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Tearful Canadian mother mourns daughter before Carney visits town shaken by killings
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» TUMBLER RIDGE — A grieving Canadian mother whose daughter was murdered in a mass school shooting addressed the public on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to a community in mourning.
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.
Philippines’ Duterte bound for ICC’s Hague jail with spiritual advisers and volleyball
Bloomberg, Published on 13/03/2025
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be trading his cozy countryside home for the sterile walls of the International Criminal Court’s detention centre, following his high-profile arrest as part of a probe into his deadly war on drugs.
Serbian opposition marches in support of arrested protesters
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Thousands gathered in front of a Belgrade police station on Monday evening in support of those arrested the previous day during protests against what they say was electoral fraud in Serbia's recent parliamentary and local elections.
Blocked roads, crumbling camps as China moves Xinjiang detentions out of sight
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» ARTUX (CHINA) - A policeman waves reporters away from a desert prison in Xinjiang, part of a network of detention facilities transformed by China's shifting policies in the northwestern region.
School stadium roof collapses in China, trapping at least 10
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/07/2023
» Dozens of emergency workers were combing through the wreckage of a school stadium in northeastern China on Sunday after the structure's concrete roof collapsed, trapping more than 10 people.
Turkey's once mighty developers under fire after quake
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» ANKARA - Their mugshots are everywhere: a Turkish developer arrested while trying to flee the country and two colleagues connected to a luxurious apartment tower that crumbled in Monday's disastrous quake.
Children found alive as quake toll tops 22,000
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: Rescuers pulled children alive on Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the death toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless.
Death toll tops 20,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING (SYRIA) - The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 20,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
Hopes fade as quake toll reaches 17,500
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING, Syria: Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.