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Ukraine ends search at missile-hit tower block
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» DNIPRO (UKRAINE) - Rescuers called off the search Tuesday for victims of the Russian missile strike in the city of Dnipro with 20 people still missing and funerals taking place in the grief-stricken Ukrainian city.
Madonna announces major global tour
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» NEW YORK - Madonna on Tuesday announced a massive global tour paying homage to her more than four-decade long career.
Two thirds of reef sharks and rays risk extinction: study
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» PARIS - Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Tuesday, with a warning this could further imperil precious reefs.
China back to 'normal', says vice-premier
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» DAVOS, Switzerland: China has returned to normal after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, Vice Premier Liu He told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday as he invited "international friends" to visit the country.
Arrest removes 'king' of weakened Sicilian Mafia
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» ROME: Matteo Messina Denaro's arrest leaves a power vacuum at the top of the Sicilian Mafia at a time when it is already being eclipsed by rivals — but experts warn it is too soon to write the group off.
Serial rapist sacked from London police
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.
EU partners press Germany over tanks for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» DAVOS, Switzerland: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who named a new defence minister on Tuesday, faced increased pressure from several EU partners to authorise the export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Ukraine: 22 still missing from deadly Dnipro strike
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» KYIV: Ukraine said Tuesday 22 people were still missing after a Russian missile struck an apartment block in the city of Dnipro, killing at least 44 people.
'Not good to remember': The Kramatorsk bombing tragedy
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: A rocket strike on Kramatorsk's railway station in April last year, which killed dozens, is rarely spoken about in the city near the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.
Sicily police seal off Mafia boss's hideout
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» ROME: Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had been hiding in an apartment in a small town in Sicily before his arrest this week after three decades on the run, it emerged Tuesday.