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Macron in campaign mode as election looms

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron is yet to declare he will run for a second term in next year’s election, but his intentions are no longer in doubt and his unofficial campaigning is drawing fire. After a rare two-hour press conference last week […]

New York to have first female police chief ever

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

New York, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):New York will appoint Keechant Sewell as its first-ever woman police chief to head the largest force in the country, US media reported Tuesday, at a time when the city’s trust in law enforcement has been shattered. Sewell, who will also […]

Brussels presents plan for Covid-era Schengen reforms

Posted on December 15, 2021 by News Desk

Brussels, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):The European Commission on Tuesday presented plans to “reinforce” the 26-nation open-borders Schengen zone in response to the Covid pandemic, security threats and the movement of migrants. “As with all successes, it needs to be reinforced to face many challenges,” Commission vice […]

Syrian refugees stranded in Gaza ‘prison’ for a decade

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):Nearly 10 years after Imad al-Hisso fled the civil war in Syria, he remains trapped in Gaza, a place he calls “a prison,” with no clear path to return home. Gaza may seem an unlikely destination for those fleeing […]

Two missing after cargo ships collide south of Sweden

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

Stockholm, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):Two sailors were missing on Monday after a Danish cargo ship capsized when it collided with a British vessel off Sweden’s southern coast, officials said. Nine boats and a rescue helicopter scoured the frigid waters following the early morning crash involving the […]

Four go on trial in UK over toppling of slave trader statue

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

London, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):Four people went on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the toppling of a statue of a 17th century slave trader during anti-racism protests. Demonstrators pulled down the bronze memorial to Edward Colston in Bristol, western England, on June 7 […]

Biden to visit tornado-hit Kentucky on Wednesday

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):US President Joe Biden will visit Kentucky on Wednesday, the White House said, after tornadoes left a trail of destruction across the US state and killed scores of people. Biden will survey damage in the devastated towns of Mayfield and Dawson Springs, […]

Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

Posted on December 13, 2021 by News Desk

Mayfield – December 12 (Online): At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and setting off a scramble to find survivors beneath the rubble, officials […]

Three dead, six missing in Sicily blast as search continues

Posted on December 13, 2021 by News Desk

Rome, Dec 12 (AFP/APP):Firefighters on the Italian island of Sicily searched through piles of rubble Sunday for survivors of a massive blast that toppled multiple residential buildings and killed at least three people. Although two women were recovered alive from the debris early Sunday following […]

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Macron in campaign mode as election looms

New York to have first female police chief ever

Brussels presents plan for Covid-era Schengen reforms

Syrian refugees stranded in Gaza ‘prison’ for a decade

Two missing after cargo ships collide south of Sweden

Four go on trial in UK over toppling of slave trader statue

Biden to visit tornado-hit Kentucky on Wednesday

Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

Three dead, six missing in Sicily blast as search continues

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