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Tearful Canadian mother mourns daughter before Carney visits town shaken by killings
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE — A grieving Canadian mother whose daughter was murdered in a mass school shooting addressed the public on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to a community in mourning.
Grieving Canadian town mourns school shooting victims
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia - As the sun set in the grief-stricken Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday, hundreds gathered in a main square, lighting candles for victims of one of the country’s worst-ever mass shootings.
Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant, again
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» TOKYO - Japan switched on the world's biggest nuclear power plant again on Monday, its operator said, after an earlier attempt was quickly suspended due to a minor glitch.
Thailand votes after three leaders in two years
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» BANGKOK - Thais vote Sunday in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.
N. Korea to hold party congress in February, first since 2021
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» SEOUL - North Korea's leadership will hold a party congress later this month, state media announced Sunday, in what will be the first such major gathering since 2021.
France summons Musk after raids on X offices
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» PARIS - France summoned billionaire Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” as cybercrime authorities on Tuesday searched the French offices of his social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said.
Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» EUROPE - Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.
Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant Wednesday
AFP, Published on 21/01/2026
» KARIWA — The world's biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents.
Zelensky hopes US talks yield results
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he hopes Ukraine will sign agreements with the United States next week on a plan to end Russia’s invasion but lashed out at slow ammunition deliveries from abroad.
Defiant Khamenei ‘won’t back down’ to Iran protesters
AFP, Published on 09/01/2026
» Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would “not back down” in the face of protests after the biggest rallies yet in an almost two week movement sparked by anger over the rising cost of living.