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Riots break out in Nigerian cities amid cash scarcity
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAGOS - Rioters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in three Nigerian cities on Wednesday as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash, officials and local media said.
Three dead in New Zealand cyclone
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» TAURANGA (NEW ZEALAND) - Authorities on Wednesday confirmed three deaths after Cyclone Gabrielle cut a trail of destruction across northern New Zealand, with helicopters plucking hundreds from their roofs as floods surged overnight.
Karabakh blockade leads to 'full-blown crisis'
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: Zhanna Petrosyan's flat offers little protection as temperatures plummet below zero both within and outside its walls, leaving her family of six shivering amid the blockade of a disputed region of Azerbaijan.
Turkey-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll tops 33,000
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY) - The United Nations decried Sunday the failure to ship desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher.
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY) - The United Nations denounced Sunday the failure to deliver desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher.
Cash and fuel shortages trouble Nigeria
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» LAGOS: With under three weeks to go until Nigeria's presidential elections, major shortages of cash and fuel have plunged Africa's most populous country into crisis.
S.Africa declares state of national disaster to end record blackouts
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» CAPE TOWN - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national disaster on Thursday in a bid to fast-track efforts to tackle a record electricity shortage that has put the brakes on growth in Africa's most industrialised economy.
Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» FUJISAWA (JAPAN) - "Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps as it dodges pedestrians on a street outside Tokyo, part of an experiment businesses hope will tackle labour shortages and rural isolation.
German economy 'to avoid recession in 2023'
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» FRANKFURT: Germany is set to narrowly escape a recession this year, the government said Wednesday, as Europe's biggest economy weathers the fallout from the Ukraine war better than expected.