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Japan

Japan warns of major tsunami as 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Ishikawa

People urged to evacuate quickly as tsunami up to 5-metres tall expected to northern shores

LiveWorld

New York’s Times Square ball drops as thousands welcome 2024

<p>File image: Kim Jong-un </p>
East Asia

Kim Jong-un promises launch of new spy satellites in 2024

South Asia

Imran Khan’s nomination rejected by election commission

<p>A student preparing study material provided by her coaching centre to help crack entrance exams</p>
India

The students shouldering their families’ hopes of a better future

<p>Rescuers scour the crash site of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal </p>
South Asia

Pilots mistake led to plane crash in Nepal that killed 72 people

<p>Tony Chung </p>
UK Politics

Pro-democracy activist flees Hong Kong to seek asylum in UK

<p>Journalists try to interview Indian passengers, who arrived in an unmarked Legend Airlines A340 from Vatry Airport</p>
India

Passengers on ‘donkey flight’ ‘couldn’t explain’ why they boarded it

<p>Ex-Air India scrap plane gets stuck under bridge in Bihar, India </p>
News

Watch: Former Air India aircraft gets stuck under bridge in Motihari

<p>Rohingya refugees return to temporary shelter after being forced out by local students in Indonesia</p>
Southeast Asia

Indonesian Navy drive away boat carrying Rohingya refugees

<p>A Myanmar activist holds a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok in August 2009</p>
Asia

Forsaken but not forgotten: Free Aung San Suu Kyi

<p>Hotel du Palais, a five-star hotel is situated in southwestern France </p>
Europe

Top chef leaves French hotel amid allegations of ‘hazing’

Editor’s picks

<p>An Afghan refugee group in conversation with Taliban border guards</p>
in focusSouth Asia

Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see future without Taliban

<p>File: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (C) arrives to attend a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign meeting</p>
India

What Modi’s state poll victories mean for India’s general election

India

Indian company halts production of Israeli police uniforms over Gaza ‘catastrophe’

South Asia

<p>Ahmad Massoud stands in front of a portrait of his father, the revered Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud</p>
South Asia

The Afghan resistance movement bringing the fight to the Taliban

South Asia

The Afghan resistance movement bringing the fight to the Taliban

<p>Ahmad Massoud stands in front of a portrait of his father, the revered Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud</p>
Afghanistan Education Taliban
South Asia

Afghan schoolgirls finish 6th grade in tears - their education is over

<p>Pakistani students march during a protest against forced disappearances in Quetta in Balochistan </p>
South Asia

Pakistan police arrest hundreds as women-led protests reach Islamabad

<p>Afghan children from a Madrassa or an Islamic school hold Taliban’s flag in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan</p>
South Asia

UN special envoy calls for more direct engagement with Taliban

<p>File A stuffed toy squirrel and by now long dried flowers are left in tribute near the ruins of a farmhouse in Novellara, northern Italy, Friday</p>
South Asia

Couple jailed for killing daughter who refused arranged marriage

<p>File A stuffed toy squirrel and by now long dried flowers are left in tribute near the ruins of a farmhouse in Novellara, northern Italy, Friday</p>
South Asia

Couple jailed for killing daughter who refused arranged marriage

South Asia

1 in 3 Afghan child to enter 2024 hungry as UK slashes aid

<p>A woman sits beside a girl, as they beg for alms in Badakhshan region of northern Afghanistan </p>
South Asia

Taliban jailing women abuse survivors ‘for their protection’

East Asia

<p>A 2008 image show the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex in Yongbyon, North Kore </p>
East Asia

North Korea’s second nuclear reactor is up and running, UN says

<p>Dozens of students who took the exam are now demanding their money back </p>
East Asia

South Korean students file lawsuit after teacher ends exam early

<p>North Korea is suspected to have launched an ICBM missile, marking fifth such launch year </p>
East Asia

North Korea test-fires powerful missile capable of reaching US

<p>File: A high altitude balloon floats over Billings</p>
East Asia

Taiwan detects two Chinese balloons crossing north of island

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter visit an air force command post to commemorate what the country calls the ‘Day of Airmen’ </p>
East Asia

South Korean officials think Kim Jong-un’s daughter is heir apparent

<p>File - In this photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. B-52H bombers, center, and F-16 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jets, right bottom, fly over the Korean Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea on April 14, 2023. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File) </p>
East Asia

