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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dies in India
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said Wednesday — a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation.
Seven dead after Sydney mall stabbing spree
News Agencies, Published on 13/04/2024
» SYDNEY - A man who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by a policewoman in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, Australian authorities said, as hundreds fled the scene.
Children to get ‘survival swimming’ courses
Post Reporters, Published on 16/11/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health plans to organise “Survival Swimming Skills” programmes across the country to prevent children from drowning and to train them in rescue methods and CPR.
'Life or death': Arizona heat wave poses lethal threat to homeless
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» PHOENIX - On a sidewalk in Arizona's capital Phoenix, where a record-setting heat wave has prompted warnings for people to limit their time outside, Dana Page struggles to stay hydrated in her tarpaulin shelter.
Gunman kills eight in rampage at Texas mall
AFP, Published on 07/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - A heavily-armed man stormed a shopping mall in the US state of Texas on Saturday, shooting dead eight people and wounding several others before he was killed by a police officer at the busy complex.
Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley in hospital: mother
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to the hospital in California on Thursday, her mother said, with US media reporting she was in intensive care following a cardiac arrest.
Bills' Hamlin talking after breathing tube removed: team
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin is talking after a breathing tube was removed overnight and he made a video-call with his teammates and coaches on Friday, the team said.
Chinese authorities apologise for boy’s lockdown death
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» Local authorities in a Chinese city apologised on Thursday after a three-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning when medical care was delayed because of a Covid lockdown, in a rare admission of responsibility.
More than 150 killed in Halloween stampede in Seoul
AFP, Published on 30/10/2022
» SEOUL: More than 150 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents.
Scenes of horror in Seoul after Halloween stampede
AFP, Published on 30/10/2022
» SEOUL: Party-goers in costumes fleeing in panic, desperate attempts at first aid on the sidewalks, scores of bodies lined up under makeshift shrouds: in Seoul's lively Itaewon district, a Halloween festival turned to tragedy Saturday.