Date: January, 16, 2025
Service: Other Media
Found: 7 News
Biden Warns of ‘Oligarchy’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Joe Biden has warned Americans about the rising influence of an “oligarchy” of ultra-wealthy individuals and a burgeoning “tech-industrial complex,” claiming these forces pose an existential threat to democracy.
Rescuers Seek Last Bodies in South Africa Mine Where 78 Died in Police Siege
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine deep underground where at least 78 people died during a police siege, in what a labor union called a state-sponsored massacre.
Detained South Korea's Yoon Will Not Attend Questioning, Lawyer Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol does not intend to take part in a second day of questioning on Thursday, his lawyer said, further stonewalling a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection with his martial law bid.
Zelensky Doing Harm to Eastern European Countries: Senior Slovak MP
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Vladimir Zelensky’s decisions concerning gas transit do harm to European Union eastern countries, deputy speaker of Slovakia’s parliament, Andrej Danko said.
Speaker Johnson Removes Chair of Powerful House Intelligence Committee
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday removed the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with US President-elect Donald Trump.
