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30 people injured by 7.5 quake in northeastern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» TOKYO - A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, injuring 30 people and triggering tsunami waves as high as 70 centimetres that reached the Pacific coast, the Japanese government said.
Immigration opposition fuels English flag frenzy
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LONDON - Bitter debate about immigration in the United Kingdom has triggered a new trend of flying English and British flags in a vivid show of patriotism spearheaded in part by far-right figures.
France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport, halts trains
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» MARSEILLE - A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.
Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» YANGON - Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
Dozens freed, hundreds still held hostage in deadly Pakistan train siege
AFP, Published on 12/03/2025
» MACH (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani troops freed dozens of train passengers taken hostage by armed militants in the country's southwest on Tuesday, with hundreds more still being held in the deadly siege.
WWII bomb discovery paralyses Paris rail traffic
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» PARIS - The unearthing of a 500-kilogramme World War II bomb near tracks outside Paris on Friday halted traffic and stranded thousands of passengers in one of the biggest rail disruptions in the French capital in years.
Russia holds local polls marked by Ukraine campaign
AFP, Published on 10/09/2023
» MOSCOW: There is little suspense over the results of Russian local elections ending Sunday, with no real opposition and ballots in occupied regions denounced as "fake" by Kyiv and the West.
'Strongest summer storm' batters Netherlands
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» THE HAGUE: Hundreds of flights were cancelled at one of Europe's busiest air hubs and roads were blocked on Wednesday as the strongest summer storm on record slammed into the Netherlands.
Rebel tanks in southern Russia town
AFP, Published on 24/06/2023
» ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia: The sound of ambulance and police sirens filled the air on Saturday in Rostov-on-Don — a hub for Russia’s Ukraine campaign — where the rebellious Wagner mercenary force said it had taken over key facilities.
Over 1,500 arrested at climate protest in The Netherlands
AFP, Published on 28/05/2023
» THE HAGUE - More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said.