Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 14 people, some of them buried in rubble and landslides.People called out from beneath the remains of a flattened three-storey shop in the capital Port Vila, where scores of rescuers worked …
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In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.They were never heard from again.Among them was an eight-year-old girl who was traveling with her mother, six members of a family from the central …
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The family of a French man who enlisted dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife have been torn apart by his crimes but are still seeking answers after a gruelling three-month trial.Dominique Pelicot, 72, has been on trial since September for masterminding the mass rapes of Gisele Pelicot by strangers who responded to his …
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Sudanese doctor Mohamed Moussa has grown so accustomed to the constant sound of gunfire and shelling near his hospital that it no longer startles him. Instead, he simply continues attending to his patients.”The bombing has numbed us,” the 30-year-old general practitioner told AFP by phone from Al-Nao hospital, one of the last functioning medical facilities …
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A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia’s death row landed in Manila Wednesday morning where she was taken to a local prison following a repatriation deal years in the making.Mother of two Mary Jane Veloso, 39, was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to …
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Britain, France and Germany accused Iran on Tuesday of growing its stockpile of high enriched uranium to “unprecedented levels” without “any credible civilian justification.”The three countries known as the E3 said in a statement ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Tuesday on Tehran’s nuclear program that Iran must “reverse its nuclear escalation.”Iran has increased …
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Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales accused his successor on Tuesday of launching a “brutal judicial war” against him after prosecutors issued an arrest warrant over his alleged relationship with a minor while in office.Morales, one of Latin America’s longest-serving leaders, has been locked in a months-long standoff with the state over accusations he fathered a child …
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Syria’s conflict “has not ended” even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN’s envoy to the country warned Tuesday, highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north.Geir Pedersen, the UN’s special envoy for Syria, also called at the Security Council for Israel to “cease all settlement activity in the occupied Syrian …
The bombshell resignation of Canada’s deputy prime minister is spurring new calls for the resignation of Justin Trudeau, whose rock-bottom popularity is plummeting further amid opposition attacks and US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.Chrystia Freeland, after nearly a decade of being at Trudeau’s side, made the surprise announcement on Monday, after disagreeing with the prime …
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Authorities announced a nighttime curfew Tuesday to curb looting after a devastating cyclone hit the French overseas territory of Mayotte, with the country’s prime minister warning the death toll could rise.According to the latest toll from the interior ministry, 22 people are confirmed to have been killed and 1,373 injured by Cyclone Chido when it …
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