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Police search Australian bush for gunman after two officers killed
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» POREPUNKAH — Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.
Far-right candidate excluded from Romania presidential vote
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» BUCHAREST - Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among his supporters in Bucharest.
Giant sinkhole appears in English village
Reuters, Published on 19/02/2025
» GODSTONE, England - A large sinkhole has appeared in this village in southern England, swallowing up at least one garden and forcing authorities to evacuate residents from around 30 homes.
Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian Territories - Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to be released later in the day.
Unfazed devotees shrug off stampede at India mega-festival
AFP, Published on 30/01/2025
» PRAYAGRAJ (INDIA) - Swarming throngs of devotees bathed in rivers at the world's biggest religious gathering in India on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.
Right-wing YouTubers back South Korea president's last stand
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» SEOUL - Camped on the street winding up to the residence of South Korea's impeached president, protesters direct vitriol at police and echo obscure conspiracies as investigators prepare to execute a warrant for his arrest.
Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2024
» HONG KONG: Hundreds queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong court ahead of the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty pro-democracy movement and drawn international criticism.
Fire engulfs iconic Copenhagen landmark
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2024
» COPENHAGEN - A fire ripped through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital’s best-known buildings, on Tuesday, engulfing its spire which collapsed in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Indonesian mob storms Rohingya refugee shelter
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2023
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention centre housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported.
Dublin violence motivated by hate: Irish PM
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» DUBLIN: Rioters who torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin following a knife attack outside a school brought "shame" on Ireland, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday, condemning the worst violence in decades which authorities blamed on right-wing groups.