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E-Paper | January 13, 2025

Neighborhoods under threat as Los Angeles Palisades fire rages on

Neighborhoods under threat as Los Angeles Palisades fire rages on

National Weather Services warns that strong winds will return to the area this coming week.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 11:02pm

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Seoul confirms Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers

Seoul confirms Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers

One of the captured soldiers says North Korean forces experienced “significant losses during battle”.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 09:45pm

Firefighters race to beat LA blazes as winds grow and death toll hits 16

Firefighters race to beat LA blazes as winds grow and death toll hits 16

Official figures show more than 12,000 structures burned; Palisades fire pushing east towards Getty Center art museum.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 12:17pm

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India: analysts

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India: analysts

New sanctions will push China and India back into compliant oil market to seek more supply from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 04:21pm

Trump calls California leaders ‘incompetent’ over fire response

Trump calls California leaders ‘incompetent’ over fire response

“This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country. They just can't put out the fires. What's wrong with them?” he says.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:02pm

A six-million-dollar banana?

A six-million-dollar banana?

Editorial: While concerns about TTP bases are valid, Pakistan must reassess its strategy towards Afghanistan

Editorial: While concerns about TTP bases are valid, Pakistan must reassess its strategy towards Afghanistan

Convicted felon in name only, a surreal finish to Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial

Convicted felon in name only, a surreal finish to Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial

Highlights

Celebrities flee, Hollywood events postponed as wildfires rage in Los Angeles

Celebrities flee, Hollywood events postponed as wildfires rage in Los Angeles

Award-winning migrant actor Abou Sangare allowed to stay in France

Award-winning migrant actor Abou Sangare allowed to stay in France

Taking 460 bars of Dubai’s pistachio chocolate to Germany is a bad idea

Taking 460 bars of Dubai’s pistachio chocolate to Germany is a bad idea

A time of chaos

A time of chaos

Are Zendaya and Tom Holland really engaged?

Are Zendaya and Tom Holland really engaged?

Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide

Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide

Israel refusing to commit to an end of the conflict as part of ceasefire deal: report

Israel refusing to commit to an end of the conflict as part of ceasefire deal: report

Netanyahu updates Biden on "progress" in Gaza hostage deal talks.

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 11:05pm

Indian Hindu pilgrims take the plunge ahead of largest gathering

Indian Hindu pilgrims take the plunge ahead of largest gathering

Organisers expect up to 400 million pilgrims from India and beyond over six weeks for the Kumbh Mela, running from January 13 to February 26.

Published 12 Jan, 2025 03:10pm

Iran conducts air defence exercises

Iran conducts air defence exercises

War games take place as Iranian leaders face the risk that Trump could empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Iran’s nuclear sites,

Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:04am

Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland

Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland

Report says that Danish government wanted to convince Trump that his security concerns could be addressed without claiming Greenland.

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 10:10am

Biden describes Meta decision to do away with fact-checking as shameful

Biden describes Meta decision to do away with fact-checking as shameful

Decision widely seen as an attempt to appease President-elect Donald Trump.

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 10:14am

South Asia

Malala says Taliban do not see women as human beings, created a system of ‘gender apartheid’

Malala says Taliban do not see women as human beings, created a system of ‘gender apartheid’

Bangladesh eases visa process for Pakistanis

Bangladesh eases visa process for Pakistanis

India to consider engaging in development projects in Afghanistan

India to consider engaging in development projects in Afghanistan

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake

Middle East

Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine

Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine

Israel bombs power plant, ports in Yemen

Israel bombs power plant, ports in Yemen

Study says Gaza toll could be 40pc higher, estimates over 64,000 deaths

Study says Gaza toll could be 40pc higher, estimates over 64,000 deaths

Monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus

Monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus

Newspaper

Traditional Japanese wrapping cloth Furoshiki gets a Hungarian twist

Should the rise of Trumpism be seen as the exhaustion of US empire?

Bangladesh’s strategic crossroads in 2025 and beyond

Iran military expands drills to two nuclear sites

68 injured in French tram crash

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India

Iranian national arrested in Italy returns home

Gaza doctor treats war victims after losing leg

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns

Neighbourhoods under threat as LA fire rages on

Iran conducts air defence exercises

Russia sets sights on Libya to replace Syria as Africa launchpad

Syrian leader, Lebanese PM discuss moves to fortify border

Trump’s Ukraine envoy attends Iran opposition event

Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland

TikTok warns of broader consequences if US top court allows ban

Ukraine claims capturing two North Korean soldiers

Biden describes Meta decision to do away with fact-checking as shameful

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

Thai man admits to killing former Cambodian MP

Stradivarius violin heads to auction with a record $18 million estimate

Meta’s policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking

Kazakhstan fines oil giants over $6m for pollution

Stampede kills four, injures 16 in landmark Damascus mosque