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Starmer vows to remain as UK PM amid Epstein fallout
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay on as Britain's leader Monday, as another top aide quit and he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» KHARKIV (UKRAINE) - Russia pummelled a power plant early Tuesday as it kept up pressure on Ukraine's battered energy system, while unidentified drones hit two oil tankers in the Black Sea.
Sea drone attack shuts Russian oil terminal
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» MOSCOW - One of Russia’s largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones, hours before Ukrainian negotiators were headed to the United States for talks on ending the war.
Ukraine marks independence day with drone strikes on Russia
AFP, Published on 24/08/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts.
Heathrow unveils £49 billion expansion plan for third runway
AFP, Published on 01/08/2025
» LONDON - London's Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a £49-billion (US$65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the government of the United Kingdom (UK) after years of legal wrangling.
58 killed in deadliest US strike on Yemen
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» HODEIDA, Yemen - US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 58 people, Huthi rebels said on Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s campaign against the Iran-backed group.
'Organised chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT (UNITED STATES) — New York's JFK airport is an overlapping patchwork of open terminals, giant building sites and burgeoning infrastructure, wedged in by thousands of homes on one side and the ocean on the other.
US negotiators to set out Ukraine truce plan to Russia
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» MOSCOW - US negotiators travelled to Russia on Thursday to present their plan for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, as Washington pushed Moscow for an "unconditional" pause to the three-year conflict.
South Korea grieves after deadliest plane crash kills 179
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» MUAN (SOUTH KOREA) - South Korea was reeling Monday from the loss of 179 people after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, with a team of US investigators joining local authorities to probe possible causes.
Rescuers fly in to join search for Vanuatu quake survivors
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» PORT VILA (VANUATU) - Foreign rescuers joined a hunt for survivors in the rubble of shattered buildings in earthquake-rocked Vanuatu on Thursday, with officials saying the toll of nine dead is set to rise.