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Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks during a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

Politics

Former Canada finance minister Freeland running to replace Trudeau

Freeland, who was one of Trudeau's closest political allies for a decade, quit last month after resisting his demands for more spending and wrote a letter denouncing his governing style

A general view shows the West Front of the US Capitol building on the day it was announced US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is being moved indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures expected on Monday, in Washington, US, January 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

USA

Severe cold forces Trump inauguration indoors, first time in 40 years

FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

South Asia

Pakistan's Imran Khan handed 14-year jail term in land graft case

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, as buildings lie in ruin in Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Hamas-Israel war

Gaza ceasefire still elusive as negotiators try to hammer out deal

A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following his arrest drives down a road, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Asia

South Korea's Yoon likely to be held in a solitary cell

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo

China

Trump's Greenland bid stirs debate in China about what to do with Taiwan

An effigy of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is covered in snow during a protest against him near his official residence on a snowy day in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Asia

What you need to know about the arrest of South Korea's Yoon

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band rehearses at sunrise ahead of the presidential inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, US January 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

USA

Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration

Sir Laurie Magnus, Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, UK. Photo: Gov.uk

Europe

'Couldn't obtain comprehensive comfort, identify evidence of improprieties': Sir Laurie on Tulip

Police officers and investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials gather in front of the entrance to the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities seek to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS

Asia

South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon, ending weeks-long standoff

Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) arrives at a public hearing in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Middle East

Lebanon's Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah

US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

USA

Trump's cabinet picks come under US Senate spotlight

US President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024. Photo: Brandon Bell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

USA

Will the White House be big enough for Trump - and Musk?