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French mosque murder suspect arrested in Italy
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» NîMES (FRANCE) - A man suspected of stabbing a young Malian to death in a mosque in southern France and then filming his victim writhing in agony has been arrested after surrendering to police in Italy, the prosecutor said on Monday.
Guatemala outsider Arevalo stuns with presidential election triumph
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» GUATEMALA CITY - Dark horse candidate Bernardo Arevalo scored a landslide victory in Guatemala's presidential election, final results showed Monday, as he vowed to crack down on pervasive corruption.
Former Jakarta governor a potential presidential favourite
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 02/03/2023
» Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is close to becoming declared a presidential nominee after three major political parties backed him for Indonesia’s top office.
Three frontrunners as Czechs vote for president
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» PRAGUE: The Czech presidential election is to kick off on Friday with a billionaire, a general and an academic leading a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call.
Under-fire Kyiv still finding first victims of war
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» BUCHA (UKRAINE) - The cruise missiles had just finished smashing into Kyiv when Tetyana Telyzhenko buried the mutilated body of her tortured son in the capital's traumatised suburb of Bucha.
Romania's plagiarism hunter becomes the hunted
AFP, Published on 06/09/2022
» BUCHAREST - Romanian journalist Emilia Sercan has made it her mission to expose plagiarism at the country’s highest levels.
Brazilians march in 'defense of democracy'
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» SAO PAULO - Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of several cities Thursday in "defense of democracy" in the face of President Jair Bolsonaro's sustained attacks on the voting system, weeks ahead of elections.
University tragedy brings to light 'dinosaur' student issue
AFP, Published on 06/06/2022
» LA PAZ: After four people died in a Bolivian university stampede, an investigation into the role of a 52-year-old student has relaunched the debate over "dinosaur" students who never graduate.
Targeted by Erdogan, Turkey's LGBT community face 'tsunami of hate'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» ISTANBUL - Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Istanbul.
Edinburgh University appoints first black rector
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» EDINBURGH - It's been more than 16 years since Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo after learning that a gun-running militia group that she had helped to expose wanted to kill her.