At Spain border, migrants’ Holy Grail is France

Irun, Spain, Jan 26 (AFP/APP):”Guys, we’ve got to get out of here!” urges Junior, a 20-year-old migrant from Ivory Coast, breaking the tense silence inside the train crossing the Spanish border into France. Crossing from Irun in Spain to the French border town of Hendaye […]

London police probing Downing Street lockdown parties

London, Jan 25 (AFP/APP): London’s police chief on Tuesday said her officers are investigating several parties that took place at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office and government departments during Covid lockdowns. “The Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing […]

Two killed in Haiti quake

PortauPrince, Jan 24 (AFP/APP): Two men were killed in a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that shook southwestern Haiti early Monday, officials told AFP, with the tremor followed by several aftershocks. In Anse-a-Veau, a small coastal town 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, a man […]

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