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Putin dreams of Russian grandeur at any cost
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» MOSCOW: Restoring Russia to its rightful place among the world's great powers has obsessed President Vladimir Putin, whose offensive in Ukraine was to be the culmination of over 20 years of iron-willed leadership.
Jittery Kenya waits to hear from presidential loser after disputed vote
AFP, Published on 16/08/2022
» NAIROBI - Jittery Kenyans were waiting Tuesday to hear from president-elect William Ruto's defeated rival Raila Odinga, with many speculating he will mount a legal challenge to the outcome of the country's close election race.
Suspected gunman arrested after Jerusalem bus shooting wounds 8
AFP, Published on 15/08/2022
» JERUSALEM - Israeli police Sunday arrested a suspect in a pre-dawn shooting spree targeting a bus just outside Jerusalem's Old City that wounded eight people, including a pregnant woman and several US citizens.
'A heart of love': Kinshasa locals reward honest cops
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» KINSHASA - At dawn in a working-class district of Kinshasa, a driver slows to a halt and hands a fistful of small bills to a traffic cop.
Leaked Uber docs reveal bare-knuckle expansion tactics: investigation
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - A leaked cache of confidential files from ride-sharing app Uber illustrates ethically dubious and potentially illegal tactics the company used to fuel its frenetic global expansion beginning nearly a decade ago, a joint media investigation showed Sunday.
Blessings counted after losing all on Ukrainian front
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - The willowy Ukrainian grandmother was praying for God to spare her life when a missile imploded her kitchen and cratered her vegetable garden.
Mexican teenager's death becomes media, justice 'spectacle'
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» MEXICO CITY - The still-unsolved death of teenager Debanhi Escobar has brought into sharp focus not just the dangers facing women in Mexico but also the questionable judicial and media handling of the high-profile case.
Death toll reaches 25 in Havana hotel blast
AFP, Published on 07/05/2022
» HAVANA: The death toll after an explosion ripped through a luxury hotel in central Havana climbed to 25 people including a Spanish tourist, state television reported on Saturday, one day after the powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak.
8 dead in Cuba hotel blast, gas leak suspected
AFP, Published on 07/05/2022
» HAVANA - Eight people were killed and about 30 hurt in a powerful explosion, likely caused by a gas leak, that ripped through a five-star hotel in central Havana on Friday, the Cuban government said.
Student's death stokes anger over Mexican femicide crisis
AFP, Published on 30/04/2022
» MEXICO CITY - The death of an 18-year-old Mexican student has unleashed anger against authorities accused of negligence over the murders and disappearances of thousands of women each year, few of which receive as much attention.