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Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» QUITO - Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
Rubiales kiss 'should never have happened', says FIFA chief Infantino
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Thursday that Luis Rubiales' kiss on the mouth of Spanish women's football star Jenni Hermoso "should never have happened".
Proud Boys leader jailed for 17 years over US Capitol attack
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Two senior members of the Proud Boys militia were handed hefty prison sentences Thursday for their role in the 2021 assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.
'Fast Backward Alliance' set to govern
Oped, Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn & Walden Bello, Published on 01/09/2023
» After more than three months of Thailand being put on hold as the country’s political adversaries tried to figure a way out given the surprising results of the May 14 national election, a solution was finally reached among contending parties in the third week of August. It was a victory for the establishment and a modus vivendi for its various factions.
48 killed in east DR Congo anti-UN rally crackdown
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation reviewed by AFP on Thursday, raising a previously reported death toll.