South Korea scrambles jets to intercept Chinese and Russian aircraft

<p>FILE: A US-made F-16 fighter jet flies past while emitting flares during a rehearsal for the 78th anniversary of the Indonesian military in Jakarta </p>
Americas

US F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Korea during training

<p>South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets condemning Kim Jong-un</p>
East Asia

Inside the secretive organisation smuggling people out of North Korea

Southeast Asia

<p>A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital </p>
Southeast Asia

Hundreds of Indonesian nickel workers rally to demand better safety

Southeast Asia

Hundreds of Indonesian nickel workers rally to demand better safety

<p>A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital </p>
<p>Millie Young is missing after a scuba diving tour boat sank off the coast of Thailand</p>
Home News

British woman missing after scuba diving boat capsizes off Thailand

<p>Victims got treatment at Morowali Regional Hospital after an explosion at the nickel smelter furnace owned by Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) in Morowali</p>
Southeast Asia

Death toll in Indonesia nickel plant blast rises to 18

<p>Police officers and workers stand near the site where a furnace explosion occurred at PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel smelting plant in Morowali, Central Sulawesi</p>
Southeast Asia

Explosion at Indonesia nickel plant kills at least 13 workers

Indonesia Rohingya Lost At Sea
Southeast Asia

Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about fate of 200 Rohingya refugees

Indonesia Rohingya Lost At Sea
Southeast Asia

Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about fate of 200 Rohingya refugees

<p>FILE: Met Museum Looted Art</p>
Southeast Asia

Cambodia welcomes Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plan to return art

<p>Philippines Media</p>
Southeast Asia

Philippines drops foreign ownership case against Maria Ressa

Australia and New Zealand

<p>David Warner of Australia reacts during warm up prior to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023</p>
Cricket

David Warner announces shock retirement from ODI cricket

Cricket

David Warner announces shock retirement from ODI cricket

<p>David Warner of Australia reacts during warm up prior to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023</p>
<p>Police warns people to not touch barnacle-encrusted packages that washed up at a beach in Sydney. Presumptive tests indicate the package as containing cocaine</p>
Australasia

Mysterious packages washes up on Australian beach

News

Watch: Brazen moment suspect robs church during baptism

<p>Ethel Beach is a popular Australian surfing spot in the south </p>
Australasia

Boy, 15, killed in shark attack while surfing off coast of Australia

<p>Emergency workers rescuing a woman from flood waters after heavy rain at the Buchan campground in east Gippsland, located east of Melbourne</p>
Australasia

Ten dead after Christmas and Boxing Day storms in Australia

<p>Emergency workers rescuing a woman from flood waters after heavy rain at the Buchan campground in east Gippsland, located east of Melbourne</p>
Australasia

Ten dead after Christmas and Boxing Day storms in Australia

<p>The hefty find was “unseen” for the NSW police, officials said </p>
Australasia

Foiled kidnapping plot in Sydney leads to $1bn worth of cocaine

<p>A crocodile is wrangled from floodwaters in the Northern Queensland town of Ingham</p>
Australasia

Australia floods stop flights as crocodiles seen roaming streets

Americas

<p>Watch New York ball drop as thousands welcome 2024 in Times Square.</p>
News

Watch New York ball drop as thousands welcome 2024 in Times Square

<p>Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives for his civil fraud trial in New York City on 17 October 2023</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump prepares to claim fraud again with 2024 New Year’s message: Live

<p>Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin on the State of the Union on CNN on 31 December 2023</p>
US politics

Senior Dem says Clarence Thomas should recuse himself in Trump case

<p>Donald Trump last held an event in Iowa on 19 December, urging voters to not become complacent despite polls showing a clear lead in the Iowa Republican caucus</p>
US politics

Trump to hold rally in Iowa on third anniversary of Capitol riot

<p>Paia Bay searched by helicopter after man dies after shark encounter</p>
Americas

Man killed in shark attack off Hawaii

<p>Police are still investigating the cause of the explosion</p>
US Crime News

Four killed and two injured in Michigan house explosion

<p>Donald Trump last held an event in Iowa on 19 December, urging voters to not become complacent despite polls showing a clear lead in the Iowa Republican caucus</p>
US politics

