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New York, Dec 24 (AFP/APP):A fearsome winter storm that pummelled the United States with blinding snow and powerful Arctic winds left 1.7 million customers without power Saturday as thousands of cancelled flights stranded travelers making last-minute dashes for Christmas. At least 13 storm-related deaths have […]

Washington, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived Wednesday in Washington on his first foreign trip since Russia’s invasion, with US leaders hailing him as “heroic” and pledging to provide new missile defense systems. Zelensky — whose media savvy and rugged demeanor has helped him […]

Ottawa, Dec 19 (AFP/APP):A 73-year-old man killed five people and wounded another Sunday night in a shooting at an apartment building in the suburbs of the Canadian city of Toronto, police said. The suspect, whom authorities have not named but said was a resident of […]

ANKARA , Dec 17 (AA/APP):The EU on Friday approved its ninth sanctions package against Russia to step up pressure on the country, targeting its economy and figures who have played instrumental roles in the war in Ukraine. The bloc agreed on the fresh wave of […]

Tunis, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): Tunisians started voting in a lacklustre election Saturday for a parliament with virtually no power, the final pillar in President Kais Saied’s political overhaul in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Opposition political groups in the North African country have called […]

PARIS, France – December 16 (ONLINE) Ten people, including five children, have been killed in a fire in an apartment building near Lyon, France, the local government says. Officials released a statement saying a “sizeable fire” broke out in a seven-storey block of flats in […]

Paris, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Ukraine claims that Russia is preparing a fresh offensive against Kyiv early next year, but analysts doubt that Moscow can regenerate its battered forces for such a major operation is so short a timeframe. Speaking to The Economist magazine this week, […]

Berlin, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): Disgraced former tennis superstar Boris Becker was due back in Germany on Thursday after being deported following his release from a British prison where he served a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, his lawyer said. The 55-year-old German six-time Grand […]

Aqibya, Lebanon, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):An Irish soldier of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon near the Israeli border was killed and three wounded after their convoy came under fire, Irish officials said Thursday. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “deeply shocked and […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 14 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. “Sixty-four soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who fought in […]