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A group of people clashed with police in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province in a rare protest outside a vocational school where a student died earlier in the month. — Screenshot of a video of the alleged protest on X

Student death at Pucheng school leads to rare protest, violent clashes with police in China’s Shaanxi

A pedestrian, lightened-up by a ray of sunshine, walks down Petticoat Lane Market, with the City of London financial district in the distance, in central London, on January 9, 2025. — AFP pic

Latest stabbing of teenage aspiring rapper highlights London’s struggle with gang violence and youth crime

There will be real-world harm if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg’s claim such moderation amounts to censorship. — AFP pic

Real-world harm looms as Meta prepares to axe fact-checking, global watchdog warns

Japanese media outlets reported that the attacker, a woman sociology student, had swung a hammer during a class. — Picture from Unsplash

Hammer attacker wounds eight at Japanese university

South Korea’s presidential security chief resigned today as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. — AFP

South Korea’s security chief resigns amid turmoil over impeached president Yoon’s standoff

Australian police have released CCTV video of a bungling arsonist who set their own pants alight and had to hot-foot it from the scene without them. — Screenshot of video from X

Pants on fire: Aussie arsonist burns own trousers in botched attack

Firefighters douse hot spots from a house reduced to ashes in the Palisades Fire, along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. — AFP

Los Angeles fire deaths at 10 as National Guard called in

Trump will not face prison even though the 34 counts of falsifying business records on which he was convicted in May 2024 carry potential prison time. — AFP

US President-elect Trump to be sentenced for hush money conviction

Edgar Maddison Welch who was shot dead at a traffic stop after pulling a gun on police had believed in the bogus conspiracy theory that Comet Ping Pong, a Washington pizza restaurant, was a hub for a child sex trafficking ring involving Clinton and prominent Democrats. — AFP

US ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy theory gunman killed by police

US President-elect Donald Trump (centre) speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 09, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. — AFP pic

Europe puts on a brave front as storm Trump bears down

Wang Xing, 22, was reported missing in northern Thailand’s Tak province bordering Myanmar, an area known for large-scale criminal enterprises and human trafficking by organised gangs.

Chinese tourists recoil from Thai holidays after actor Wang Xing’s disappearance

Head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) Park Chong-jun (C) arrives outside the National Office of Investigation in Seoul. — AFP

South Korea presidential security chief urges ‘no bloodshed’ over arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

From left to right (front row) US President Joe Biden, First Lady Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, (second row) former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy Carter. — AFP

Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral

Chris and Christina Larson survey the ruins of their business, the Rancho Bar, which was  destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California. — AFP

Los Angeles fires rage on as US National Guard called in

Firefighters battle the Palisades fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles January 8, 2025. — Reuters pic

Explosions, fear and a dash to safety: Survivors’ stories from the Los Angeles wildfires

A supporter of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol holds a South Korean flag and a sign reading ‘Stop the steal’ during a rally near his residence in Seoul January 9, 2025. — AFP pic

YouTube patriots? The men backing South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol