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A vehicle carrying impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol (centre) leaves the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon January 15, 2025. — AFP pic

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon declines further questioning after arrest, citing health concerns

A woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during the eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, on January 15, 2025. — AFP pic

Rescuers evacuate 3,000 residents near Indonesia’s Mount Ibu after eruption

Aside from the dead, 32 people were being treated in intensive care, another eight were on a normal hospital ward and three were discharged. — AFP pic

Istanbul death toll from tainted alcohol hits 23

The report condemns the ‘normalisation’ of so-called ‘corridor care’, with nurses unable to access life-saving equipment in cramped spaces and patients even dying in corridors. — Reuters pic

UK patients ‘harmed’ as National Health Service nurses report ‘collapse in care standards’

Neon signs are seen on a street in Hong Kong January 10, 2025. This is the second time Biden has extended the programme. He also did so for two years in 2022. — AFP pic

Biden extends protection for Hong Kong residents amid growing US-China tensions

For South-east Asian countries, Chinese visitors are a lucrative business, but concerns about trafficking and stories circulating on Chinese social media of travellers being held up by gangs could deter them from choosing to fork out on holidaying there. — Reuters pic

China vows to reunite scam victims with families, crack down on cross-border criminal gangs

A blue Volkswagen van sits intact on a street amid homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, January 15, 2025. — AFP pic

Fire-wrecked Los Angeles gets a break as winds drop

Community members hold a picket at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine

US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington January 15, 2025. — AFP pic

Biden warns of dangerous ‘oligarchy’ in dark farewell speech

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

UN says priority must be easing Gaza suffering, warns security poses aid challenge

Palestinian supporters celebrate news of a ceasefire with Israel in Berlin January 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘This brutal war didn’t give us time to cry’: Gaza reacts to ceasefire with mixed emotions

A motorcade carrying South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol leaves for the Seoul Detention Centre at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) following his arrest, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Arrested South Korea president Yoon faces more questioning as impeachment hearing resumes

Palestinian supporters celebrate news of a ceasefire with Israel in Berlin January 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Biden and Trump square off over Gaza ceasefire credit

Palestinian supporters celebrate news of a ceasefire with Israel in Berlin January 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal for January 19, ending 15 months of war in Gaza

South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon on January 15, 2025. — AFP pic

From presidential office to prison cell: Impeached South Korean president Yoon’s new life of 6.30am wake-ups and cafeteria kimchi

Jeff Ridgway poses next to a charred eucalyptus tree (back C) that he extinguished with a hose at the building where he lives and serves as property manager. — AFP pic

'Stubborn' janitor camps out amid rubble of Los Angeles fires