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US lawmakers set for explosive vote on Epstein files
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» WASHINGTON — US lawmakers are expected Tuesday to advance a bill requiring the release of government records on millionaire sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, in defiance of Donald Trump's attempts to keep a lid on one of modern America's most notorious case files.
Police search Australian bush for gunman after two officers killed
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» POREPUNKAH — Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.
USAF suspends use of Sig M18 after fatal accidental discharge
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2025
» The US Air Force Global Strike Command on July 21 suspended use of the Sig Sauer M18 after an airman was killed by an accidental discharge from a pistol in a Safariland chest holster at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming.
Myanmar junta releases 93 child soldiers after UN criticism
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2025
» NAY PYI DAW - Myanmar's ruling junta said on Friday it has already discharged 93 minors from military service, responding to a United Nations (UN) report last month accusing it and its allies of recruiting over 400 children, many in combat roles.
In Finnish border town, worry mounts over Russian military build-up
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» KUHMO - In a Finnish town a stone's throw from Russia, Moscow's reported military build-up on its side of the border is raising concerns about the Nordic country's security, locals told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI — A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
Executive bonuses banned at 6 UK water companies over pollution
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» LONDON - Six UK water companies were banned Friday from paying bonuses to senior executives, which the government said would be inappropriate given their failure to clean up their massive sewage discharges.
Hong Kong police take away US-based activist's parents for questioning
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/04/2025
» Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui Wing-ting for questioning, the Post has learned, after Washington imposed a new round of sanctions on local officials for what it called "transnational repression".
Pope out of danger but needs ‘several more days’ in hospital
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was reported to be in good spirits on Tuesday, a day after the Vatican indicated he was out of danger and could be discharged in the near future after almost one month in hospital with pneumonia.
Trump would have been convicted if he wasn’t elected: special counsel report
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 US election result if he hadn’t been elected as president four years later, according to a report released on Tuesday.