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Trump threats reverberate as Hondurans vote for president
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» TEGUCIGALPA - Hondurans go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by US President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid to the country if his right-wing champion loses.
Hokkaido seeks to hire former troops, police officers as bear hunters
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2025
» The government of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, will ask the central government on Friday for financial support so it can hire retired defense force personnel and police officers as bear hunters amid a surge in attacks on the human population.
At least 130 killed in Brazilian police raid
Reuters, Published on 29/10/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO - At least 132 people were killed during a deadly police raid on drug suspects in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, the public defender’s office said on Wednesday, a day after the operation took place.
On Trump's orders, 200 troops from Texas arrive in Illinois
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Two hundred Texas National Guard troops have arrived in Illinois, a Pentagon official said Tuesday, ahead of a planned deployment in Chicago that is strongly opposed by local Democratic officials.
French town halls fly Palestinian flag despite government warning
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» PARIS - Almost two dozen town halls in France were on Monday flying the Palestinian flag from their entrances in defiance of an interior ministry warning not to do so ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by President Emmanuel Macron.
Turkey court tries case that could oust opposition leadership
AFP, Published on 15/09/2025
» ANKARA - An Ankara court opened a hearing on Monday into alleged vote buying that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition CHP party, which has been battling a growing array of legal challenges.
Gen Z shift, high costs force UK nightclubs to reinvent
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» LONDON — Is the party over? Nightclubs in the United Kingdom (UK) are famed around the world, but the coronavirus disease (Covid) and inflation have hit the sector hard, forcing businesses to reinvent themselves to attract new generations to the dance floor.
Philippine marine life under threat from industrial fishing
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 06/06/2025
» MANILA - Impoverished fishing communities in the Philippines are caught in a David-and-Goliath fight with industrial fishing companies after the country's top court loosened restrictions on commercial operations in protected coastal waters.
Five years after George Floyd's murder, racial justice push continues
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2025
» Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
Duterte allies outperform in early Philippine Senate vote count
Agencies, Published on 12/05/2025
» MANILA - Allies of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte are outperforming in the early count for the Senate elections, boosting her chances of surviving an upcoming impeachment trial and remaining eligible to run for the presidency in 2028.