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Second anti-coup protester killed in Sudan: medics

Khartoum, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):Sudanese security forces shot dead a second protester Monday during crackdowns on rallies against last year’s military coup, bringing the total killed in protests to at least 81, medics said. The protester was killed by a “bullet to the left shoulder which […]

Japan’s Kirin brewery to withdraw from Myanmar

Tokyo, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): Japanese drinks giant Kirin said Monday it will withdraw from Myanmar, after a failed bid to disentangle its operations from a joint venture with a junta-owned company after last year’s coup. The brewery is the latest foreign company to pull out […]

French police shoot dead knife-wielding man at Paris station

Paris, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):French police shot dead a man who lunged at them early on Monday with a long-blade knife at Paris’s Gare du Nord train station, police sources said. The man attacked two police officers on patrol at the busy station, the terminus for […]

US airline makes emergency landing after unruly passenger incident

Washington, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):An “unruly passenger” forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing in the US city of Kansas on Sunday after crew and others onboard subdued the person, the airline said. Flight 1775 from Los Angeles to Washington diverted mid-journey to […]

German leader flies to Kyiv to calm ‘critical’ war threat

Kyiv, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in Kyiv on Monday before visiting Moscow to try to head off a “very critical” threat of an invasion that would spark the worst crisis in Europe since the Cold War. Scholz’s visit comes with Kyiv […]

Germany to Putin: ‘untie the noose’ around Ukraine

Berlin, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Germany’s president on Sunday said “responsibility” for the risk of “war” in Ukraine lay with Russia, bringing greater clarity to Berlin’s position on the crisis which has been criticised as too lenient towards Moscow. Speaking after his re-election for a second […]

US defends evacuating embassy as Ukraine urges calm

WASHINGTON – February 13 (ONLINE): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the “imminent” threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kyiv. His words came after Ukraine’s president urged calm, saying the biggest enemy was panic. More than […]

Latin gangs’ bloody weekend raises alarm in Madrid

Madrid, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):With two dead in machete attacks during a string of Latin American gang fights last weekend, Madrid police have launched a crackdown to prevent further bloodshed by youngsters seeking revenge. The Guardia Civil police on Thursday said they had arrested 11 people […]

Five dead in fire at Japan rice cracker factory

Tokyo, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Five people have died in a blaze at a rice cracker factory in Japan, police said Saturday, with firefighters working through the night to extinguish the inferno. Around 30 workers were on site when the fire broke out at the […]

New Zealand urges its citizens in Ukraine to leave immediately

Wellington-February 12 (Online): New Zealand’s foreign ministry urged on Saturday all New Zealanders in Ukraine to leave immediately in response to heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine. “Aotearoa New Zealand does not have diplomatic representation in Ukraine and the government’s ability to provide consular assistance […]

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