Trump to hold rally in Iowa on third anniversary of Capitol riot

<p>Paia Bay searched by helicopter after man dies after shark encounter</p>
Americas

Man killed in shark attack off Hawaii

<p>Police are still investigating the cause of the explosion</p>
US Crime News

Four killed and two injured in Michigan house explosion

<p>An off-duty police officer in Greensboro, North Carolina was fatally shot on 30 December (file pic) </p>
US Crime News

Off-duty North Carolina cop killed after witnessing a crime

<p>A couple chooses a gun at the Gun Gallery in Glendale, California, 18 April 2007</p>
US politics

Court allows California to ban guns in most public spaces

<p>Dr Kenneth Wilstead aka Dr Kenny Smiles, Dr Roxy and Dalya Karezi </p>
Americas

The revoked, the accused, and the phony: A bad year for TikTok doctors

<p>New York City will be ramping up security measures for their New Year’s Eve celebrations, like this one pictured above in 2021</p>
Americas

NYC tightens New Year’s Eve celebration security after FBI warnings

<p>Trump Columnist Lawsuit</p>
US politics

Trump spends New Year’s Eve attacking ex-staffers turned critics

<p>Former US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he takes a break during his civil fraud trial in New York City on October 18, 2023</p>
US politics

Trump lays ground for 2024 election fraud claims with New Years screed

<p>Boy, 14, arrested for fatally shooting parents and injuring sister</p>
US Crime News

Boy, 14, fatally shoots parents and injures sister in California

<p>Special counsel Jack Smith hits back at Trump’s immunity claims</p>
US politics

Special counsel Jack Smith hits back at Trump’s immunity claims

UK and Europe

<p>Home secretary James Cleverly says the government has a ‘tough plan to rapidly bring numbers down’ </p>
UK Politics

Home secretary stops foreign students bringing families to UK

UK Politics

Home secretary stops foreign students bringing families to UK

<p>Home secretary James Cleverly says the government has a ‘tough plan to rapidly bring numbers down’ </p>
<p>Millions of households across the UK will get a £399 cost-of-living support payment directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in February 2024 (Joe Giddens/PA)</p>
Home News

January 2024 dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

<p>Jeni Larmour</p>
Home News

Student, 18, died mixing alcohol and ketamine in ‘misadventure’

<p>A total of 12,000 fireworks were used in the huge display in the centre of London</p>
Home News

Spectacular fireworks display in London takes UK into 2024

<p>It comes as new data suggests parents of children with poor mental health are turning to a charity for help</p>
Health

Britons become ‘DIY doctors’ as poll finds one in three given up on GP

<p>It comes as new data suggests parents of children with poor mental health are turning to a charity for help</p>
Health

Britons become ‘DIY doctors’ as poll finds one in three given up on GP

<p>Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves on visit to Manor Farm in Yorkshire</p>
UK Politics

Labour promises farmers new EU deal amid collapse in agriculture firms

<p>The avalanche may have been caused by cross-country skiers, says the Bonneville public prosecutor’s office </p>
Home News

Family of mother and son killed in avalanche ‘beyond heartbroken’

Europe

Who is Prince Frederik, the next king of Denmark?

<p>Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky promises ‘real wrath’ on Russia with homemade weapons </p><p></p>
Europe

Zelensky vows to up Ukraine’s domestic production of arms in 2024

<p>Queen Margrethe II, Europe’s longest-serving monarch, has announced her abdication</p>
Europe

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announces shock abdication

Australia Rohan Dennis Charged Cycling
Europe

Ex-cycling world champion Dennis reportedly charged after Olympian wife killed by vehicle

<p>Local residents inspect damages outside an apartment building after the overnight Russian drones attack in Kharkiv last week </p>
LiveEurope

Putin accused of deadly drone attack on Odesa on New Year’s Day

<p>Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog in Copenhagen on 11 September 2022 </p>
Europe

Who is the chain-smoking, fashion-forward Queen of Denmark?

