WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday. He was 100.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's joint investigation unit has requested an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month, an official said on Monday.

MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused deadliest air disaster in the country.

Tanese Orr and her husband, Robert Lashley, had lived in New York City’s public housing for over 20 years when Orr entered the city’s housing lottery.

Rebecca Douglas has been to Iceland 29 times. And she’s already booked her 30th trip. The goal of every trip is the same: photographing the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights.

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on the penultimate trading day of this year, after Wall Street declined on Friday. South Korea’s Kospi

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has asked the country's regulators, including the financial and competition watchdogs, to remove barriers to growth in an effort to revive a sluggish economy, Sky News reported on Saturday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil has stopped issuing temporary work visas for BYD (SZ:002594), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, in the wake of accusations that some workers at a site owned by the Chinese electric vehicle producer had been victims of human trafficking.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

Smiletradefx -- Oppenheimer Asset Management is advising investors to maintain focus on long-term opportunities amid market volatility, suggesting the year ahead will present compelling chances to capitalize on overlooked assets.

LONDON - Premier Miton Group plc has changed its holdings in Xeros Technology Group plc, a UK-based company, according to a regulatory filing dated December 24, 2024. The transaction, which crossed the notifiable threshold on December 23, 2024, resulted in Premier Miton Group holding 4.561279% of Xeros Technology's voting rights through 23,749,960 shares.

LONDON - BSF Enterprise PLC, a company specializing in tissue-engineered materials, has announced the admission of 20 million new ordinary shares to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LON:LSEG). Trading of the Placing Shares is set to commence today at 8 am.