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Russian girl kills classmate, commits suicide
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A 14-year-old girl shot a classmate dead and injured five people before killing herself at a secondary school in the Russian city of Bryansk near the Ukraine border on Thursday.
Disco, dogs help Hong Kong's elderly out of post-Covid isolation
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» HONG KONG - Eyes closed, hips swaying, retiree Polly Chan danced like no one was watching at a community centre in Hong Kong, where experts warn of a loneliness epidemic among the ballooning elderly population.
'Never again' is now: German leader vows to protect Jews
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged Thursday to protect Germany's Jews against a "shameful" upsurge in anti-Semitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, on the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom that began the Holocaust.
Company guilty over New Zealand volcano disaster
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» WELLINGTON - The New Zealand firm that managed a volcanic island which erupted killing 22 people in 2019, was on Tuesday found guilty of failing to adequately protect visitors.
Deadly strike on journalists in Lebanon was 'targeted': watchdog
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» PARIS - A Reuters journalist killed in southern Lebanon two weeks ago and others wounded in the same incident were deliberately targeted, a Reporters Without Borders investigation released on Sunday said.
France on top alert after teacher's murder
AFP, Published on 14/10/2023
» ARRAS, France - France on Saturday said it will deploy 7,000 soldiers after declaring a top-level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher by a Chechen-origin man, who also severely wounded three others at a school.
US Senate titan Dianne Feinstein dies at 90
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Veteran Senator Dianne Feinstein, a titan of US political history who notched a string of legislative achievements during a trailblazing three-decade career in the Senate, has died at 90 years old, US media said on Friday.
100 killed in fire during wedding at Iraq event hall
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» QARAQOSH (IRAQ) - At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, according to an initial tally released early Wednesday.
UK rail firm admits failings over fatal crash
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» ABERDEEN, Scotland - The company that owns and manages UK rail infrastructure on Thursday admitted health and safety breaches after a train derailment that killed three people in northeast Scotland.
EU chief warns wolf packs 'real danger' in Europe
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» BRUSSELS - Brussels launched a review Monday of laws protecting wolves from hunters and farmers, as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen argued that packs threaten livestock and perhaps even people.