<p>Venice has announced plans to ban loudspeakers and large tourist groups as part of the latest efforts to combat over-tourism in the historical city</p>
Europe

Venice to ban loudspeakers and large groups of tourists

<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, second left, looks at a map during his visit to the Ukrainian 110th mechanised brigade in Avdiivka, the site of fierce battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region</p>
Europe

Russia will be held responsible for every strike, says Zelensky

Voices

<p>Part of Holland Park School before its demolition and refurbishment was completed in 2012</p>
Comment

I went to the UK's 'School of Jihadis', and I can't believe how it has

Comment

I went to the UK's 'School of Jihadis', and I can't believe how it has

<p>Part of Holland Park School before its demolition and refurbishment was completed in 2012</p>
<p>This new year needs to be one of action to ensure that victims and potential victims get the protection they need</p>
The Independent View

Women need far better protection from the threat of domestic abuse

<p>The resignation honours list of the former PM proves overhaul of the system is long overdue</p>
Letters

Liz Truss proves the UK honours system is broken

<p>I propose that we treat New Year’s Eve for what it is: the last gasp of an exhausted year and the start of a long goodbye to the cold and wet season</p>
Voices

How I’m celebrating a sober New Year’s Eve

<p>Why not make a commitment to stop buying wine from the supermarket and support your local independent wine shop instead? </p>
Voices

Why I’m not doing ‘Dry January’ – and you don’t have to either

<p>Why not make a commitment to stop buying wine from the supermarket and support your local independent wine shop instead? </p>
Voices

Why I’m not doing ‘Dry January’ – and you don’t have to either

<p>Damp squib: only 30 per cent of us will make a new year’s resolution for 2024 </p>
Voices

I cringe at my teenage new year resolutions – but I’m glad I made them

<p>Liz Truss, the Lady Jane Grey of British prime ministers</p>
Voices

Truss honours list proves again she is a politician without judgement

Sport

<p>Manchester City won five trophies in 2023</p>
Football

Man City are the Premier League title contenders everyone else fears

Football

Man City are the Premier League title contenders everyone else fears

<p>Manchester City won five trophies in 2023</p>
Football

Is Liverpool vs Newcastle on TV? Time, channel and how to watch

Football

Gomez set for overdue Liverpool milestone after overcoming adversity

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe has not given up hope of another top-four finish (Mike Egerton/PA)
Football

We haven’t written anything off – Eddie Howe not giving up on top-four hopes

Pep Guardiola is planning a training camp in Abu Dhabi (Martin Rickett/PA)
Football

Pep Guardiola says Man City planning warm-weather training camp in Abu Dhabi

Pep Guardiola is planning a training camp in Abu Dhabi (Martin Rickett/PA)
Football

Pep Guardiola says Man City planning warm-weather training camp in Abu Dhabi

Ange Postecoglou (left) and Andoni Iraola played down a touchline melee after Tottenham’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth (John Walton/PA)
Football

We were wishing a happy new year – Ange Postecoglou plays down touchline melee

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacts following the Premier League match at Craven Cottage, London. Picture date: Sunday December 31, 2023.
Football

Mikel Arteta laments ‘painful’ defeat as Arsenal title challenge suffers blow

Naomi Osaka in her return to action against Tamara Korpatsch of Germany (Tertius Pickard/AP)
Tennis

Former world number one Naomi Osaka makes winning return to action

Rob Cross (left) stunned Phil Taylor on this day in 2018 (Steven Paston/PA)
Sport

On this day in 2018: Rob Cross denies Phil Taylor a 17th world darts title

Green Bay Packers’ Jayden Reed gets into the end zone after a catch (Abbie Parr/AP)
Sport

Green Bay Packers take control of race for final wildcard berth

Luke Littler has burst onto the scene at Alexandra Palace (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Sport

Luke Littler feels he can ‘beat even more records’ ahead of world quarter-final

The Baltimore Ravens thrashed the Miami Dolphins to clinch top spot (Nick Wass/AP)
Sport

Baltimore clinch AFC North title and top seed in play-offs with Miami mauling

Conor McGregor says his comeback fight will be in Las Vegas against Michael Chandler (Nick Potts/PA)
Sport

Conor McGregor says he will face Michael Chandler in June in ‘greatest comeback’

<p> Bobby De Cordova-Reid, left, celebrates with Calvin Bassey after scoring Fulham’s winning goal </p>
Football

Arsenal slump to second successive defeat at Fulham

Nick Walsh gave no penalty which was confirmed by VAR (Jane Barlow/PA)
Football

Rangers remain frustrated by silence following VAR incident in derby defeat

Lifestyle

<p>Need a culinary pick-me-up? </p>
Features

Hungover but feeling boujie? These recipes are for you

<p>It is important to measure your waist accurately </p>
Health and Wellbeing

How to crack your waistline ‘fat code’ – and why it matters

Please dispose of your tree responsibly
Lifestyle

When should I take down my Christmas tree and decorations?

