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ICE-linked security ‘not welcome’ at Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» ROME - A branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security for the Winter Olympics in Italy, officials confirmed on Tuesday, sparking anger and warnings they were not welcome.
Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of US dollars.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.
Poaching of 'status symbol' date mussels threatens Italy's coasts
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» MONOPOLI (ITALY) - Off the rocky coast of southeastern Italy, two scuba divers from the financial crimes police bob in and out of the blue waters, under the curious gaze of vacationers.
Contraband McMuffins cost traveller to Australia US$2,000
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» SYDNEY: A traveller arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with an almost US$2,000 fine after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack.
Russia and Ukraine seek to break grain impasse in Turkey
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine were due Wednesday to hold their first talks with UN and Turkish officials aimed at breaking a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger.
Russia and Ukraine seek to break grain impasse in Turkey
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» ISTANBUL - Russia and Ukraine were due Wednesday to hold their first talks with UN and Turkish officials aimed at breaking a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger.
Turkey to host Russia-Ukraine-UN grain talks
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» ISTANBUL - Turkey said it will host Russian and Ukrainian delegations with UN diplomats on Wednesday to discuss the resumption of stalled grain deliveries across the Black Sea.
Police say 200 inmates recaptured after Ecuador prison 'massacre'
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS COLORADOS, Ecuador Ecuadoran police on Tuesday said 200 convicts who escaped following a deadly prison riot have been recaptured in 24 hours, with 20 still at large.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with new convictions, jail term
AFP, Published on 10/01/2022
» YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Monday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a slew of cases against the ousted civilian leader.