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4 killed, multiple people hurt
Four people were killed and at least 20 more were injured in a shooting on Saturday night in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, a local TV station reported yesterday, citing investigators on the scene and a release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
56 civilians killed as Sudan battles rage on
Fighting in Sudan raged for a second day yesterday in battles between rival generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, leaving over 50 civilians including three UN staff dead and sparking international alarm.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
500-yr-old Inca ceremonial bath found in Peru
Archaeologists in the Peruvian Andes have discovered an Inca bathing complex built half a millennium ago, which they believe may have served the elite of the sprawling empire than once dominated large swathes of South America.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill 7 people at water park in central Mexico
Gunmen stormed a water park in central Mexico on Saturday and killed six adults and a child, unleashing panic among those present, local authorities said
16 April 2023, 03:18 AM
12 inmates killed in Ecuador prison clashes
At least 12 inmates were killed in clashes that broke out in a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the prosecutor's office said Saturday, the latest deadly violence to rock the city's penitentiary system
16 April 2023, 02:06 AM
Biden says will announce run for re-election ‘soon’
US President Joe Biden said on Friday he has decided to run for a second term and would formally announce his re-election campaign “relatively soon.”
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
US should stop ‘encouraging’ war
Brazil’s president said yesterday that the United States should stop “encouraging war” in Ukraine, as he wrapped a state visit to China in which he has strengthened economic ties with his country’s main trading partner.
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
G7 faces pressure on fossil fuels at Japan climate talks
G7 allies met Saturday for two days of "difficult" climate talks in northern Japan, facing pressure to show progress on key fossil fuel commitments in an example to other major economies including China
15 April 2023, 15:51 PM
Migrants among 6 killed in car smash near Greece-Turkey border
Five migrants and a Greek motorist were killed in a car crash on a highway near the border between Greece and Turkey on Saturday, police told AFP.
15 April 2023, 12:03 PM
Leak of classified documents: US airman charged
A 21-year-old national guardsman was charged today with orchestrating the most damaging leak of US classified documents for a decade, an embarrassing breach that raises tough questions over the junior official's access to high-level secrets.
14 April 2023, 16:23 PM
FBI arrests man for 'criminal' US intelligence leaks
The FBI on Thursday arrested an employee of the US Air Force National Guard over the leaks online of classified US documents that embarrassed Washington with allies around the world
13 April 2023, 18:52 PM
IMF chief urges world to avoid a 'second Cold War'
Countries must do more to avert the costly consequences of growing global trade fragmentation, and help avert a "second Cold War," the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director said Thursday.
13 April 2023, 16:12 PM
World would gain $1tn by closing agriculture gender gap: UN
Closing the gender gap in the agriculture and food system, where women still earn less than men, would add $1 trillion to the global economy, a UN report said Thursday.
13 April 2023, 15:40 PM
Iran executions surge 75 percent in 2022: rights groups
Iran hanged at least 582 people in 2022, a 75 percent rise in the number of executions over the previous year as protests shook the country, two rights groups said Thursday.
13 April 2023, 06:30 AM
North Korea fires missile, Japan retracts take-cover warning
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said his government would hold a National Security Council meeting on the launch
13 April 2023, 02:35 AM
Deadliest first quarter for Med migrants since 2017
January to March 2023 was the deadliest first quarter for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean since 2017, the United Nations said yesterday, with 441 lives lost attempting to reach Europe.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Nasa unveils ‘Mars’ habitat on Earth
Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- Nasa unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth’s neighbour.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM
New Israeli spyware targets journos and politicians
New Israeli-made spyware resembling the notorious Pegasus program has been used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries, a Canadian watchdog said Tuesday.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM
UN chief sounds alarm on Somalia’s ‘massive’ need for international aid
Visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday appealed for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a desperate humanitarian crisis caused by drought and protracted armed conflict.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM
50 killed in Myanmar military’s attack on rebel gathering
At least 50 people were killed in central Myanmar yesterday in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM