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Elgar bids to bow out on winning note and seal series win
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» CAPE TOWN - Dean Elgar will bid to bring the curtain down on his Test career by skippering South Africa to victory in the second and final Test against an India side who are likely to make at least two changes.
More strikes on Gaza after Israel warns war will last through 2024
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Shelling and missile strikes rocked the length of the Gaza Strip overnight into Tuesday, after Israel's army warned its war against the territory's Hamas rulers will last through 2024.
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security crimes
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty Tuesday to "sedition" and "collusion" charges in a high-profile national security trial that could see him jailed for life.
New women's North American hockey league launches
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» MONTREAL - Women's ice hockey dropped the puck on the new year with the launch of a new professional league, with New York blanking host Toronto 4-0 on Monday in the debut game of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Israel army warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Unrelenting Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza on Monday, while an army spokesman warned the war on the besieged territory's Hamas rulers will continue throughout 2024.
Chinese student found in US woods after 'cyber kidnapping' scam
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a "cyber kidnapping" scam in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but "cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said.
120,000 minors crossed Darien Gap last year in bid to reach US
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» PANAMA CITY - Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.
Major Japan quake kills six, triggers tsunami waves
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» KANAZAWA (JAPAN) - At least six people died in a major earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day, triggering tsunami waves over a metre high, damaging homes and sparking a major fire that wreaked destruction overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
Chad military leaders appoint former opponent PM
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» N'DJAMENA - Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed one of his leading opponents, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.
Putin says Russia will 'intensify' attacks on Ukraine
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow would intensify strikes on military targets in Ukraine, after an unprecedented Ukrainian attack over the weekend on the Russian city of Belgorod.