mirpur</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India

<p>File. Police officer takes position at the Sarband police station on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on 9 February 2023 </p>
South Asia

Militants kill 16 security personnel in northwest Pakistan

<p>A fishing trawler believed to be carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar rescued by Sri Lankan army</p>
South Asia

Sri Lanka rescues 102 ‘Rohingya refugees’ from fishing trawler

<p>A fishing trawler believed to be carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar rescued by Sri Lankan army</p>
South Asia

Sri Lanka rescues 102 ‘Rohingya refugees’ from fishing trawler

<p>Pakistan has a troubled history with elephants in captivity</p>
South Asia

Revealed: Cause of death for Pakistan’s Sonia the elephant

Pakistan Polio
South Asia

Pakistan postpones polio vaccination drive

East Asia

News

Moment Jeju Air plane skids along South Korea runway before crash

News

Jeju Air CEO bows in apology after South Korea deadly plane crash

<p>Firefighters and rescue team work at the wreckage of the passenger plane at Muan international airport in Muan-gun, South Korea</p>
East Asia

Families want answers after South Korea’s worst domestic air disaster

<p>Firefighters and rescue team work at the wreckage of the passenger plane </p>
East Asia

South Korea plane crash: Everything we know so far

News

Rescuers assess Jeju Air crash site at South Korea’s Muan airport

<p>Democratic Party leader Lee Jae Myung, bottom centre, walks past lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party protesting to National Assembly speaker Woo Won Shik, top centre, during a plenary session for the impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck Soo</p>
East Asia

South Korean parliament votes to impeach acting president Han Duck Soo

<p>South Korea’s acting president Han Duck Soo</p>
East Asia

South Korea’s opposition submits motion to impeach acting president

East Asia

South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society as demographic crisis deepens

Southeast Asia

<p>Serge Atlaoui is escorted by police upon his arrival at Tangerang court outside Jakarta in April</p>
Southeast Asia

France officially requests Indonesia to transfer death row prisoner

Southeast Asia

France officially requests Indonesia to transfer death row prisoner

<p>Serge Atlaoui is escorted by police upon his arrival at Tangerang court outside Jakarta in April</p>
<p>Myanmar Suu Kyi</p>
Southeast Asia

Myanmar’s government-in-exile calls Suu Kyi’s detention brutal

<p>People attend mass prayers commemorating the 20-years anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh</p>
Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia marks 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami

<p>Soldiers take a selfie on the platform </p>
Southeast Asia

Ho Chi Minh City gets first ever metro line after a decade of delays

<p>UN Human Rights Myanmar</p>
Southeast Asia

My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post

<p>UN Human Rights Myanmar</p>
Southeast Asia

My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post

<p>Tourists play on Bang Niang Beach, where tsunami hit 2004, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province</p>
Southeast Asia

The deadly tsunami hit Thailand 20 years ago – trauma will never go

<p>How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies</p>
News

Thailand Oscars entry is taking the world by storm – where to watch it

Australia and New Zealand

Crocodile Dundee Croc Dies
Australasia

Burt, the huge croc who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90

Australasia

Burt, the huge croc who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90

Crocodile Dundee Croc Dies
<p>File. In this undated photo provided by Saffrine Duggan, her husband, former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan, poses for a photo in a restaurant</p>
Australasia

Former US pilot accused of training Chinese army to be extradited

<p>File. Australians stranded in Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake on 17 December disembark from a Royal Australian Air Force plane at Brisbane International Airport in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, 19 December 2024</p>
Australasia

Vanuatu hit by another quake as hundreds of Australians return home

<p>Chief health officer Ben Cowie has issued new warnings over the disease </p>
Australasia

Rise in flesh-eating bacteria cases in Australia as warnings issued

<p>File. Thermal stations powered by coal near Muswellbrook in Hunter Valley, Australia </p>
News

Australia expands coal mines despite climate ‘death sentence’ warning

<p>File. Thermal stations powered by coal near Muswellbrook in Hunter Valley, Australia </p>
News

Australia expands coal mines despite climate ‘death sentence’ warning

<p> Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House (L) during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney on January 1, 2024</p>
Australasia

Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks could be cancelled due to train strike

<p>The 29-year-old, real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court</p>
World - Crime

