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The central Executive, the PP and the governments of the Canary Islands and Ceuta hold a meeting this Thursday to try to move towards a migration agreement Read Clavijo devises a new distribution of minors so that the State can pay for 6,000 migrants

It has been less than forty years since the South Koreans freed themselves from the shackles of military dictatorship. The current situation has parallels to this dark era. The lessons from back then can also be transferred to the present. Why South Korea’s fight to preserve its democracy concerns us all

The pressure on South Korea’s head of state Yoon is growing. After the martial law scandal, the police take action against the president. And the head of state is threatened with impeachment proceedings in parliament. South Korea: Police investigate President Yoon for… “turmoil”

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said on Thursday it would block the opposition’s motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for his short-lived attempt at martial law, but the motion only needs a handful of PPP defectors to pass and few are ready to forgive Yoon’s “unconstitutional” move. South Korea's ruling party says it will block impeachment motion against President Yoon

The video opens with a man in a blue jacket, a hood pulled over his head as snow falls around him. He’s pointing to a big building in the background, telling the viewer that the luxury Palace des Neiges hotel recently changed hands and was now owned by a “famous person.” A video within the video pops up and a man in what’s been made to appear like a TV news studio narrates that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Film Heritage Inc. bought the hotel, sharing snippets of a website as proof of the ownership change. Claim: “Zelensky has purchased €88 million hotel in Courchevel ski…

It is one of the mysteries of naval history: the fate of the crew of the Mary Celeste remains shrouded in fog. The brig had sailed from New York Harbor in early November 1872 with ten people on board, bound for Genoa. The sailing ship was found a few weeks later, on December 5, adrift in the middle of the Atlantic, off the coast of the Azores. Its commercial cargo – alcohol, above all – was intact, as were the passengers’ personal effects. But there wasn’t a living soul on board, everyone disappeared. What happened to them? Since then, hypotheses…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Georgian Dream (GD) of pushing the country towards dependence on Russia, and said he is working with European and other partners to prepare sanctions against the Georgian government. “This situation in Georgia, of course, is not just the problem of one nation and not just the problem of our region – how the current government in Georgia is pushing the country into clear dependence on Russia. It is truly shameful what actions they are taking against their own people,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. It comes as thousands took to the streets again in what marked…

What is it? (Vauxhall) The Frontera nameplate hasn’t been used on a Vauxhall since the original car went out of production way back in 2004. Since then, the company has focused on its practical family MPVs and SUVs. Now that the demand for SUVs has risen even more, and the electric revolution is starting to take shape, Vauxhall has decided to bring back one of its household names and put it on its latest offering to rival the Peugeot 2008, Nissan Qashqai and new Citroen C3 Aircross – of which it shares its platform with. With prices starting at £23,495,…

South Korea’s parliament had voted to impeach four officials as a vote on impeaching president Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration looms. The main opposition Democratic Party and other small opposition parties submitted a joint motion to impeach Mr Yoon on Wednesday over his martial law declaration the previous night. On Friday, the Democrats and other opposition lawmakers voted to impeach Choi Jae-hae, chairman of the country’s board of audit and inspection, and three top public prosecutors, including Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office chief Lee Chang-soo. The four will be suspended from their duties until the Constitutional Court…

Why are girls struggling in math? This is the question on everyone’s mind when reading the French results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), conducted in 2023, as it is every four years, in some 50 countries among pupils in fourth and eighth grade, and made public on Wednesday, December 4. Along with Australia and Italy, France is one of the countries with the biggest performance gap between genders in fourth grade. There is a 23-point difference (496 points for boys and 473 points for girls), compared with 13 in the 2019 edition, representing a several-month…