Showing 61 - 70 of 1,133
Summer superstorm blasts Netherlands, Germany
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» THE HAGUE: A record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday, killing two people and throwing international air and rail travel into chaos.
US Supreme Court bans use of race in university admissions
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions, dealing a major blow to a decades-old practice that boosted educational opportunities for African-Americans and other minorities.
Abaya controversy tests French schools' secular limits
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» PARIS - A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country's sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education.
Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attack
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» MPONDWE, Uganda: Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.
At least 37 slain as jihadists attack Ugandan school
AFP, Published on 17/06/2023
» KAMPALA: Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said on Saturday.
Vigil held for UK knife and van attack victims
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» LONDON - Thousands of people on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of a knife and vehicle rampage that left three dead in Nottingham, central England.
Target of the right, George Soros hands reins to son
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» NEW YORK: As George Soros passes control of his philanthropic empire to his son, the legendary investor and democracy advocate remains subject to unrelenting and often anti-Semitic attacks from the right.
Narrow lead for pro-Europe party in Montenegro parliamentary polls
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO) - Montenegro's new pro-European party held a slim lead in parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to results from a leading pollster, likely spurring days of coalition building before a government forms.
Montenegro votes in parliamentary elections
AFP, Published on 11/06/2023
» PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO) - Montenegro headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in parliamentary elections aiming to end months of political gridlock after the government collapsed last August.