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Guard killed in gun attack on Albanian TV channel
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» TIRANA - A security guard was killed in a gun attack on Albania's largest broadcaster early Monday, with the country's premier calling the assault on the media outlet "worrying".
'Hotel Rwanda' hero freed
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» KIGALI: Fiercely outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda”, has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars.
'Hotel Rwanda' hero's jail sentence commuted
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» KIGALI: Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.
Britain defends Rwanda asylum plan as 'compassionate'
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» KIGALI - Britain's interior minister defended a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers who arrive in the UK illegally to Rwanda during a visit to the country on Saturday, saying it was "compassionate".
Pope hails Christian 'corridors' helping refugees
AFP, Published on 18/03/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday greeted thousands of refugees brought to Europe by Christian charities, recognising their difficult journeys and hailing their desire to "live free from fear and insecurity".
US tells ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned: report
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US government has told China-based ByteDance to sell its shares in the blockbuster TikTok app or face a national ban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Scientists use TikTok to fight climate change
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills.
Time US adults spend on TikTok closes in on Netflix: market tracker
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence.
In warzone and Warsaw speech, Biden touts US strength -- and his own
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» WARSAW - He may be 80 and facing questions over his fitness to serve a second term, but a rock star-style speech in Warsaw and daring visit to wartime Ukraine saw President Joe Biden rebuff those who think America -- or he -- have grown weak.
Iranian TV channel halts London broadcasts after threats
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» LONDON - The private network Iran International TV said Saturday that it had been forced on UK police advice to shut down its London studios, blaming a surge in threats from the protest-hit regime in Iran.