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South Korean legislators voted to impeach Yun Sukyo over his declaration of martial law on December 3rd.

The first motion failed last week because of opposition from members of Mr.

Yun's ruling people power party. This time, enough PPP members changed tack.

Thousands of anti-Yun protesters gathered outside the National Assembly ahead of the vote.

The Constitutional Court has up to 180 days to confirm the impeachment.

Anthony Blinken, America's Secretary of State, said his country had made direct contact with

Hayat Tarir al-Sham, the Syrian group that led the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad. America, like many Western countries,

and the UN, considers HTS a terrorist organization. Meanwhile, satellite images appear to show

Russian forces preparing to leave Syria. The overthrow of Mr. Assad is a significant blow to the Kremlin's

military ambitions in the region and beyond.

TikTok failed to win a temporary reprieve from a law requiring it to divest in America.

Under a law signed by President Joe Biden, Bight Dance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, must sell the video platform

to an American buyer by January 19th or be banned. The firm asked an appeals court in Washington,

D.C. for more time to take its case to the Supreme Court. Crowds gathered outside Georgia's Parliament to protest against the inauguration of

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