<p>Met cute: Billy Crystal’s Harry and Meg Ryan’s Sally discuss how they met and fell in love in the classic romcom ‘When Harry Met Sally’</p>
Lifestyle

How we became obsessed with the love stories of strangers

Health & Families

Most popular baby names of 2023

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<p>Met cute: Billy Crystal’s Harry and Meg Ryan’s Sally discuss how they met and fell in love in the classic romcom ‘When Harry Met Sally’</p>
Lifestyle

How we became obsessed with the love stories of strangers

Health & Families

Most popular baby names of 2023

SPONSORED

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Climate

<p>A surfer goes under the waves in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. </p>
News

Evacuation warning issued as high surf slams California beaches

News

Evacuation warning issued as high surf slams California beaches

<p>A surfer goes under the waves in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. </p>
<p>Wilted palm trees line a destroyed property in Lahaina, Hawaii, December 2023</p>
News

2023 costliest climate disasters reveal ‘global postcode lottery’

<p>Headless harbor seal pups have been turning up at California’s Mackerricher State Park for several years, ecologists say</p>
News

Scientists solved the mystery of headless seals on California beaches

The shark is critically endangered after 60 years of sharp decline (Blue Abacus/Blue Belt Programme/PA)
News

Rare on-screen glimpse of critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark

Climate

Rare glimpse of critically endangered shark captured on camera

Climate

Rare glimpse of critically endangered shark captured on camera

<p>The August wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui killed at least 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes.</p>
News

Scientists have new theory on why Maui wildfires were so devastating

<p>A Cessna plane sinks through the ice on Upper Red Lake in Washkish, Minnesota, 19 December 2023</p>
Climate

Traditional Minnesotan Christmas thwarted by record high temperatures

Culture

<p>Toby Jones as ‘unassuming bloke’ and ‘British hero’ Alan Bates</p>
Features

Inside the extraordinary ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Reviews

Netflix’s Fool Me Once is the ultimate example of a background binge

News

Every new movie and TV series coming to Netflix this month

<p>Netflix: Every movie and TV series being removed from streaming service next week</p>
News

Netflix is removing all of these movies tomorrow

<p>Clive Owen in ‘Children of Men'</p>
Features

25 brilliant movies that bombed at the box office

<p>Ricky Gervais Netflix special ‘Armageddon’</p>
News

Ricky Gervais explains why Netflix didn’t promote new stand-up show

<p>Rick Astley Rylan</p>
News

Everything we know about Rick Astley Rocks New Year’s Eve

<p>Left to right: ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’, ‘The Traitors’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘One Day’ and ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ are among 2024’s TV highlights </p>
Features

20 TV shows everyone will be talking about in 2024

Premium

News

Our pick of this year’s best Premium features, columns and essays

News

Our pick of this year’s best Premium features, columns and essays

<p>New year’s fireworks in London: a time of celebration and for Will Gore to firmly shut his front door </p>
Lifestyle

Staying up to see in the new year is a lot of old hogwash

<p>Non-fiction about the moon, and Volodymyr Zelensky, along with fiction by Sigrid Nunez and Michael Cunningham are among January’s books </p>
Features

The best new books to read this January

<p>James Brown near the ponds in his local north London park </p>
Health and Wellbeing

‘I’ve become a midlife runner – and no one is more surprised than me’

<p>Just when you thought you were being original, you discover you were following the crowd all along </p>
Lifestyle

17 ways you were a 2023 cliché

<p>Just when you thought you were being original, you discover you were following the crowd all along </p>
Lifestyle

17 ways you were a 2023 cliché

<p>A wounded child is among those to receive treatment in hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza </p>
Middle East

Israeli bombs killing and maiming children in Gaza at ‘record pace’

<p>The highest-value euro banknote, the €500, became known as the ‘Bin Laden’, as it was popular with money-laundering terrorist organisations. It was phased out in 2016 </p>
Voices

As the euro reaches its 25th anniversary, is it now invincible?

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