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Zelensky hopes US talks yield results
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he hopes Ukraine will sign agreements with the United States next week on a plan to end Russia’s invasion but lashed out at slow ammunition deliveries from abroad.
Iran says no leniency for 'rioters' as protests persist
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» PARIS - Iran will offer no leniency to "rioters", though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the country's judiciary said on Monday, following more than a week of sometimes-deadly protests.
Cameroon's veteran leader Paul Biya wins controversial eighth term
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» YAOUNDé - The world's oldest head of state Paul Biya, 92, has extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, in the face of a fierce protest by his rival.
Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» SAN JUAN - A major power outage plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness on New Year's Eve, with the US island territory's electric utility saying restoration could take up to two days.
Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
29 killed in arrest of Mexico drug kingpin son: government
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» MEXICO CITY - Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects died in a massive operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican government said Friday, with a dramatic shootout damaging three planes and sowing terror at a local airport.
29 killed during Mexican drug kingpin's arrest
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» CULIACAN, Mexico: Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects were killed in the operation to arrest Ovidio Guzman, son of the jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican government said on Friday.
China mourns Jiang as funeral planning begins
AFP and Bloomberg, Published on 01/12/2022
» BEIJING: Mobile apps and state media websites turned black-and-white, flags on some government buildings in Beijing were at half-mast, and flowers were laid on Thursday as China mourned the death of former leader Jiang Zemin.
Kyiv, Lviv, other Ukrainian cities rocked by blasts
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2022
» KYIV: Several explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the cities of Lviv, Ternopil and Dnipro on Monday, after Russia accused Ukraine of orchestrating a powerful blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea.
Coup in Burkina Faso as military officers dismiss junta leader
AFP, Published on 01/10/2022
» Military officers seized control of Burkina Faso on Friday, claiming to be restoring peace to the jihadist-wracked country as they dismissed a junta leader who had himself come to power in a coup at the start of this year.