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Ground battles rage in Gaza as concern grows for hospitals
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli ground forces fought deadly battles with Hamas militants inside Gaza on Monday and sent tanks to the outskirts of the biggest city while air strikes kept raining down on the besieged Palestinian territory.
Off-duty pilot on mushrooms tried to shut down plane engines
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - An off-duty US pilot who tried to shut down the engines of a plane mid-flight over the weekend had taken magic mushrooms and thought he was having a nervous breakdown, court documents showed Tuesday.
Beijing rains 'heaviest in 140 years'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» FANGSHAN, China: Deadly rains that pummelled China's capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing's weather service said on Wednesday, as a massive cleanup operation began.
Seventh Memphis officer suspended, three firefighters sacked, over fatal beating
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Memphis police said Monday a seventh officer has been suspended over the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man whose death shocked the United States and has seen five officers fired and charged with murder.
Efforts since George Floyd killing fail to stem US police violence
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - The shocking death of Tyre Nichols after a police beating has reopened anguished debate across the United States about police violence, fueling a sense that the huge, nationwide demonstrations of 2020 have done little to solve the problem.
'Not good to remember': The Kramatorsk bombing tragedy
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: A rocket strike on Kramatorsk's railway station in April last year, which killed dozens, is rarely spoken about in the city near the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.
London police facing questions after officer admits serial rapes
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON - Britain's largest police force was on Monday facing fresh scrutiny about its vetting procedures after an officer admitted 24 counts of rape and a string of sexual assaults over nearly two decades.
Ex-Nazi camp secretary receives suspended sentence in German trial
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» ITZEHOE (GERMANY) - A German court on Tuesday handed a two-year suspended sentence to a 97-year-old former Nazi camp secretary over complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people.
Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» ITZEHOE (GERMANY) - German prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a suspended sentence for a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary in what they described as one of the country's last trials over the Holocaust.
Why I voted -- Americans share what drew them to polls
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» PITTSBURGH - For some, it was a sense of civic duty. For others, it was a chance to voice anger at inflation or high crime. Still more savored the opportunity to send a message to Washington.