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Shock over Brazil police 'torture, executions' in drug raid
AFP, Published on 27/05/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.
Ukraine's farmers risk death in bomb-strewn fields
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» GRYGORIVKA, Ukraine: It's spring planting season in Ukraine, but this year farmers require more than fuel and fertiliser –- they also need flak jackets and detectors to destroy the unexploded bombs that have already killed or maimed others in their fields.
Morocco mourns 'little Rayan' after daring well rescue bid fails
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» IGHRANE (MAROC) - Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and the world.
Thailand joins China’s first multinational peacekeeping exercise
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» China wrapped up the country's first multinational peacekeeping exercise on Wednesday, demonstrating the extent of its military might on a huge training ground ringed by mountains.
Benin's rare swamp forest 'at risk of disappearing'
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» HLANZOUN FOREST (BéNIN) - In the freshwater swamp forest of Hlanzoun in southern Benin, majestic trees hum with chirping birds and playful monkeys.
Coronavirus pandemic poses big challenges for UN peacekeeping
AFP, Published on 09/04/2020
» UNITED NATIONS: With 110,000 peacekeepers deployed in more than a dozen countries around a world now ravaged by the coronavirus, the United Nations faces twin challenges: keeping those soldiers safe and, more importantly, persuading governments not to bring them home.
Outcry in Guinea over police 'human shield' video
AFP, Published on 31/01/2020
» CONAKRY - Police in the West African state of Guinea are facing a storm of criticism over a viral video that apparently showed them using a woman as a human shield against stone-throwing protestors.
World wildlife trade affects one in five species, says report
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - More than 5,500 species of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are bought and sold on the worldwide animal market, a volume that is around 50 percent higher than earlier estimates, a study published in Science said Thursday.
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in tourist district
AFP, Published on 03/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong riot police fired repeated tear gas rounds on Saturday evening at pro-democracy protesters in a popular tourist district, as violence rocked the international finance hub once more despite increasingly stern warnings from China.
'Freedom is over': Russians dread end of World Cup cheer
AFP, Published on 15/07/2018
» MOSCOW - The World Cup in Russia has been hailed as a success by foreign visitors but treated with more caution by locals dubious that their seemingly new-found freedoms will survive once the circus moves on.