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Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Trump hails new 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» OCHOPEE (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump reveled in a new Florida migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" Tuesday, joking that any escapees would be taught to run away from the reptiles to avoid being eaten.
Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» CULIACáN (MEXICO) - Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits.
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.
Spoons become a new symbol of Palestinian 'freedom'
AFP, Published on 17/09/2021
» JERUSALEM - The humble spoon has taken its place alongside traditional flags and banners as a Palestinian resistance symbol, after prisoners were said to have carried out one of Israel's most spectacular jail breaks with the utensil.
Besieged Mozambique town deserted as thousands flee militant raid
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» PEMBA (MOZAMBIQUE) - The northern Mozambique town of Palma, seized by militants last week, was all but deserted on Monday after thousands of residents abandoned their homes and fled by road, boat and on foot.
From NKorea to UK election candidate: defector fights for 'voiceless'
AFP, Published on 07/02/2021
» LONDON - Jihyun Park shares the civic concerns of any other would-be town councillor in Britain, from local education to potholes in the roads. But she is unique in one regard: no other candidate has fled North Korea.
North Korea declares emergency over suspected virus case
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» SEOUL: North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country's first suspected coronavirus case, state media reported Sunday.
The last survivors: growing old with memories of Auschwitz
AFP, Published on 25/01/2020
» JERUSALEM - As he looks at pictures of his parents and sisters who perished in Auschwitz, Szmul Icek begins to tremble, tears clouding his eyes.
The last survivors: growing old with memories of Auschwitz
AFP, Published on 17/01/2020
» JERUSALEM - As he looks at pictures of his parents and sisters who perished in Auschwitz, Szmul Icek begins to tremble, tears clouding his eyes.