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Russia kills 25 in Ukraine, as Kremlin says 'committed' to peace
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» KYIV — The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it wanted to pursue peace in Ukraine hours after mounting attacks that killed at least 25 people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates.
US regulators greenlight contentious $8bn Skydance-Paramount merger
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States regulators on Thursday approved an US$8 billion deal for Skydance to acquire Paramount Global amid tumult in the latter's news and late night programming on CBS, a leading American broadcaster.
Ukrainians beg for news of missing soldiers as prisoners return
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» IN UKRAINE - Amid the screaming sirens of ambulances bringing Ukrainian prisoners back from Russia on Thursday, Yana Nepotribna struggled to make her voice heard as she yelled out to her husband.
Georgia police arrest two opposition leaders at protest
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» TBILISI - Georgian police arrested two opposition leaders during a street protest against the ruling party Sunday, a moved quickly denounced by the European Union, which denounced Tbilisi's "brutal crackdown".
60 killed in Colombia guerilla violence
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» TIBú (COLOMBIA) - The death toll from attacks by ELN rebels in Colombia has risen to 60 in the country's restive Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, officials said Saturday.
Slovak PM Fico on surprise visit to Kremlin
AFP, Published on 23/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin held surprise talks at the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, officials said, after he had warned of harsh reprisals against Ukraine over a drone attack.
Putin vows 'destruction' on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more "destruction" to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier.
'Game of nerves': Georgians vow to outlast govt in pro-EU protests
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» TBILISI - Thousands of Georgians renewed pro-EU protests Tuesday, vowing to win a "game of nerves" with the government, which faces a legitimacy crisis and mounting international outcry over human rights violations.
Tusk sworn in as new Polish PM
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WARSAW - Poland's president on Wednesday swore in Donald Tusk as the new pro-EU prime minister, putting an end to eight years of right-wing populist rule.
Spanish clergy ‘sexually abused over 200,000 children’
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» MADRID - Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission report published on Friday.