Putin will visit parts of Ukraine that he proclaimed as annexed "in due course," spokesperson says
From CNN's Radina Gigova
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the Donbas region "in due course," a Kremlin spokesperson said Saturday, referring to Russian-occupied areas of eastern Ukraine.
"It will certainly happen in due course because it is part of the Russian Federation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian state news agency TASS.
Some background: On Oct. 5, Putin signed measures annexing four Ukrainian regions in defiance of international law. The territories claimed by Moscow are Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
The annexation process, which is illegal under international law, came after so-called referendums in the regions that were universally dismissed as “shams” by Ukraine and Western nations.
While Kremlin officials claim those regions now belong to Russia, Moscow's troops do not control the entirety of those territories.
China’s easing of Covid curbs does not solve Xi Jinping’s dilemma
Loosening controls further could spark a devastating outbreak, but tightening the rules again could trigger unrest
Sat 3 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT
At the end of October, Xi Jinping had secured his position as China’s most powerful leader in decades, his grip on the country cemented by a norm-breaking third term in office.
At the end of November, he faced the most widespread protests China had seen in decades, mostly focused on Covid restrictions but also featuring unprecedented calls for Xi to step down.
It was an extraordinary juxtaposition of political authority and vulnerability within the space of a month, and one that no one inside or outside the country had foreseen.
World’s first job guarantee trial ‘eliminates’ long-term unemployment
One man with 600 failed job applications over three years is now in work
A world-first trial in which people in an Austrian town were guaranteed a job has “eliminated” long-term unemployment there.
The pilot programme designed by Oxford University economists for the Lower Austria municipality of Marienthal was launched in 2020 and offered residents unconditional and well-paid work for more than 12 months.
New results, shared with The Independent, show the policy left participants happier, more financially secure, and more involved in their community – as well as vanquishing joblessness in a region that has previously struggled with it.
South Korea: Ex-national security chief arrested
Former security chief Suh Hoon was arrested for allegedly covering up details of a South Korean official’s murder. A North Korean soldier shot the fisheries official Lee Dae-jun dead in their territorial waters in 2020.
South Korea's former director of national security, Suh Hoon, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of covering up the death of a fisheries official by North Korean soldiers in 2020.
The killing came at a time when former President Moon Jae-in was seeking a level of rapprochement with Pyongyang.
Judge Kim Jeong-min of the Seoul Central District Court granted the prosecutor's request for Suh to be arrested over concerns that he may attempt to destroy evidence, the court said in a statement.
Protest-hit Iran says reviewing mandatory headscarf law
Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code.
Protests have swept Iran since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin arrested by the morality police for allegedly flouting the sharia-based law.
Demonstrators have burned their head coverings and shouted anti-government slogans. Since Amini's death, a growing number of women have not been observing hijab, particularly in Tehran's fashionable north.
West Bank footage throws spotlight on Israel's use of lethal force
Israeli troops had entered the village warning of plans to demolish a Palestinian home.
Footage shows a group of men and teenagers throwing rocks - then pulling back - as two shots ring out.
Raed al-Naasan runs around a corner and collapses, blood seeping into his top, fatally wounded.
He was killed on Tuesday - one of four Palestinians shot dead by Israeli troops during confrontations in different villages that day in the occupied West Bank.
And now that footage of his killing is throwing a fresh spotlight on Israel's use of lethal force, as violence in the region reaches levels unmatched in years.
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