YouTuber Yung Filly admits to speeding while on bail in Australia

Americas

<p>President-elect Donald Trump</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump endorses Speaker Johnson but loses latest E Jean Carroll appeal

US politics

Trump endorses Mike Johnson for House Speaker days before crucial vote

<p>Appeals court judges in Manhattan shot down Donald Trump’s request for a new trial after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E Jean Carroll </p>
US politics

Appeals court upholds Trump verdict for sexual abuse and defamation

<p>Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100 </p>
LiveUS politics

Jimmy Carter’s funeral to be held on Jan. 9

<p>Retired Army general declares Musk a ‘national security risk’ in brutal NYT op-ed</p>
US politics

Retired Army general declares Musk a ‘national security risk’

<p>Trump was vehemently against the H-1B visa during his first administration </p>
US politics

What are H-1B visas and what has Trump said about them in the past?

<p>Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100 </p>
LiveUS politics

Jimmy Carter’s funeral to be held on Jan. 9

<p>Retired Army general declares Musk a ‘national security risk’ in brutal NYT op-ed</p>
US politics

Retired Army general declares Musk a ‘national security risk’

<p>Trump was vehemently against the H-1B visa during his first administration </p>
US politics

What are H-1B visas and what has Trump said about them in the past?

<p>Fox & Friends argues that “gleeful” Democrats hoping for a permanent schism in the GOP are the “real losers” in the MAGA civil war over H-1B visas.</p>
US politics

Fox News declares the ‘real losers’ in MAGA civil war — the Democrats

<p>His father Earl was a white supremacist, but Carter’s formative experiences led him to fight for Black civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr (whose father is pictured centre) </p>
Americas

Jimmy Carter: Born to a white supremacist, raised by a black farmhand

<p>Waves which climbed to over 13 feet waves were filmed crashing against the shores of nothern Peru Friday –causing devastation to local communities </p>
Americas

Peru battered by tsunami-like waves

<p>Elon Musk asked his followers to post more ‘positive’ content on social media platform X </p>
US politics

Musk ripped for demanding more ‘positive, beautiful’ content on X

<p>Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday aged 100 (Neil Hall/PA)</p>
US politics

What to know about the Jimmy Carter’s funeral plans after his death

<p>Former president Jimmy Carter prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on 30 September, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia</p>
US politics

Jimmy Carter death: What is a national day of mourning?

<p>A host of new laws are set to be enacted on January 1 across the U.S. That includes new restrictions on guns, abortion requirements and other regulations </p>
US politics

Here are the new laws set to take effect across the nation on Jan 1

Jimmy Carter Presidential Funerals
Americas

How American presidents have planned their own funerals

UK and Europe

<p>Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled because of ‘extreme weather’ </p>
Home News

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations cancelled over ‘extreme weather’

Home News

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations cancelled over ‘extreme weather’

<p>Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled because of ‘extreme weather’ </p>
<p>Rain falls over the Houses of Parliament ahead of the New Year’s Eve fireworks, 2023 </p>
Home News

New Year’s Eve weather: How your region will be affected, mapped

Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle in the early hours of January 1 2024 (Jane Barlow/PA)
UK

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay fireworks cancelled due to bad weather in Scotland

The Port of Holyhead in Anglesey (PA)
UK

Part of Holyhead ferry port to reopen in January

One of the stolen items (Met Police/PA)
UK

Jewellery worth more than £10m stolen from house in Primrose Hill

One of the stolen items (Met Police/PA)
UK

Jewellery worth more than £10m stolen from house in Primrose Hill

Huge waves crash against the sea wall near Whitley Bay (Owen Humphreys/PA)
UK

In Pictures: Waves, surfers and a shipwreck among coastal shots captured in 2024

<p>Noah Smedley, 18, died after being stabbed in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on 28 December</p>
Crime

Teenager killed in Derbyshire stabbing named as eighth person arrested

<p>Ukrainian POWs are seen being transferred back to Ukraine after a UAE-brokered swap with Russia </p>
LiveEurope

Moscow and Kyiv exchange hundreds of prisoners

Russia Eurasian Economic Union
Europe

Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues

Europe

Lawyer of Gisèle Pelicot’s rapist ex-husband gives update from jail

<p>Hundreds of old graves at Östra Kyrkogården, one of the largest cemeteries in Gothenburg</p>
Europe

