Decades from now, when historians look back on 2016, they’ll of course take note of the momentous votes on both sides of the Atlantic. But if they’re interested in symbolism, they might find that an even more profound turning point occurred over the English countryside in early December, when a little flying robot buzzed though the air, alighted on …

  South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached after a corruption scandal, rejected on Sunday the accusations that she conspired with a longtime friend to extort money and favours from companies. Park denied that her jailed friend, Choi Soon-sil, influenced government decisions. She also vehemently refuted allegations that her administration blacklisted thousands of artists for their political beliefs. It …

  WASHINGTON / AP Members of the 115th Congress were expected to be sworn in at noon Tuesday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama’s Democratic policies. The first and biggest target is Obama’s health care law, which Republicans have long sought to gut and blamed …