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Blessings counted after losing all on Ukrainian front
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - The willowy Ukrainian grandmother was praying for God to spare her life when a missile imploded her kitchen and cratered her vegetable garden.
Mexican teenager's death becomes media, justice 'spectacle'
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» MEXICO CITY - The still-unsolved death of teenager Debanhi Escobar has brought into sharp focus not just the dangers facing women in Mexico but also the questionable judicial and media handling of the high-profile case.
Death toll reaches 25 in Havana hotel blast
AFP, Published on 07/05/2022
» HAVANA: The death toll after an explosion ripped through a luxury hotel in central Havana climbed to 25 people including a Spanish tourist, state television reported on Saturday, one day after the powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak.
8 dead in Cuba hotel blast, gas leak suspected
AFP, Published on 07/05/2022
» HAVANA - Eight people were killed and about 30 hurt in a powerful explosion, likely caused by a gas leak, that ripped through a five-star hotel in central Havana on Friday, the Cuban government said.
Student's death stokes anger over Mexican femicide crisis
AFP, Published on 30/04/2022
» MEXICO CITY - The death of an 18-year-old Mexican student has unleashed anger against authorities accused of negligence over the murders and disappearances of thousands of women each year, few of which receive as much attention.
'Russia out!' Worldwide protests in solidarity with Ukraine
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» ROME - Pro-Ukraine protests erupted across the world on Saturday, as thousands took to the streets from London to Rome to Barcelona to denounce Russia's assault on its neighbour.
In Haiti, gangs and poverty added to tragedy of deadly tanker blast
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» CAP-HAïTIEN (HAITI) - The deep-seated struggles of daily life in Haiti -- worsened by the rising power of gangs -- created conditions that added to the death toll in a tanker explosion that killed at least 75 people in the country's second-largest city this week.
Haiti tanker truck explosion kills 62, injures dozens
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» CAP-HAïTIEN: A petrol tanker truck exploded and killed at least 62 people in Haiti on Tuesday, after bystanders swarmed the vehicle to collect spilled fuel -- a precious commodity in a nation plagued by acute shortages.
At least 50 killed in Haiti fuel tanker explosion
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» PORT-AU-PRINCE: At least 50 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, according to a local official, with overwhelmed local medics saying the toll was feared to rise.
Dutch Covid hotel saga raises quarantine questions
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands: Welcome to the "Hotel Omicron" in the Netherlands, where a couple of quarantine fugitives have just discovered that you can check out any time you like, but you can't leave.