Sweden is searching for cemetery space that it hopes it never needs

Europe

Russian man arrested for running LGBTQ+ travel agency found dead

<p>Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev talks with Vladimir Putin in April </p>
Europe

Russia shot at Azerbaijan Airlines plane before crash, says president

News

Moment ex-Manchester City footballer sworn in as country’s president

<p>Finnish authorities said they were moving the impounded tanker Eagle S suspected of undersea cable damage </p>
Europe

Russian-linked tanker taken to shore for suspected Baltic Sea sabotage

Voices

<p>Is getting fit your new year’s resolution? </p>
Voices

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your new year’s resolutions

Voices

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your new year’s resolutions

<p>Is getting fit your new year’s resolution? </p>
<p>The justice secretary has blocked 128 IPP prisoners from being transferred to open prisons, against Parole Board advice</p>
Letters

Why have a Parole Board if its recommendations are rejected?

<p>‘At Christmas, I like to indulge in a martini’ </p>
Voices

The one thing I do every year to help combat the Christmas chaos

<p>This December marks Vladimir Putin’s 25th year in power </p>
The Independent View

If the West gives an inch on Ukraine, Putin will take a mile

<p>What goals do you want to achieve in the new year? </p>
Voices

Forget ‘brain rot’ and ‘Brat’ – what’s your word of the year?

<p>What goals do you want to achieve in the new year? </p>
Voices

Forget ‘brain rot’ and ‘Brat’ – what’s your word of the year?

<p>Donald Trump’s second inauguration is set to take place on 20 January</p>
Voices

Trump terrors? Here’s how to survive his second term

<p>Around 6.4 million tonnes of edible food is wasted each year in the UK </p>
Voices

The scandalous mistake we all make every year at Christmas

Sport

<p>Mark Robins is favourite for the Stoke role </p>
Football

Next Stoke manager odds: Robins shortens for Potters post

Football

Next Stoke manager odds: Robins shortens for Potters post

<p>Mark Robins is favourite for the Stoke role </p>
<p>Michael Newberry played for Linfield earlier in his career before joining Cliftonville last summer</p>
Football

Cliftonville defender Newberry dies suddenly at age of 27

Football

Major change made to VAR process for Carabao Cup semi-finals and final

<p>Manchester City have been struggling in recent weeks </p>
Football

How Man City sacrificed being the best team to be the best at business

Harvey Elliott is desperate for Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool (Martin Rickett/PA)
Football

Harvey Elliott hopeful ‘best in the world’ Mohamed Salah will stay at Liverpool

Harvey Elliott is desperate for Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool (Martin Rickett/PA)
Football

Harvey Elliott hopeful ‘best in the world’ Mohamed Salah will stay at Liverpool

<p>United fell to a chastening 2-0 loss to Wolves on Boxing Day </p>
Football

Man Utd vs Newcastle prediction: Isak to get Magpies going

Football

De Bruyne makes surprising admission over Man City future

<p>Luke Littler is the favourite for this year’s championship</p>
Darts

World Darts Championship: Scores, schedule and results

<p>Outfit of the day: Magnus Carlsen shows of his banned wardrobe </p>
World

Magnus Carlsen returns to chess tournament after jeans furore

<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl favourites once again </p>
NFL

NFL playoffs: Which teams are still on the road to Super Bowl LIX?

<p>South Africa celebrated a remarkable win over Pakistan to end the year </p>
Cricket

South Africa’s great revival caps year that gave Test cricket new life

<p>Find the best betting sites with our comprehensive 2024 guide.</p>
Sport

Best betting sites in the UK

<p>Free bet offers are used to attract new customers </p>
Sport

The best free bets and betting offers

<p>Michael van Gerwen is being backed to continue his good form </p>
Darts

World Darts Championship day 13 prediction: 27/1 treble and best bets

Nick Kyrgios (left) and Novak Djokovic celebrate during their doubles win over Alexander Erler and Andreas Mies in the Brisbane International (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)
Tennis

Kyrgios celebrates return from injury with Djokovic doubles victory

Lifestyle

<p>Jeremy Reaves proposed to his girlfriend of over a year after beating the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday</p>
Lifestyle

