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SyrianAir and Cham Wings Airlines' planes are parked at the Damascus International Airport, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 31, 2024. — Reuters pic

Syria announces resumption of global flights from Damascus starting Tuesday following regime change

US president Joe Biden today will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honourees, including former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton. — AFP pic

Hillary Clinton, Bono, Messi, Soros, Wintour among recipients of Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom

Investigators and emergency response personnel work at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on January 4, 2025. — Yonhap/AFP pic

All 179 victims of Jeju Air crash recovered, ministry confirms, families begin receiving remains

A fire at a vegetable market in north China killed eight people and injured 15 today, local authorities reported.  — Unsplash pic

Vegetable market fire in north China’s Zhangjiakou kills 8, injures 15

Police officers and investigators leave impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence, as investigators were unable to execute an arrest warrant on Friday for Yoon according to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, in Seoul January 3, 2025. — Reuters pic

South Korea investigators urge acting president Choi to clear way for Yoon's arrest

Motorists drive amidst fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi on January 3, 2025. The fog grew worse on January 4, affecting plane and train services. — AFP pic

Dense winter fog rolls into Delhi, causes zero visibility, disrupts over 200 flights and 81 trains 

People take part in a protest against the impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence, in Seoul, South Korea, January 4, 2025. — Reuters pic

Countdown to chaos: What’s next for impeached South Korean President Yoon?

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. — Reuters pic

S. Korea aims to compile black box transcript from deadly Jeju Air crash today

 The US Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court  to reject President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale by Jan 19.— Reuters

DOJ urges Supreme Court to reject Trump request to delay TikTok ban law

First responders, some wearing Hazmat gear, gather outside the Fashion Show mall across from the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas as they investigate the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the hotel’s entrance. — AFP

Soldier in Vegas Tesla blast suffered PTSD, no ‘terror’ link: FBI

A US flag, flying half-staff in remembrance of late former US President Jimmy Carter, flutters near the dome of the US Capitol building in Washington. — AFP

National funeral service, flyover and 39 bells for Carter sendoff

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (right) speaks on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania October 5, 2024. — AFP pic

High on Trump win, ‘promoter of evil’ Musk foists hard-right agenda on Europe

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City May 30, 2024. — AFP pic

US judge to ‘sentence’ Trump before inauguration, but says won’t fine or jail the president-elect

The Charlie Hebdo killings triggered a global outpouring of solidarity under the ‘I am Charlie’ slogan. — AFP file pic

Ten years after attack, French satirical paper ‘Charlie Hebdo’ stands defiant, fuelling debate with provocative God-mocking edition

A fire and thick smoke engulfed an eight-story building in the South Korean city of Seongnam on Friday. — Reuters pic/X/@Whoo_is__

Seongnam blaze in South Korea sends 12 to hospital, 30 rescued from smoke-filled building

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has removed Vice President Sara Duterte from the National Security Council, according to an executive order released Friday, a month after she allegedly plotted to kill him. — Reuters pic

Marcos removes VP Duterte from Philippines security council amid alleged assassination plot