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‘Morgue is full’: How Kenyan starvation cult kept killing
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» MALINDI, Kenya - The discovery of body parts and skeletons strewn around an isolated village in coastal Kenya has stoked fears that a doomsday starvation cult which claimed hundreds of lives has survived despite a major police operation.
Tears of joy as Venezuelan migrants return from El Salvador prison 'hell'
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» BARQUISIMETO - Tears of joy and relief flowed freely Tuesday as Venezuelan Maikel Olivera returned home to his mother's embrace after surviving four months of "real hell" in a Salvadoran prison.
'Unprecedented' Europe raids net 200 arrests, drugs haul
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» ISTANBUL - Police in Europe staged "unprecedented" raids against four organised crime groups on Tuesday, arresting more than 200 people across five countries, primarily in Turkey, in a "massive blow" against drug-trafficking networks.
Norway finds Air France seating policy discriminatory
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» OSLO - Norway's anti-discrimination tribunal found Air France's policy against seating men next to unaccompanied children to prevent any possibility of predatory behaviour to be discriminatory, a passenger said on Tuesday.
Taiwan's newest party wants to make mahjong great again
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» KAOHSIUNG (TAIWAN) - As Taiwan hurtles towards becoming a "super-aged" society, a new political party has emerged with an unusual and somewhat singular platform -- making mahjong great again.
Two plead guilty to stealing, selling Biden daughter's diary
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - Two people pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing and selling for $40,000 the private diary of President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden, when he was running for office against Donald Trump in 2020.
Grave injustice: Not even the dead rest easy in Pakistan megacity
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» KARACHI - In the teeming metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, graveyards are filling up and the dead are running out of space to rest.
UK authorities suspect Chinese spy active in parliament
AFP, Published on 14/01/2022
» LONDON - British security services have warned MPs that a suspected Chinese agent "knowingly engaged in political interference activities" inside parliament, authorities said Thursday.
What in the Wordle? Five-letter puzzle craze goes global
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - Five letters, six attempts, and just one puzzle to solve per day: the "Wordle" formula couldn't be simpler, but in a matter of weeks the online brain teaser has got millions guessing around the world.
South Korea pardons disgraced ex-president Park Geun-hye
AFP, Published on 24/12/2021
» SEOUL: South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye has received a pardon, cutting short a jail term of more than 20 years for corruption, the justice minister announced Friday, saying the reprieve was in the interests of national unity.