Commanders player Jeremy Reaves proposes to girlfriend on the field

Lifestyle

This Morning star taken to hospital following head injury

Lifestyle

Anthony Hopkins details ‘fatal day’ that led to 49 years of sobriety

<p>Runners cross Tower Bridge during the TCS London Marathon 2024 </p>
Lifestyle

Biggest ever study of non-elite runners reveals marathon secrets

<p>Author Dana Miranda advocates for a conscious spending method over budgeting </p>
Lifestyle

Why you shouldn’t bother budgeting

<p>A none-alcohol Guinness </p>
Health & Families

Expert tips for getting through Dry January alone

<p>Runners cross Tower Bridge during the TCS London Marathon 2024 </p>
Lifestyle

Biggest ever study of non-elite runners reveals marathon secrets

<p>Author Dana Miranda advocates for a conscious spending method over budgeting </p>
Lifestyle

Why you shouldn’t bother budgeting

<p>A none-alcohol Guinness </p>
Health & Families

Expert tips for getting through Dry January alone

Climate

<p>Hurricane Milton was the single most costly event in 2024</p>
News

Worst climate disasters of 2024 that caused billions in damage

News

Worst climate disasters of 2024 that caused billions in damage

<p>Hurricane Milton was the single most costly event in 2024</p>
Climate

I collected my plastic waste for a year — here is what I learned

<p>A firefighter watches as the Franklin Fire burns on Tuesday in Malibu, California</p>
News

A decade of deadly heat ends with record year

The Government is set to introduce stringent rules limiting the number of new incinerators that are built (Andrew Matthews/PA)
News

Government to block incinerators that do not contribute to green plans

The EV boom means front gardens will increasingly have to enable charging – but can also provide space for plants (Alamy/PA)
News

Space for EVs and flood protection planting among garden predictions for 2025

The EV boom means front gardens will increasingly have to enable charging – but can also provide space for plants (Alamy/PA)
News

Space for EVs and flood protection planting among garden predictions for 2025

The River Wensum, a designated SSSI, at Bylaugh, Norfolk (Alamy/PA)
News

Three quarters of precious habitats and wildlife unmonitored in past five years

<p>File. The logo of Green Hydrogen is seen at the 2023 Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Germany on 17 April 2023</p>
Science

Fraction of hydrogen trapped under Earth can power world for centuries

Culture

<p>Lee Jung-jae in ‘Squid Game’</p>
News

Squid Game season three release date is sooner than you might think

<p>Film Review - Babygirl</p>
News

Babygirl director says sensual milk scene happened to her in real life

<p>Justin Baldoni’s lawyer says his countersuit to Blake Lively’s claims will ‘shock everyone’</p>
News

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer discusses his countersuit to Blake Lively

<p>Liam Payne tragically passed away after falling from a hotel balcony</p>
News

Liam Payne: Five charged over hotel death including ‘close friend’

<p>Lavin recently starred in Netflix’s ‘No Good Deed’</p>
News

Broadway actor and star of Alice sitcom, Linda Lavin, dies aged 87

News

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence explains initial resistance to reboot

News

Mrs Brown’s Boys to film new series despite low ratings and racism row

News

Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre surprise UK charity by sampling song

Premium

<p>Vladimir Putin’s 25 years in power have been bookended by conflict </p>
Voices

Putin has ruled Russia for 25 years – but what can he show for it?

Voices

Putin has ruled Russia for 25 years – but what can he show for it?

<p>Vladimir Putin’s 25 years in power have been bookended by conflict </p>
<p>Child serial killer Lucy Letby</p>
Crime

Lucy Letby’s legal team faces a herculean task to win her appeal

<p>Luke Littler won the Premier League among his 10 successes in 2024</p>
Darts

How the Luke Littler effect made darts the sport of 2024

<p>Sauna is a sociable affair in Finland – the ‘art sauna’ at Serlachius Museum Gösta seats up to 20 </p>
Finland

How the sauna capital of the world helped me recover from burnout

<p>God-tier moustache-twirling: Raul Julia in the seminal family film ‘The Addams Family’ </p>
Features

The Addams Family’s Raul Julia was far more than his tragic death

<p>God-tier moustache-twirling: Raul Julia in the seminal family film ‘The Addams Family’ </p>
Features

The Addams Family’s Raul Julia was far more than his tragic death

<p>A singer with an incredible, unique voice, she would come to be known as a talent that was hard to work with at times </p>
Music

The secret humiliation that really ended the career of Maria Callas

Voices

The winners and losers in British politics 2024

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