Kim Sang-jo raised the rent on his property two days before a government-imposed cap on increases took effect.

The cargo ship has been partially refloated after being stuck in the crucial waterway for six days and causing a massive traffic jam. The crew are very pleased.

The attacks in Palma started just hours after the French energy company Total announced that it would resume work on a huge natural gas project.

At least 500 people were being evacuated from a nearby village after a massive fire broke out at the Pertamina Balongan Refinery in Indonesia’s West Java province.

Video from Tulum shows a police officer kneeling on a woman’s back as she cries out, before four of them stand around her body, then load it onto a truck.

The laws to expand the state’s existing medical marijuana program and set up a a licensing and taxation system for recreational sales are expected to pass within days.

“It’s about time... I have spent more time on housing plans than wedding plans,” the NZ Prime Minister said on Monday.

One prospective juror said that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the trial of a white ex-police officer charged with killing George Floyd.

Russia’s President is keen to be seen as a strong leader while the state propaganda blitz portrays Joe Biden as a stumbling, doddery old man.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi is preparing orders to unload the cargo from the ship, a risky operation requiring mega-cranes and helicopters.

The funeral of one of 114 protesters killed on Saturday was a target : “While we are singing the revolution song, security forces just arrived and shot at us.”

After beginning its free public vaccinations, the world’s fourth largest country hopes to next month begin selling millions of doses to companies for their employees and families.

With COVID-19 infections soaring, doctors in Paris have stepped up calls for another full national lockdown to replace evening curfews and regional curbs.

Scientists are working around the clock to find new vaccine-resistant variants in an effort to help end the pandemic.

Police in Indonesia say at least one suicide bomber has detonated outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during Sunday mass, wounding several people.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Chief Angus Campbell have joined the international outcry over the deaths of 114 people in a single day at the hands of security forces.

Cruise companies tired of waiting for the authorities to allow the resumption of cruises are inviting US residents to fly to the Caribbean for cruises there this summer.

China has announced new sanctions against US and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang.

The long-running unrest in Belarus has spilled over into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with organisers ejecting the country from the competition for songs found to have repeatedly violated rules barring political content.

Scientists find the animals try to preen themselves like people do when put in front of a mirror.

Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in what was the bloodiest day of violence since last month’s military coup.

COVID deaths are soaring in Brazil and health experts warning that the nation is on the verge of disaster.

The global economic troubles triggered by a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal have worsened with the blockage of more ships carrying billions of dollars of goods.

It is often called a cult, but that implies something limited and small. Others suggest it is better understood as a new religion, or political movement. It could be both.

A nine-storey apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian capital on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring about two dozen others, an official said.

A new octopus study suggests the creatures experience short bursts of ‘active sleep’ not unlike humans, but without the “complex symbolic plots”.

Astronomers have long been worried about the uncomfortably close orbit of the asteroid Apophis. But now they say it won’t crash into Earth for at least 100 years.

Myanmar celebrates Armed Forces Day by broadcasting a threat to protesters: “You can be in danger of getting shot to the head and back”.

The accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train, which stopped abruptly and was struck from behind by another train.

As other ships risk the detour through the world’s most dangerous shipping route, there are plans to try to refloat the Ever Given at high tide on Sunday.

Coronavirus vaccine trials are being conducted on children to work out the safest dosage to protect young ones.

Almost every city in the world has to deal with street crime, and some with dog packs. But few, if any, have to navigate such an underworld while also confronting unrelenting war.

Oxford medical researcher Sir John Bell has lamented the reputational damage the AstraZeneca vaccine has sustained on the world stage this week.

The invite marks a welcome change for Morrison from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision not to ask him to join a similar summit last year.

Dominion argues the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.

Lobster sales across Australia have continued to surge as restaurants and pubs put them on the menu. Taiwan says it wants to work together as it weathers a trade strike on its pineapple growers.

The new sanctions come as Communist Party media called on Chinese consumers to boycott H&M, Nike, adidas and other Western brands.

Condemned by the US, Ethiopia’s Nobel peace prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has acknowledged atrocities and withdrawn Eritrean troops from Tigray.

A huge ship is wedged in one of the world’s most critical waterways. How hard will it be to get it out? And what will be the fallout?

America’s top infectious disease expert looked on in horror as Donald Trump publicly humiliated him and his approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. But he refused to quit – and is still in his post.

The surprising star turn of Mansour Abbas could signal the softening of Israel’s long-standing taboo against Jewish parties partnering with Arab parties.

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Trump called journalists “the enemy of the people” but he drove readership. How will the press corp manage a less confrontational, less newsworthy era?

Vaccine exports from Europe will be blocked to many countries as leaders of Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands argue about getting their fair share.

Social media has been widely blamed for amplifying calls to violence and spreading misinformation that contributed to the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Alan Turing’s work provided a theoretical basis for modern computer science and artificial intelligence.

Biden also announced a plan to administer 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of April at his first press conference since entering the White House.

“It is like an enormous beached whale. It’s an enormous weight on the sand,” said those trying to free the ship, conceding the job could take weeks.

The suspect’s defence lawyer asked for a health assessment “to address his mental illness” but provided no details about what he might suffer from.

The supporters of Alexei Navalny said they were concerned by a deterioration in his health and his lawyers said they had not been allowed to visit him in prison.