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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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'170 people executed' in attacks on Burkina villages: prosecutor
Around 170 people were "executed" in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said Sunday
3 March 2024, 08:59 AM
19 hurt as car drives into crowd in Poland
A driver who ploughed his car into crowds on a street Friday in the Polish city of Szczecin injuring 19 people, including six children, was undergoing psychiatric treatment, police said, ruling out terrorism.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Chad junta chief to run for presidency
Chad junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said yesterday he would contest a May 6 presidential election, just three days after his chief rival was killed in murky circumstances.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Asia's richest man takes global rich to the zoo
Top global celebrities will don "jungle fever" outfits in India for a trip to the zoo on Saturday as part of a party thrown by Asia's richest man
2 March 2024, 08:19 AM
Global malnourishment: 1 in 8 people are obese
New data from The Lancet shows fewer people are starving across the globe. But it also shows an explosive growth of another type of malnourishment: obesity..
2 March 2024, 04:04 AM
Divided G20 blocked by ‘impasse’ over Ukraine, Gaza
The first G20 finance ministers’ meeting of the year ended Thursday without a joint statement due to deep divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, officials said.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
24 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal
At least 24 people seeking to reach Europe drowned off northern Senegal when their loaded vessel sank, the governor of the Saint Louis region told AFP yesterday.
29 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Nuke war risks ‘real’: Putin
The Russian president warns of 'destruction of civilisation' if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine
29 February 2024, 12:46 PM
Global freedom drops sharply in 2023: study
Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023 with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom House said Thursday
29 February 2024, 06:49 AM
Judge rejects Trump's $100m bond offer as he appeals $355m penalty
A judge rejected Wednesday former US president Donald Trump's offer of a $100 million bond to partially cover the $355 million penalty a New York court handed him for fraud
29 February 2024, 04:38 AM
Harmful waste generation set to jump
Waste produced by the public will surge by 2050, causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage through biodiversity loss, climate change and deadly pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) said in a report yesterday.
28 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Zuckerberg discusses AI risks with Japan PM during Asia tour
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to Japan, discussing the risks of generative AI, a government spokesman said Wednesday
28 February 2024, 08:50 AM
31 dead in Mali after bus plunges off bridge
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country's southeast, the transport ministry said
28 February 2024, 04:39 AM
Peru declares health emergency
Peru declared a health emergency across most of the country on Monday as a heat wave and heavy rains have led to a spike in dengue fever cases.
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM
South Korea empowers nurses as doctors' strike continues
South Korea granted nurses new powers and legal protections Tuesday and launched an investigation into a patient's death, as hospital chaos caused by striking trainee doctors entered a second week
27 February 2024, 07:50 AM
New Zealand set to scrap world-first tobacco ban
New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result
27 February 2024, 06:38 AM
25 killed in Tanzania road crash
A road crash in northern Tanzania has killed at least 25 people including several foreigners, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Sunday.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas being forcibly recruited by Myanmar military: report
Community leaders have been pressured to compile lists of at least 50 men for each small village and at least 100 for each IDP camp and large village
26 February 2024, 13:19 PM
Swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Zuckerberg's Asia tour
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire's son
26 February 2024, 07:11 AM
Technicians, Australian pilot kidnapped in Papua New Guinea freed
An Australian helicopter pilot and two local contractors kidnapped at gunpoint in Papua New Guinea's restive highlands have been freed unharmed, police and an aviation company spokesman said Monday
26 February 2024, 06:36 AM