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South Korean K-pop group NewJeans have announced they are taking a break from all activities, after a court ruled against them in their ongoing dispute with their record label Ador. The five-piece, who have attempted to rebrand as NJZ, announced during a show at ComplexCon Hong Kong on Sunday that…

South Korea’s constitutional court has dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating him as the country’s acting president. Han took over as acting leader last December when President Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duties and impeached by parliament after he attempted to declare martial law. However, Han…

Michael Kugelman Foreign policy analyst Press Information Bureau India’s pitch for a close partnership with China has suggested improvement in bilateral ties In a recent interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke positively about India’s relationship with long-time rival China. He said normalcy had returned to the disputed India-China border and…

Madina Maishanu BBC News, Kano BBC A mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin on his face and legs. The 32-year-old used skin-whitening products on all six of her children, under pressure from her family, with results that…

Jacob Evans Reporting fromBusiness reporter Getty/Dave Benett Rum is one of Jamaica’s biggest exports Rum is a key part of Jamaica’s cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican? That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the Caribbean island, as some…

US negotiators are holding talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh with their Ukrainian counterparts and separately with the Russians on Monday. Washington’s aim is to bring about an immediate partial ceasefire to the war in Ukraine, followed by a comprehensive peace deal. So could these Riyadh talks produce the breakthrough…

An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening, a Hamas official told the BBC. Ismail Barhoum, the head of the group’s financial affairs, was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital, the main medical facility in Khan Younis….

Fifteen million people participated in Turkey’s opposition CHP primary on Sunday in a show of support for ousted Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. His detention last week, seen as politically motivated, triggered mass protests across the country.  Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

Negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials over the prospect of a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia have started Sunday in Saudi Arabia, part of the push by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict, now in its fourth year. The talks are expected to focus on the…

Film star Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in Paris on March 24 and 25 on charges of sexual assault against two women during the filming of “The Green Shutters” in 2021 – allegations that he denies. First accused of rape by actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, the titan of French…