'My heart aches so much': Families grieve at airport after South Korea plane crash kills 179
What we know so far
It's now just past 23:30 in Korea. Here's what we know so far about what could be the country's worst aviation accident:
- A plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea has left 179 people dead
- Four crew members and all 175 passengers were killed
- There are two survivors, both members of the flight crew. One of them has been talking to doctors, according to Yonhap news agency
- The Boeing 737-800, operated by Korean airline Jeju Air, was arriving from Bangkok, Thailand, when it crashed at about 09:00 local time (00:00 GMT)
- Most passengers were South Koreans, apart from two Thai nationals
Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in
Salome Zourabichvili tells protesters she will leave presidential palace as far-right successor Mikheil Kavelashvili takes power
Sun 29 Dec 2024 12.52 GMT
Georgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will leave the palace but remain the country’s legitimate officeholder, after refusing to hand over the keys to her successor in the wake of a controversial general election.
Zourabichvili spoke as thousands of protesters gathered in the capital, Tblisi, to demonstrate against the inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former football player turned far-right politician backed by the ruling pro-Moscow and increasingly authoritarian Georgian Dream (GD) party, who was sworn in as president at a parliamentary ceremony.
Chad goes to polls amid opposition boycott
The opposition boycotting the elections has left the field open to candidates aligned with incumbent Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. The vote is being held amid security challenges due to Boko Haram.
Chad is voting in legislative, provincial, and local elections on Sunday, despite an opposition boycott, as the country moves toward a political transition after three years of military rule.
Voting booths will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (0500 to 1700 GMT) for the approximately eight million registered voters, overseen by a hundred foreign observers and representatives of different political parties.
Soldiers, members of the police forces and nomadic people began voting on Saturday.
Ishiba hints at possible double Diet elections next summer
By DONI TANI/ Staff Writer
December 29, 2024 at 14:20 JST
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hinted he is prepared to hold simultaneous elections for both Diet chambers next year in an attempt to keep the opposition in check and close ruling party ranks.
Ishiba, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, answered in the affirmative when he was asked on a television program Dec. 28 whether there is a possibility of double elections.
He indicated that if the Lower House passes a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet, he will dissolve the chamber for a snap election, instead of his Cabinet resigning en masse, in accordance with Article 69 of the Constitution.
How ‘scientist’ whales are helping uncover the secrets of climate change
Southern right whales in South Africa are bouncing back. But now they’re facing their biggest threat yet – the Anthropocene era — and letting us know why.
I arrive in Hermanus, a picturesque South African coastal village an hour-and-a-half from Cape Town, at about 11am on a sunny October morning. Ignoring the restaurants and art galleries on the main drag and the throngs of tourists watching southern right whales from the cliff path, I drive straight to the harbour to meet Els Vermeulen, the Belgium-born scientist who heads up the whale unit for the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute.
She is waiting for her colleagues to return from the last whale-tagging sortie of the 2024 season. “I would normally be out on the boat with the team,” says Vermeulen, who is dressed in a bold geometric print dress and a denim jacket. “But I had to drop my kids at school and couldn’t get down here early enough.” The water next to the concrete pier is so clear that I can see a giant orange starfish inching its way along the rocky seabed.
Azerbaijan’s president accuses Russia of downing airliner in Christmas Day crash and covering up cause
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of accidentally downing an airliner on Christmas Day in a disaster that killed 38 people, and covering up the cause.
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was traveling to Grozny in Chechnya before it made an emergency landing near Aktau, the airline said on Wednesday.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency first said the plane crashed after colliding with birds, though it later said Ukrainian combat drones and dense fog forced the plane out of Russian airspace.
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