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France's shrinking footprint in Africa
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» PARIS - With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ever further from the increasingly unstable region and re-think its presence, experts say.
At funeral, hundreds mourn verger killed in Spain church attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» ALGECIRAS (SPAIN) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday for the funeral of the verger who was killed when a machete-wielding assailant attacked two churches in Spain as investigators probed the reasons for the deadly assault.
UK teen jailed for far-right videos linked to US killings
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» LONDON: A British teenager was on Friday sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.
Activists' hunger strike enters 10th day
Published on 27/01/2023
» Supporters continued to gather outside the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on Friday evening to press for judicial reforms as a hunger strike by two young political activists entered its 10th day.
US on edge over video of fatal police beating
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest on Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim's mother said, "beat him to a pulp".
France to probe microplastic pollution on beaches
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» BREST, France: French prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the appearance of vast quantities of tiny toxic plastic pellets along the Atlantic coast that endanger marine life and the human food chain.
Greek government survives vote over wiretap scandal
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's government on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running wiretap scandal in which top officials were targeted by state intelligence for months.
Ukrainian MP expelled over trip to Thailand
Reuters, Published on 27/01/2023
» KYIV: Ukraine’s ruling party has kicked out a lawmaker from its parliamentary faction after reports that he had travelled to Thailand during the grinding war with Russia sparked a public outcry.
Ukraine says fighting for Vugledar 'fierce'
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Ukraine said on Friday its troops were locked in "fierce" fighting with Russian troops for control of the town of Vugledar in the region of Donetsk on the eastern front.
WHO panel reviews Covid emergency status
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.