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Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot dead after rally
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» QUITO: Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said.
'Sugar Man' singer Rodriguez dies at 81
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» NEW YORK - Sixto Rodriguez, the once obscure American singer-songwriter who enjoyed a career renaissance after his music developed a cult following abroad, has died at the age of 81.
American Red Cross ends blood donation restrictions targeting gay men
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - The American Red Cross on Monday announced it will now allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically target them over their sexual orientation.
Pope presides Way of Cross ceremony at youth festival
AFP, Published on 05/08/2023
» LISBON - Pope Francis presided over a Way of the Cross reenactment at a Lisbon park on Friday before hundreds of thousands of flag-waving pilgrims, part of a global Catholic youth festival.
Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug lord
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» LA PAZ - Bolivia has mobilized more than 2,250 security agents in a massive operation closing in on an alleged cocaine trafficker who has ricocheted around the world to elude capture, a senior official said on Sunday.
Drugs to help quieten 'food noise'
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» Until she started taking the weight loss drug Wegovy, Staci Klemmer's days revolved around food. When she woke up, she plotted out what she would eat; as soon as she had lunch, she thought about dinner.
The drug trade's gold rush state
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» A total of 210 tonnes of drugs seized in a single year, a record. At least 4,500 killings last year, also a record. Children recruited by gangs. Prisons as hubs for crime. Neighbourhoods consumed by criminal feuds. And all this chaos financed by powerful outsiders with deep pockets and lots of experience in the global drug business.
Colombia falls hard for cycling
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» The route up Las Palmas starts near the valley floor, but it doesn't stay there for long. It is 16 kilometres up to the summit, an arduous climb of roughly 1,036 vertical metres (3,40 feet), a journey of long rises and sharp turns, of straining muscles and heaving lungs.
Singapore executes first woman convict in nearly 20 years
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» Singapore on Friday hanged a 45-year-old citizen for drug trafficking, the city-state's first execution of a woman in nearly 20 years, officials said.
Mexico's Copper Canyon train lures intrepid travelers
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» CREEL (MEXICO) - From the heartland of a notorious drug cartel to rugged mountains home to remote Indigenous communities, Mexico's "El Chepe" train takes adventure-seeking travelers on a spectacular journey through the Copper Canyon.