International News from Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites that culminated in last week's impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

A teacher at a South Korean elementary school has admitted to stabbing an eight-year-old girl who was found in cardiac arrest and later died in hospital, a police official said on Tuesday.

At least 55 people are dead after their bus plunged into a gorge and landed under a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital.

US President Donald Trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a flat 25 per cent "without exceptions or exemptions" in a move to aid the struggling industries but which increases the risk of a multi-front trade war.